Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14
Inflatable Space Stations: NASA is considering the use of inflatable modules for the International Space Station (… http://bit.ly/9i9Pgt #
Astronomy Picture of the Week – The Rosette Nebula: The Rosette Nebula is a quite large nebula and is located 3,00… http://bit.ly/cbqtsj #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07: Dark Asteroids Discovered, Possible Threat to Earth: An infrared space […] http://bit.ly/bEqelT
Inflatable Space Stations
NASA is considering the use of inflatable modules for the International Space Station (ISS). This idea has been proposed as early as in the 1960s, but it has never been put to use in space until Bigelow Aerospace took over the idea and developed two working prototypes and tested them in space. The main advantage […]http://bit.ly/bFe5Bk
A Serbian Proverb
“Be humble for you are made of earth.
Be noble for you are made of stars.”
Serbian proverb
Geniuses
“The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
Carl Sagan
US astronomer & popularizer of astronomy (1934 – 1996)
Truth
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell
English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 – 1950)
Social Networking Security Threats
It seems that nowadays most people don’t care about privacy on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. The new location service rolled out by Twitter and a similar one under development on Facebook, are another source of potential security risks as demonstrated by this site called “PleaseRobMe.com“. Tweeting that you are leaving home isn’t […]http://bit.ly/dC8H5k
Books
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.”
Paul Valery
French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)
Ideas
“The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.”
P. B. Medawar
British (Brazilian-born) anatomist (1915 – )
New Footer & Toolbar
As you may have noticed, we have recently released our new footer design, followed by a new toolbar on our blogs.
The footer allows for better navigation between all our blogs, sections and features. The toolbar enables users to interact even more with our blogs. They can share, subscribe to RSS, become fan, tweet, etc. right […] http://bit.ly/9sgg8C
Truth
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes)
British mystery author & physician (1859 – 1930)
The long eared white fox
Beware! He hears everything!
Image credits: Cute Funny Animals: 50 Precious Photos
Funny but True!
“The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.”
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 – 1956)
World’s Smallest Inhabited Island
This 105-old mansion is built on a small rocky island off the shore of Rhode Island. It’s called the Clingstone Mansion.
It is a pretty big, 23-room residence, in the middle of nowhere, which puts it far away from any noisy neighbor.
Images source: Clingstone Mansion in Rhode Island
