Watch the launch of the GPS IIF-5 satellite scheduled for 7:40-7:59 p.m. AST (8:40-8:59 p.m. EST).Spaceflight Now | Delta Launch Report | Mission Status Center Welcome to Spaceflight Now’s live coverage of the Delta 4 rocket launching the next GPS satellite. Text updates will appear automatically; there is no need to reload the page. Follow …

I love that feeling when you find a good book with something interesting on every page.Vertical Reference Systems – IAG Symposium Cartagena, Colombia, February 20–23, 2001 The book contains the papers presented at the IAG Symposium on Vertical Reference Systems held in Cartagena, Colombia, in February 2001. It covers the status report of existing height …

“SD panel kills bill on teaching intelligent design” Truly sad news coming out of South Dakota. Jeff Monroe, a South Dakota state senator, recently withdrew a bill written to support the teaching of “intelligent design or other related topics” in the state’s public and nonpublic schools. Thankfully Mr. Monroe was not pressured by the cult …

The state of modern evolutionary theory may not be what you think it is I was rather surprised yesterday to see so much negative reaction to my statement that there’s more to evolution than selection, and that random, not selective, changes dominate our history. It was… cross-posted on Facebook

If You Think Only Poor People Are On Welfare, Wait Till You See What Rich Folks Do With It It’s amazing how little we really know about a system so many people judge. cross-posted on Facebook

I started watching the TV show Covert Affairs and while seemingly empowering, it finds a comfy middle ground that shows “strong women” as largely nonthreatening. Looking for some confirmation I stumbled on this review that was humorous and spot on. “Annie Walker is so blatantly intended to be a Strong Female Ideal that I have …

I got an adrenalin rush just watching this from the relative safety of my desk chair in my apartment.Pure Insanity. Death-Defying Duo Climb World’s 2nd Tallest Building Remember these photos from the worlds 2nd tallest building, The Shanghai Tower? It’s still in construction, but only a few weeks away from completion. But that didn’t stop two …

Neutral pronouns selected. I had removed my gender from my Facebook About page several months ago, but you still had to select a gender for the purposes of pronouns. I have increasing made efforts to use neutral pronouns, especially in personal stories where gender is immaterial. With this change you still can’t refrain from a …

Press Release: The inculcation of today’s youth, protesting Darwin’s birthday – Intelligent… The Intelligent Design Institute of Technology (IDIoTech) is a proponents’ group for intelligent design. cross-posted on Facebook

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“I’m not sure I’ve seen so much coded, loaded language since ‘American Pie,’ but it somehow goes completely unexamined and unanswered. It’s presented as merely ‘honest’ to suggest that not only are gay men not legitimately part of a ‘man’s-man game,’ but that men who would tolerate and be comfortable being around gay men (that …

Anna thinks this is funny and makes perfect sense.I took Zimbio’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’ quiz and I’m Piper! Who are you? Are you the baddest girl on the cell block? cross-posted on Facebook

TEDx UNB by TEDx Watch TEDx’s TEDx UNB on Livestream.com. cross-posted on Facebook

The Hawaii state representative who has taken a sledgehammer to roughly 30 shopping carts in his crusade against homelessness announced his retirement as a vigilante on Tuesday, declaring his mission accomplished. “I guess I shouldn’t use the sledgehammer,” he told Hawaii News Now, “because it’s a really loaded image.”Vigilante State Rep. Declares Mission Accomplished, Hangs …