Japanese Probe pulls up to Asteroid

takes some photos, and looks for a parking space. In November the probe will attempt to land… fire a projectile into the surface, take off, and catch the dust particles as they escape from the asteroid. It sounds sort of like when my cat bounds through our neighbours dandelions simultaneously scaring and catching bugs. Once …

Hugo Chavez likes Nationalized Oil… so do Canadians

Huh? Well… a little while ago I mentioned that Chavez has been making offers to export his countries oil to everyone but the US. Asia, Europe, South America, and his neighbours in Central America and the Caribeaan. Today, he took one more step towards creating a “Petrocaribe”. The talks are being attended by representatives of …

New Orleans is sinking man,

and I don’t wanna swim! Those prophetic words by the Tragically Hip are coming true this morning in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina tears through the city. Let us all hope that everyone comes out safe and the damage to New Orleans and the rest of the area in the path of Katrina is kept …