Phil Plait (previously) writes about asteroid 2011 AG5.
posted by curious nu on Mar 6, 2012 - 24 comments

All over the world today fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are heeding Douglas Adams's words that a towel is "about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have" - more from the towel day website.
posted by sgt.serenity on May 25, 2010 - 71 comments

Towel folding robot folds towels. Stacking ensues. Robot designer Pieter Abbeel's interesting commentary here.
posted by flapjax at midnite on Apr 7, 2010 - 48 comments

Peak oil? Yesterday's news. Global warming? You won't live to see it. Today's end-of-the-world-as-you-know-it message is mad cow disease in the human blood supply.
posted by jfuller on Mar 27, 2006 - 68 comments