] This guy here is Peter Tsou. He's a scientist at NASA's
] Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he's holding an amazing
] substance called aerogel. Aerogel is a solid, but it is
] 99.8% empty space. In fact, it very closely approaches
] the density of air. It practically IS air. It's still a
] solid, though, and you can even pick it up or set things
] on it.

Very neat.

Hinterlands.cc - 03/26/04: Aerogel

] French and German intelligence officers who spoke to
] United Press International on condition their names not
] be revealed say, "the Madrid attacks are far too
] sophisticated to be the work of ETA. There was too much
] logistics involved for this to be the work of ETA."

United Press International: Madrid bombings carry al-Qaida hallmark

] The Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said Thursday it
] had received a claim of responsibility for the Madrid
] train bombings issued in the name of al Qaeda.
]
] The five-page e-mail claim, signed by the shadowy Brigade
] of Abu Hafs al-Masri, was received at the paper's London
] offices. It said the brigade's "death squad" had
] penetrated "one of the pillars of the crusade alliance,
] Spain."
]
] "This is part of settling old accounts with Spain, the
] crusader, and America's ally in its war against Islam,"
] the claim said.

Al Q claims responsiblity (meanwhile the UN is busy condeming ETA for the bombings)

] "We bring the good news to Muslims of the world that the
] expected 'Winds of Black Death' strike against America is
] now in its final stage ... 90 percent (ready) and God
] willing near," the letter said.
]
] The letter, signed by the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades that
] said it was part of al-Qaida, was sent to the
] London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. A copy of the
] letter was faxed to Reuters in Dubai.

BTW, the same guys that just claimed responsiblity for bombing Spain issued a threat to the U.S. today.

Purported al-Qaida letter says strike on U.S. near

] Hit range balls in the DARK?
] Now you can, with GlowRange.  Our illuminated
] targets and glowing golf balls make it FUN
] and easy. With instant
] feedback from the target you can
] track your results in real time!

The Swing Factory

] Tiger Woods has driven off from the most unusual tee-box
] in the world - a helicopter landing pad 1000ft up a Dubai
] hotel.

Ananova - Tiger Woods tees-off 1000ft up Dubai hotel

Opportunity's Microscopic Imager found this intriguing object, looking more like Rotini pasta. Its odd shape has stirred up Mars researchers, both inside and outside of the NASA Mars Rover Exploration team. Whether or not this object is related to biology has prompted a variety of views.

Main Story:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/opportunity_news_040302.html

[Looks like it could be some form of bacteria currently dubbed spirochete - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/spirochetes.html. But I don't know what magnification that pic was taken at....probably too big to be a bacteria:) - Nano]

Martian Pasta

] It's official: Stewie Griffin's plans for world domination
] shall continue!
]

Sweet!

Eh, or rather...

Alllll Riiiight....

[Yes! I freakin love this show. The funny thing is, I really didn't pay attention to it when it was on the air, but now that it has been brought to my attention, I own the DVDs from seasons 1-3 because I love this show so much. Can't wait! - Nano]

Yahoo! News - Family Guy coming back to the air

] State Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox, in a press
] release Thursday morning, said she would ask that the
] word evolution be put back in the state's proposed
] curriculum.
]
] "I made the decision to remove the word evolution from
] the draft of the proposed biology curriculum in an effort
] to avoid controversy that would prevent people from
] reading the substance of the document itself," wrote Cox.
] "Instead, a greater controversy ensued."

GA Superintendent backs down on Evolution

Animated Cartoon using a legal pad with art skills about as good as yours...

Robot Love