Monster of the Milky Way

I watched the NOVA episode Monster of the Milky Way.
It is interesting that Black Holes may exist at the center of most galaxies.

ST:TOS "Alternative Factor"

I watch Star Trek: The Original Series on WRIC TV-8 early Sunday and Monday mornings when I can.
I watched the "Alternative Factor" episode this morning.

Crews Focusing on Logistics Module Transfer

I am reading this article, Crews Focusing on Logistics Module Transfer, on NASA's website.
The Space Shuttle Discovery launched and successfully docked with the ISS.
Weather and equipment problems delayed the launch and made docking a bit more difficult.
According to this article, the crews from Discovery and the ISS are working to transfer the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from Discovery to the ISS.

Franz Boas

I heard this anthropologist, Franz Boas, mentioned during The Writer's Almanac program on NPR in July 2009.
I first heard of Franz Boas years ago on Tom Snyder's television show, The Tomorrow Show. 
As I recall, the person that talked about Franz Boas said that he went to Alaska and studied a tribe first hand. He lived like they lived, eat what they eat, and dressed as they dressed on certain occasions. Some photos of Boas dressed in ceremonial dress and performing some native dance was shown.
From this interview on Tom Snyder's television show, I got the impression that Boas went out into the field and studied human cultures first hand and used the scientific method. I also got the impression that this was not how anthropology was usually done in his time.

Countdown to Launch Continues Smoothly

I am reading this article, Countdown to Launch Continues Smoothly, on NASA's website for the Space Shuttle.
According to this article the Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch for the International Space Station on Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 0136 EDT.

Searching for Earths and Keeping Watch

I heard these stories, Searching for Earths and Keeping Watch, on NPR a few days ago during the StarDate radio program.
I am reading these stories, Searching for Earths and Keeping Watch, on StarDate's website.
Both stories tell about Kepler spacecraft's mission to search for Earth-like planets that orbit stars like Earth's Sun and have an orbit like Earth's.
I went to the Kepler website, http://kepler.nasa.gov/.
The website mentions that a television show, "Alien Earths", is scheduled to air on the National Geographic Channel on 23 August 2009.
National Geographic Channel's website, http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/, lists the show to air at 2100 P.

"District 9" Is Summer's Sleeper Hit

I am reading this article, "District 9" Is Summer's Sleeper Hit, on CBS's the early show website.
I went to District 9's website, http://www.d-9.com/, last month.

Amy Strugis from Worldcon

Amy Strugis posted reports from this year's Worldcon, earlier this month, on her blog: http://eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com/.

Agency Officials Discuss Discovery Launch

I am reading this article, Agency Officials Discuss Discovery Launch, on NASA's website.
According to this article, there is a Flight Readiness Review scheduled for today at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. And an official launch date for the STS-128 mission to the ISS will be set at this meeting of NASA senior managers.

UK UFO sightings spiked when blockbusters released

I am reading this article, UK UFO sightings spiked when blockbusters released, on http://www.breitbart.com/
According to this article, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense released a document containing about 880 UFO reports Monday.
There seemed to be an increase of UFO reports after the movie Independence Day was released and during the time the television show The X-Files played in England.

NASA Can't Keep Up with Killer Asteriods

An article in a recent issue of The Progress-Index newspaper, from the Associated Press, said the NASA hasn't been given enough money to complete the job of spotting most of the asteriods that pose a threat to Earth. Congress assigned this mission to NASA four years ago, but never gave them the money to build the necessary telescopes. This is according to a report released by the National Academy of Sciences. NASA calculated that to spot the asteriods as required by law would mean spending about $800 million between now and 2020.

Babylon 5 Season 2

Over the last week, I watched the first six episodes of the television show Babylon 5.
I watched: Points Of Departure, Revelations, The Geometry Of Shadows, A Distant Star, The Long Dark and Spider In The Web.
This season focuses on the Shadow ships.
I find it interesting that humans are used as central processing units or CPUs for Shadow ships. See Ships Of Tears episode in Season 3 for some more information on this.
I went to the official website, http://babylon5.warnerbros.com/

Harnessing The Power Of The Brain

I saw this story, Brain Power, on 60 Minutes last Sunday evening.
I am reading this story, Harnessing The Power Of The Brain Scott Pelley Reports How Brain Computer Interface May Help The Paralyzed In The Future, on 60 Minutes website.
I am interested in this brain computer interface or BCI that is mentioned in this story.

NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate 2009 as International Year of Astronomy

These images are real interesting: http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2009-03a.

Microbes That Inhabit the Human Body

I recently read a very interesting article about the microbes that inhabit the human body. Apparently, this is a very acitive area of research at the present time. Our immune system depends on some bacteria in order to work properly -- some dieases are caused by a failure to do so. The microbes in different individuals can vary a great deal. The microbes one one hand of an person vary considerably from those one the other hand of the same individual! Some researchers view humans as a superorganism composed of our bodies and the microbes that inhabit it. They consider the genes of the microbes as extensions of our own genome.

STS-127 Crew Celebrates Smooth Landing Aboard Endeavour

I am reading this article, STS-127 Crew Celebrates Smooth Landing Aboard Endeavour, on NASA's website. According to this article, the STS-127 crew landed at 1048 EDT at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday 31 July 2009. Koichi Wakata at the International Space Station was replaced by Kopra aboard the Shuttle Endeavour. The Space Shuttle Endeavour finally launched on 15 July 2009 at 1803 EDT, after several delays. The crew members that launched, according to this article STS-127 Mission Information on NASA's website, were: Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley, Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Tim Kopra.

The Inheritors (Parts 1 & 2) Outer Limits episodes

I watch the Outer Limits on myNetworkTV, http://www.mynetworktv.com/, on WRLH-DT2.
I watched the Outer Limits episodes The Inheritors Parts 1 & 2 a few mornings ago.
Interesting question here, what if aliens wanted to adopt some human children who had medical conditions that the humans could not heal. And the aliens could heal the children, does that give them the right to adopt human children?