February 2011
17 posts
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Which is why the bad guys always want to control what gets printed:
Books educate us about art and politics and people and ideas. This happens in non-fiction and fiction. And in poetry, of course. So many of us have been moved to a deeper understanding of things — or many things — by taking in a few dark lines on the page.
Some people are simply more rad than the rest of us
Vandi Varma, the woman who “drives” the Mars rovers, is married to another rocket scientist. In their spare time, they climb mountains and she rides motorcycles. No matter who and your partner are, you are not the coolest couple around anymore.
Arthur C Clarke was right →
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Vikings might have used a navigational aide so novel that other cultures believed it was a magic rock.
