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ROME: After more than 500 years earth-bound, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is about to spread its wings and fly. The rumor has been confirmed by Holy See spokesman Don Lope de Aguirre in a press conference this morning. "We must understand that Christianity has many adversaries today," De Aguirre...

A novel by Andy Weir. Feels like Cast Away on Mars with MacGyver in Tom Hanks' character place. Sounds fun. Or maybe not. Well, anyway now you know and knowing is half the battle.

TECH NEWS: Facebook, the social network now more than 1.25 billion users strong, is about to become the first virtual community to obtain a seat at the United Nations. "It's simply too big to ignore," a representative stated "and it's a fact that Facebook has done a lot to improve relationships...

... This could be interesting: http://www.japanflix.com/japans-modern-day-apollo-13-starring-ken-watanabe-in-theaters-february-11 Movie about the Hayabusa mission. Since it was an unmanned flight, it centers around the mission control personnel and their reactions to the many troubles that...

The Swiss! IN SPACE! http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Space_is_closer_than_you_think.html?cid=35701028

Found this blog while searching for vintage SF stuff and look at this... Behold the Star Bird, a toy spaceship from 1979 that featured working photon guns (it had, well, LEDs that emitted photons, so "photon guns") and a mechanism that would change engine sound effects depending on the toy's...

The body of Richard III, slain at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, has been found buried deep beneath a Leicester car park, scientists confirmed today. That was one hell of a long winter of his discontent.

This week I had the opportunity to see the old Hawker-Siddeley Hunter in action again, and thought to share some stuff with you folks... A couple of shots of it flying with the Patrouille Suisse... This one will make panel designers happy. :thumbup: And now some videos. Sorry...

Just found out that someone posted the entire (13 episode) obscure campy SciFi series on YouTube... Don't know about you, but Fulvia and Octavia can chase me across mid-1970 Britain as long as they like!:thumbup:

I have recently seen this 2007 Canadian miniseries. It's a Voyage to the Planet-ish two-parter centered around a manned mission to Mars in 2030, featuring a multinational crew. The expedition is very trouble-plagued by faulty components, accidents and various mishaps but none too outlandish...

Since my internet availability is going to be curtailed for logistic reasons in the following days, I'd like to wish you all MERRY CHRISTMAS and a hearty BAH HUMBUG. And, in the immortal words of John McClane: HO HO HO. If it moves, eat it!:thumbup:

Anyone remember the Rescue Ball (Personal Rescue Enclosure) that was meant to be a part of the emergency kit on Shuttle missions but never got off the ground? Well, here is the Japanese more sturdy cousin, supposedly designed to get you out of a tsunami. Don't know about you guys, but this...

The final resting place of Lunar Orbiter 2, launched on November the 6th 1966 and impacted October the 11th 1967 has been apparently identified by the LRO. Details here. Looks like the LRO played Cold Case Squad for this. (sunglasses) That's some moonlighting. (cue Won't get fooled again)

... Beowulf cluster of those: http://www.geek.com/articles/games/game-developer-david-braben-creates-a-usb-stick-pc-for-25-2011055/

British actress Elisabeth Sladen, most known to SF fans for her role as reporter Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who, passed away on April 19th. She was 63. Elisabeth Sladen began her role as a regular companion of the Doctor under Jon Pertwee's tenure in 1973 in the episode The Time Warrior and...

For some 20 years, Soyuz crews have been carried the TP-82 survival firearm (a combined carbine/shotgun/flare launcher) with them on their missions. Made in limited numbers, it has never been available to purchase by the general public, much to the chagrin of collectors. This, however, is about...

Well, my two cents here... If you carry a weapon, you should always be in "yellow" mode. That means you're constantly scanning, evaluating potential threats, identifying dangers and getting ready to switch or "orange" (potential threat identified, possible imminent danger) and "red" (clear and...

You can use self-propelled bullets, as I suggested a long time ago in a thread far, far away. It's actually a proven concept, we've had antitank rockets for a while now and the Gyrojet weapons were developed in the '50s. The main problem with the Gyrojet was the low muzzle velocity (the rocket...

... You can die of dysentery

BREAKING NEWS: Doomsayers have been predicting end-of-the-world scenarios with the entire Earth and perhaps the whole Solar System being swallowed into an artificial black hole created at the LHC facility at CERN, but nothing could have foreseen the exact opposite happening. One day after the...