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Take Your Own Apollo 11 Flight (In A Video Game, Anyway)

Take Your Own Apollo 11 Flight (In A Video Game, Anyway)

Jul 17 2009 | comment(s)

Games2Win, an online game company, today announced the launch of Apollo 11: Mission to the Moon, which recreates the historic mission to the moon, without the mind-numbing terror of knowing you were sitting on top of a mess o' solid rocket fuel protected by nothing except parts contracted out to the lowest bidders. The game’s release is schedule to coincide with, and  commemorate, the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s success on July 20, 1969.

"Apollo 11: Mission to the Moon" is what the vendor calls a "free-to-play Flash game" and you can find at http://www.games2win.com/ap1.   The game play mimics pretty small parts of the first manned mission to land on the moon (without the mind-numbing terror of knowing you were sitting on top of a mess o'  ...

California Or Romania? Where Is Your Money Safer?

California Or Romania? Where Is Your Money Safer?

Jul 16 2009 | comment(s)

In the 1980s, Michael Milken went to jail for selling "junk bonds", which were risky debt.  His crime?  Offering to absorb all of the losses if he could have half the profits.   Some of the bonds he sold yielded 18%.   Like I said, risky.   He made a lofty set of claims, vague threats and some questionable promises to get people to buy them.

California state Treasurer Bill Lockyer is also selling junk bonds and using vague threats and questionable promises, but these ones only yield 6%.   Chances of him going to jail?   Not high, because he's exempt unless he engages in dog fighting or runs over a kid in the parking lot.   
Chris Mooney Versus P.Z. Myers And The State Of

Chris Mooney Versus P.Z. Myers And The State Of "Unscientific America - Continued

Jul 15 2009 | comment(s)

I'm assuming most of you here have not followed the ongoing board war between ex-Scienceblogs and current Discover bloggers Chris Mooney/Sheril Kirshenbaum and current Sciencblogs tour de force PZ Myers.

To save you all that time it would take to read it, I encapsulated the first two salvos in Chris Mooney Versus P.Z. Myers And The State Of "Unscientific America" but now I'll just include my thoughts on the latest installments.  I got no dog in this fight but it's the kind of train wreck I can't look away from.
Chris Mooney Versus P.Z. Myers And The State Of

Chris Mooney Versus P.Z. Myers And The State Of "Unscientific America"

Jul 14 2009 | comment(s)

Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, who blog at Discover, have a new book out called Unscientific America.   We got a copy here but I asked them to send it to Dr.
Shark Week On Discovery Channel And The Mystery Of My Untimely Demise

Shark Week On Discovery Channel And The Mystery Of My Untimely Demise

Jul 13 2009 | comment(s)

I've never been a shark guy, I will confess that to you.   Actually, I have never been an animal guy of any kind.   When I was a wee scientist / media guru / journalist / game show host, Disney had a program on Sunday evenings.  If there was one of those live animal shows on, I left the room.   I wanted a cartoon with a talking dog or a mouse or something.   Animals were what we ate, not what we laughed at.
Tangential Science: Geeks At Least Have A Taxonomy

Tangential Science: Geeks At Least Have A Taxonomy

Jul 10 2009 | comment(s)

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny.

1.  Dave Deamer wanted to know if we think there is a genetic basis for nerdiness?   Egads, what if it were so?  Worse, what if a nerd marries another nerd and has a baby nerd in some big Lamarckian lovefest of evolution?