Regular Monthly Meeting

  Our regular monthly meeting is Sunday at Books-A-Million in Colonial Heights.  We should get started sometime between 2:30 and 3:00 PM.

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

Higg's Boson

  Scientists at CERN hailed the discovery of "the missing cornerstone of physics Wednesday, cheering the apparent end of the decades-long search for the Higgs Boson. First proposed as a theory in the 1960s, the elusive particle has been hunted by at least two generation of physicists who believed it would help shape our understanding of the how the universe began and how its most elemental pieces fit together.  At CERN physicists shed tears reflecting on the decades of work brought the to this momentous occasion. The new particle appears to share many of the same qualities as the one predicted by Scottish physicists Peters Higgs and others and is perhaps CERN's greatest accomplishment in its history.

Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module

I am reading this article Chinese spacecraft docks with orbiting module on Yahoo's website.

Newfound Object Is Faintest Distant Galaxy Seen at Universe's Edge

I am reading this article Newfound Object Is Faintest Distant Galaxy Seen at Universe's Edge on Yahoo's website.

Ray Bradbury

I just heard on PBS's News Hour program that Ray Bradbury passed on 5 June 2012. He was 91.

Venus in Transit--The Last of Our Lifetime

I am reading this post Venus in Transit--The Last of Our Lifetime on Storify.com I am looking at this post PHOTOS AND VIDEOS: Venus in Transit on WTVR.com It was too cloudy yesterday before Sunset for me to see the Venus transit. I am reading this post Watching the transit of Venus… from Saturn 15:59 05 June 2012 by Maggie McKee on www.newscientist.com/ I am looking forward to hearing about the Cassini spacecraft's attempt to view the transit of Venus across the Sun, later this year.

Cyber Spy Program Flame Compromises Key Microsoft Security System

I am reading this article Cyber Spy Program Flame Compromises Key Microsoft Security System By LEE FERRAN and RHONDA SCHWARTZ | ABC News on Yahoo's website. Microsoft released a patch for this problem. I am reading this post Microsoft certification authority signing certificates added to the Untrusted Certificate Store on TechNet.com