rickyjames writes, Fifty years ago today, NASA boldly entered the Space Age with the launch of Explorer 1, and ramped up science education efforts among kids to counter the Soviets and their Sputnik. Today…
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Comic Releases: January 30, 2008
Recent Science Stories
An asteroid will be passing close by on Tuesday January 29, we’re that little bit closer to Frankenstein…
Weekend Review: The Beast from 20000 Fathoms
With Cloverfield still taking a Godzillian bite of the box office, the Bureau’s Weekend Review looks back at the film that birthed the Kaiju genre. No, not the Big G himself, but this Ray Harryhausen flick from 1953.
Hey, Space Tourists! The Latest from Virgin Galactic
This year will be “the year of the spaceship,” as Virgin Galactic announces again that we’re one step closer to Space Tourism. Check out the new design.
Weekly Comics Discussion – January 23, 2008
The complete list is here. This week looks like it’s a “quality over quantity” kind of week.
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Heath Ledger Dead at Age 28
Police are still investigating, but the Academy Award Nominee was found in an apartment today, dead.
He recently finished filming the latest Batman movie, ‘The Dark Knight’ where he played The Joker. No word on how this affects the film, if at all. Ledger leaves behind a wife and 2-year-old daughter.
Up for ‘Chuck’?
Chuck returns for two new episodes this Thursday night. No word on if there are any more. I checked the schedule and there’s no ‘Chuck’ the following Thursday.
Brain Warning: The two episodes are before and after Celebrity Apprentice. Shield your synapses accordingly.
Breaking Bad Is Story Good
rickyjames writes, Huh, who would have thought AMC on cable could produce such great sci-fi series that you’ve never even heard of? Following in the footsteps of their sort-of time travel epic Mad Men now in reruns, this week they kicked off their mad scientist show Breaking Bad. First ep last night was totally great, catch a rerun of the pilot this week and climb abord for one wild ride. Discovering his true identity under the covers with his clueless wife while using his powers of science for evil aboard his rolling secret laboratory, Walter White is my new antihero…
Star Trek XI Teaser Online
For those that didn’t see it with Cloverfield this weekend, here it is: