Daily Archives: October 14, 2003

Diagram of Shenzhou 5 – “Divine Ship” GOBI DESERT, China Oct. 14 China launched its first manned space mission on Wednesday, sending an astronaut hurtling toward orbit and becoming the third country in history to do so on its own … Continue reading →

What a difference a day can make.  Yesterday after the game I was cackling maniacially, skorfing down a bloody burger and a Bloody Mary, watching Monster Truck Mashup on cable and searching through my little black book for ex-girlfriends’ phone … Continue reading →

Under pressure from administrators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a tenured physics professor has shut down a Web site he created to make information available about the unaccredited distance-learning institutions often referred to as “diploma mills.” The physics … Continue reading →

Fortnum and Mason have launched a range of edible treats for Halloween including real worms, ants and scorpions. The creatures used in the white chocolate ants, toffee scorpions and barbeque worm crisps are farm raised specially for human consumption. Fortnum … Continue reading →

Photo by Daisy Lin Last week I took my class to Harvard’s Peabody Museum.  Their assignment was to choose one object or exhibit in the museum and write a detailed physical description of it.  I told them to try to … Continue reading →