Stargate: Universe

New episodes of "Stargate: Universe" start again this coming Friday.

Monthly Meeting

Our regular monthly meeting will be at Books-A-Million in Colonial Heights this coming Sunday around 2:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome!

Flash Forward

The TV show based on Robert Sawyer's sci-fi novel Flash Forward resumed new episodes last week. Mike, Al, and I got together to watch the new season's premier. We saw more of the science behind the show as Wakefield plasma wave acceleration and tachyon dark matter were mentioned.

Star Trek Movie Wins Oscar

Last year's Star Trek movie won a Oscar for best makeup. I believe that this is the first time that a Star Trek movie has won an Oscar, but I am not sure

NOVA: The Pluto Files

I watched this episode of NOVA, The Pluto Files.
According to this show, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto on 18 Febraury 1930.
Is Pluto a small planet or a Kuiper belt object?
This show mentioned the reclassification of Pluto from a planet.

Cost of Human DNA Sequencing Drops Tremendously

The cost of determining the DNA sequence of a human has dropped tremendously in recent years: from $1 million in 2007 to less than $20,000 today. A technique that allows physicians to sequence only the DNA of known genes can drop the cost to around $2500, thus making use of DNA sequencing more practical in medical diagnoses. Here's an article in the latest Forbes about this: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0315/health-illumina-genome-cancer-diagnosis-by-dna.html.

World's most powerful atom smasher restarts: CERN

I went to Yahoo! News to read this article, World's most powerful atom smasher restarts: CERN.
According to this article, CERN announced that the LHC was restarted at 0310 GMT on 28 February 2010 after a 14-month shutdown.

European Commission okays GM potatoes

I saw this article, European Commission okays GM potatoes, on France24's website.
According to this article, a strain of genetically modified maze has been authorized for cultivation in Europe since 1998.
Now Amflora potatoes are authorized for cultivation in Europe since 1998.
It seems the Amflora potato is intended for industrial use only.