Monthly Meeting

  We have our regular monthly meeting at Books-A-Million in Colonial Heights Sunday.  We usually get start sometime between 2:30 and 3:00 PM.

  Everyone with an interest in science fiction and/or science is welcome!

I saw a story on Nathan Myrvold, Ph.D. on a repeat of NOVA Science NOW television show earlier this morning. I am reading up on his working under Steven Hawking at the University of Cambridge.

I was watching NOVA on PBS last weekend and saw a story on FoldIt game. I am looking at their website (http://fold.it/portal/) for more information.

Total Solar Eclipse This Week: How to Pack for Eclipse-Chasing Adventures

I am reading this article Total Solar Eclipse This Week: How to Pack for Eclipse-Chasing Adventures By Imelda B. Joson and Edwin L. Aguirre, SPACE.com Contributors | SPACE.com.

I watched this story The scientific truth about climate change earlier this morning on Sunday Morning. I am reading this story at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57548138/the-scientific-truth-about-climate-change/

X-rays from Milky Way Black Hole

NASA's newest x-ray eyes in the sky has detected an X-ray burst from the black hole at the center of our galaxy: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/oct/HQ_12-370_NuSTAR_First_Images.html