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History of Science

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Space Station To Crash Into Ocean: 5 Other Notable Falls From Orbit

    Skylab: Roomy but fallible​News came out yesterday that Russia and her space-station partners plan to crash the thing into the ocean when its life span ends in 2020. It's too expensive to dismantle, and would be too huge and dangerous a piece of space junk to leave up there in orbit. Man-mad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    The 11 Sexiest, Coolest-Looking Cold War Jets

    The F-106: The delta wing in all its glory​Jet aircraft, particularly the fighters, represent a Freudian's play date. Long, slender, blisteringly fast, spewing bullets out the tip and, until recently, powered as much by testosterone as by kerosene (the main ingredient in jet fuel -- what a dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Does the Challenger Explosion Only Resonate in Houston?

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    NBC's Thursday Night: I Walked On Your Face!

    Buzz Aldrin is officially cooler than you are.​This is my third week blogging about NBC's Thursday comedies as a whole, and I'm really enjoying the experience of watching them as a block. Between my DVR, sites like Hulu, and a willingness to look around for other online videos whose legality I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    For The 40th Anniversary Of Apollo 13: The Dorkiest Complaints About The Movie's Accuracy

    ​Forty years ago today, the second-most famous space words ever were uttered: "Houston, we have a problem."THAT'S NOT WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID, some people are likely screaming at this point. Yes, it was actually "Houston, we've had a problem." Deal with it.When it comes to Apollo 13, though, many ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    You Think Today's NASA Mission Posters Are Lame?

    Photos courtesy Bonhams​A while back, there was some general web guffawing over what was perceived as NASA's lame mission posters, which have trended towards spoofing popular movies. (We kinda liked them, actually.)Now we're getting a glance at how bad things used to be.On Tuesday -- the 40th anni ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009
  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    Sputnik Declassified

    Web exclusive!

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2008

    "Einstein"

    It's all relativity

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2006

    Everybody in tha Chamber

    It's all relativity

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Coming Down

    A "routine" shuttle descent winds up stunning Space City

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Coming Down

    A "routine" shuttle descent winds up stunning Space City

  • Music

    June 27, 2002

    Vans Warped Tour

    Saturday, June 29

  • Culture

    July 19, 2001

    Gallows Humor

    Elizabeth I gives us the skinny on all sorts of bad behavior

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    In God's Country

    William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. Little did he realize he would be crucified for his cause.

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    The Insider

    William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. Little did he realize he would be crucified for his cause.

  • Dining

    June 15, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    Restaurant-Go-Round

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