I heard today that the ABC are in the process of axing “The Chaser” program in reponse to the APEC Security Breach….
It will start at a convenient time in the evening with the Moon moving into the Earth’s shadow at 6.51pm. Totality, when the Moon is completely within the shadow, will commence at 7.52pm. The Moon will start coming out of the shadow at 9.23pm and the eclipse will end at 10.24pm. Eclipses of the Moon are completely safe to watch.
A report on Victoria’s Neighbourhood Watch says the program is in crisis.
The answer to life, the universe and everything IS actually 42
6 Comments Published 1 year, 4 months ago in My life.Our galaxy weighs three times 10 to the power of 42kg - a number written as 3 followed by 42 zeroes, which has echoes of author Douglas Adams’s fictional answer to the question of life, the universe and everything in his series Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
A stunning admission from the government. The first western government to admit the ‘real’ reason for being in the Middle East.
Astronomer Phil Plait talks about a new discovery that might be able to describe the Universe that existed before the Big Bang!
The Northern Summer floods are God’s judgment on the immorality and greed of modern society, claim senior Church of England bishops. One, the Bishop of Carlisle, even said that the introduction of pro-gay laws had provoked God to send the storms that have left thousands homeless.
Census figures show more Australians have no religion
3 Comments Published 1 year, 5 months ago in My life.NEARLY one in five Australians are without religion, with the Anglican Church the hardest hit by decreasing numbers of followers, the 2006 Census has revealed.
The Atheist Foundation have this to say: http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/mediarelease.htm
Travel and Tourism Industry Compete in Cyberspace Race
2 Comments Published 1 year, 5 months ago in My life.“OUR EARTH’S GREAT RACE” officially begins hopping at 9am (AEST) on the 14th of June 2007. Businesses in the travel and tourism industry are encouraged to compete for the world’s unofficial title of the “Number One Tourist Destination.”
Why humans lost their body hair? Why are we the only hairless primate?
1 Comment Published 1 year, 5 months ago in My life.Mark Pagel, head of the evolutionary biology group at the University of Reading in England and editor of The Encyclopedia of Evolution, fills us in:
