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Here Are Some Really Weird Ways to Celebrate the End of the World on Dec. 21

There are 11 more shopping days until Christmas, but only seven until the end of the world, assuming you believe that Dec. 21, the end of the Mayan calendar, is your last day on Earth. The Mayans, you know, those pre-Columbians who lived in Central America before the Spanish got there, measured tim ... More >>

Vegan Big Mac, Space Veggies, and Happy Hellaween!

​You heard me, a vegan Big Mac! See? Just because you're vegan doesn't mean you can't eat crazy isht. This is America! You can eat any monstrosity you can come up with! See also: - Morrissey, Mike Vick, and a Very Happy Piggy! - James Cameron is Vegan, Chico State isn't, and These Ducks are the ... More >>

Planet B

Innovation Inundation

SF Sketchfest: Cast Reunion (and Radio Play) for Cult Comedy Wet Hot American Summer

In 2001's Wet Hot American Summer -- a raucous send-up of 1980s summer-camp movies -- the counselors vow to meet up 10 years later in 1991, when they'll all be in their late 20s, to see how they've fared. And just over a decade since the film's release, many of its main players reunited on stage at ... More >>

Out of This World

Industrial Corn's Solution for Gulf Oil Spill? Create Bigger Nitrogen Dead Zone!

AP News/NASANitrogen-filled sediment flowing from the Mississippi into the Gulf, as seen from space.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Shucked: Grist's Tom Philpott registers outrage ― outrage! ― in Big Corn's positioning re: the Gulf oil oil spill. Philpott, take it away: As if being b ... More >>

Space Aliens' Cell Phone, TV Banter Still Elusive, Scientists Say

But if E.T. uses an iPhone -- you're fucked​If space aliens ever discover cell phones or cable TV, they'll be able to hide from us forever.That's the verdict of scientists smirking at eccentric billionaire Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. He put up money for the Paul Allen Array, a group of 35 ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Black Keys, Common, Les Claypool, and N.E.R.D at NASA Ames

Richard Haick​Black Keys, Common, Les Claypool, and N.E.R.D at Yuri's Night Saturday, April 10, 2010 NASA Ames Q: What Russian cosmonaut made famous for being the first human to orbit earth in 1961 would eventually bring burners, hip-hoppers, rock fans, and space nerds together for ... More >>

Monday Morning Hangover: Sopping Wet

This weekend's torrential downpour was enough to keep us inside with a bottle of Jim Beam's finest, streaming Hallmark made-for-TV Criterion movies on Netflix. But in spite of the wretched weather, we managed to pull on our on-trend galoshes and slog out into the night.Richard Haick​Nerds and musi ... More >>

The Black Keys, Common, N.E.R.D @ NASA Party in Mountain View

There are plenty of space cadets in San Francisco, but Yuri's Night celebrates a man for actually leaving Earth's atmosphere. And it does this with a very Bay Area-style party, combining high technology, creative styling, and a huge dance party. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin officially became th ... More >>

Meteor Hunting in San Francisco Tonight? Good Luck.

Sacre bleu!​Get ready for some serious galactic debris, San Francisco. According to NASA, the peak visibility of the Perseids meteor shower will come tonight around midnight (most visible after the moon sets), revealing dozens of streaming fireballs across the night sky every hour until dawn. Soun ... More >>

Marin Youth Center Kids Land N.A.S.A. Gig

N.A.S.A."hey, pass the mic"The young artists of the Marin Youth Center (MYC) are over the moon--almost. Having just announced the release of the MYC compilation album Many Thoughts/One MYC (available on CDBaby now ), which proves it is possible for today's youth to record curseword-free rap music, ... More >>

Unknown facts about Noise Pop performers

Valentine's Sweet Hearts

Self-respecting San Francisco residents should know that the words "Russell Stover" and "Whitman's Sampler" really have nothing to do with real chocolate, but many might be able to use some guidelines beyond that for Valentine's Day. Fortunately, we have some of the country's finest chocolatiers i ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: N.A.S.A.

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Tcho Launches Beta Store

San Francisco has its very own chocolate factory with Tcho, a business launched in 2006 by former NASA software developer Timothy Childs and Wired founder Louis Rosetto. Coming from the technology world, Tcho puts all its personally sourced chocolate bars into beta testing, soliciting consumer fee ... More >>

TCHO Gets Nutty

The Gods Must Be Angry

MP3 of the Day: Apollo Sunshine

Chafing Dishes

We Can Kick the Pope Around Next Year, Maybe

What a Drag: Use a Parachute To Workout

Exotic Erotic Ball Couches Tits as Freedom: Get Real! ... about Freedom (not Tits; fake Tits are fine)

Encore

Bill Pullman's Shuttle Columbia Play 'Expedition 6' Comes Apart on Blast-Off

Rocket Men

Reliving the glory of America's giant leap for mankind

Of Gashes, Gouges and Goo: The Endeavor

SF Gets Experimental: An Edgetone Music Fest Preview

His Story

Love through the ages

Aliens Beware!

Infiltrator takes in NASA Space Camp for kids. As an adult. To save the planet.

Back to the Future

A stair-climbing humanoid robot, a power-assist suit, and a mind-control device, at NextFest

Save Bitchen Science!

Forget about cures for HIV and leukemia. Give us robo-warriors and high-tech Jesus boots.

Birthday Bash

The Academy turns 150

Pipe Dreams

A veteran of the Apollo program continues a quixotic quest to send a small rocket of his own design 60 miles high and, in the process, save his soul. Maybe ours, too.

Letters to the Editor

Week of February 26, 2003

The Bleeding Edge

A decade ago, Vertigo started a revolution by making comics for adults

Abort. Abort.

There's a solution for NASA's management problems and foolish focus on manned spaceflight: no NASA

The Poindexter Effect

Digging into the architect of Total Information Awareness unearths good news: Ordinary Americans value civil liberties

Visions of a Robot Future

The Holiday Robot Games and Expo offers fascinating projects, promising students, and unsettling premonitions

Sci-fidelity

At Worldcon, everyone -- from famous author to humble fan to mothlike alien -- is equal

Reel World

2001: A Space Odyssey; Up the Down Staircase; The Blackboard Jungle

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

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Letters

Heavenly Secrets

How the NASA researchers who inspired the film Contact outfoxed Congress and continued the search for intelligent aliens

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

The House of Tudor

Planet Wars

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

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