Out of Left Field
News interesting to the editor that doesn't fit into other categories
Weird stuff also goes here
May 25, 2011
"The reliability of common sense is an issue for philosophers and cognitive scientists alike."
May 24, 2011
"A space policy specialist has drawn on new research in archives, oral histories and memoirs to reassess the meaning of Project Apollo 50 years after its start."
May 24, 2011
"The topic of 'Life after death' raises disreputable connotations of past-life regression and haunted houses, but there are a large number of people in the world who believe in some form of persistence of the individual soul after life ends."
May 24, 2011
"A brief look at how each American president helped shape and steer American activities in space."
May 22, 2011
Tongue-in-cheek: "Newsflash: the sudden global disappearance of men, women & children has initiated a scientific and intellectual renaissance such as the world has never see..."
May 21, 2011
"If doomsday happens tomorrow, will humans be able to survive in space?"
May 21, 2011
"People who put incoming e-mails in folders are no better at finding them than those who simply use search."
May 20, 2011
How self-educated preacher Harold Camping calculated that tomorrow is the End of the World.
May 19, 2011
"City lights are more than a pretty sight from the air--they're also a good way to tell how a country's economy is doing, some economists say."
