A Japanese astronaut is set to perform a number of worthless experiments this month while aboard the International Space Station in an attempt to piss off taxpayers and win over schoolchildren. Koichi Wakata will perform 16 tasks chosen from 1,597 suggested by hundreds of people, from nursery school...

Director : Edward Sedgwick Release Date : 7 January 1928 (USA) Genre : Drama, Romance Cast : (Complete credited cast) , William Haines as Brice Wayne, Joan Crawford as Betty Channing, William Bakewell as ‘Tex’ McNeil, Neil Neely as Bob Sperry, Ralph Emerson as Bob Chase, Leon Kellar as C...

I really have no idea what I just watched but it reminded me of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Also, I think it carried a powerful message. One about doing it. In space. Docking [vimeo] Thanks to C, who has actually done it in space and always tells me the story and it makes me so jealous....

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) believe they've solved the age-old problem of how to shit in space. The current ISS toilet is a Russian-built, western-style commode that sucks waste away like a vacuum cleaner. Use of that toilet requires practice before heading to space, particularly b...

This is a time-lapse video made of still images by astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station. It shows the Aurora Borealis in all its auroral beauty -- from space. And while it's not THE most beautiful thing I've ever seen, it's second only to the boobs I saw yesterday. Youtube Tha...

The University of Cambridge, in cooperation with a bunch of school kids, ballooned four teddy bears to 30,000 meters. Because, I mean, why the hell not? A helium balloon was used to get the bears up up and away flying to Near Space or the Edge of Space as it is known. The bears endured temperatures ...

The DNA Moon Dust Watch from Geneva watchmaker Romain Jerome was created to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing is limited to a not-so-limited edition of 1,969 (get it, because of the year?). 'The case of the watch is made with steel melted with fragments of the Apollo 11. 'The dial...

The Rupublic of Korea's troops are stepping into winter fashion in a big way -- with all new threads and a sweet-ass rifle. The new new battle uniforms would provide protection against nuclear, biological, and chemical attacks, and would feature automatic temperature control. A new protective vest i...

Brett Wykes awarded himself a superb 13th birthday present with a last gasp win at Llandow in the BRDC Stars of Tomorrow series. Wykes had qualified on pole position after a first, second and third in the heats and took the hole shot to lead off the start, only to succumb to Sam Vanderpump. He swift...

On Tuesday 9th June 2008 the MSA invited appropriate organisations to attend a meeting at Motor Sports House to review the situation in respect of Comer Cadet Karting and the recently introduced Tryton carburettor. The meeting was chaired by the MSA General Secretary, Rob Jones and attended by the f...