Assembly, in the halls of white marbleA new ritual, or at least forgotten.A shining metal bowl, shallow, rounded bottomThe water is still..Even as you cut my forbidden hair, you marvel at its lustreEven as you slice away the clothes, you admire their fitEven as you kill me, you can feel my greatnessIt is a lost beauty, a fatal sunset, the last touch of theexecutioner you offer me. We accept our roles, as part of nature,and at the end, disperse.
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Lessons about Humanity, from Mars
As many of you already know, yesterday NASA's MSL-Curiosity rover discovered something, or so we think, in a chemical sample taken on Mars. They…
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Apish Tongues
(Apologies for the cross-post with plus, but after I posted this there I realised it's probably more bloglike in character) I have a fascination…
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Ancient Periscopes
Three sciency things: Lake Ellsworth, a lake in Antarctica buried deep under the ice, is to have a probe visit it to take samples of the water and…
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