The View from Afar

Check out this video NASA has made of the moon orbiting the Earth.  It’s taken from 31 million miles away and will hopefully help scientists identify planets in other solar systems that might be similar to Earth. Here’s a screen grab from the movie showing the moon over Africa:  

So That’s Where All The Woolly Mammoth’s Went…

As a kid I was fascinated by the fact that back in the day there used to be woolly mammoths, sabertooth tigers, milodons, etc. roaming across the plains.  I mean, what sort of six year old boy couldn’t love something like this: For the uninitiated, that’s a sabertooth tiger a.k.a. a Smilodon taking down a sloth while… Continue reading So That’s Where All The Woolly Mammoth’s Went…