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This Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101) is the clearest, most detailed piece of astronomy porn I've ever seen.

Thanks to Fred Manteghian.

I guess I never really thought about the uniqueness of sand, no matter how many times I heard that expression. <I>Microscopy</I> made me think about it&mdash;and the corollary notion that every beach and sandpit is unique as well.

While riding the <a href="http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/fline.htm">F</a&gt; train this morning, I, for some reason, found myself face down on the <a href="http://www.oldnewark.com/education/images/elementary/hawkins/hawkinssts… Street School</a> asphalt. All over again, on this hot, summer, 5th grade afternoon: Jose Quiros pushed his weight down against my lower spine, clenched his angry hands around my 10-year old throat, and announced, clearly and confidently: "I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you..."

The way I figure it, the least <I>Popular Science</I> can do is publish articles like this about jet-packs. If I recall correctly, it predicted we'd <I>all</I> have one in the Twenty-First Century.

As a writer, I applaud the new essay section of the SAT, but Karin Klein got up close and personal with it by passing the test to <I>score</I> the essays. She discovered some interesting things about taking&mdash;and scoring&mdash;the SATs.

A site dedicated to the BBC's Old Radio Broadcasting Equipment an Memories. Lots of microphone porn&mdash;and lots of other audio-related goodness.