All of a sudden, our neighbourhood might be getting a little more crowded. Next week the International Astronomical Union will meet at its annual convention. The hot topic? What defines a “planet”!? This is a very important question because thanks to more powerful telescopes… we have discovered a number of very large “rocks” (a.k.a. asteroids) …
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Lost at Sea… for 9 months
Here is an amazing story from the BBC today. 3 Fisherman were picked up near the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific last week. They had been drifting in a 25ft boat for 9 Months!! They were fishing off of the Mexican coast.. their engines broke down… and so they drifted. They lived off rain …
The Great Double Standard
Israelis bomb UN/Lebanese Convoy… Again… (this time by an unmanned aerial vehicle.. blame it on the robot, right? oh wait, it’s not a robot… it’s an RC fighter plane) This time the convoy had actually been approved by the Israeli government and military to move out of the South. It consisted of around 350 Lebanese …