Links

• Books/Movies
  
  • Highmore Joins Spiderwick Chronicles
    Yay for Holly!
    
• Politics
  
  • Four children and the cost of war
    Lebanese Civilians Caught in Israeli Attacks
    I generally try to stay away from the major news stories in my links, but these two about the same event that happened in Lebanon really affected me, and so I decided to include them.
    
• Science
  
  • Astronomers Glimpse Exploded Star
    They are hoping it will soon explode as a type 1a supernove, which hasn't occurred since Tycho Brahe recorded his observations of one in 1572.
    
  • Fear of Snakes May Have Driven Pre-Human Evolution
    This is a new theory from a UC Davis professor.
    
  • Project Orion to Follow Apollo to the Moon
    Mercury -> Gemini -> Apollo -> Orion. Great, now get going!
    
• Technology
  
  • Man-Machine merger Arriving Sooner Than You Think
    Interesting audio article about a technological singularity.