Happy Birthday Jon Stewart!
Explaining the Universe one crazy particle at at time. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The 11/3 Project www.thedailyshow.com

Cross the Streams with Collider!
Its Black Friday, the annual tradition where families of vampires awake before dawn and then shuffle in zombie-like shambling hoards through the parking lots to the gates of hell.  Or at least Macy’s.  Hey, that actually sounds like fun when put like that! But this holiday season, I’d like to recommend one gift that doesn’t involve a 45 minute wait at Denny’s:  Paul Halpern’s book Collider! (

Standing O for the Symphony of Science
If you didn’t catch the release earlier this week, the groovy folks at Symphony of Science have released a new video.  This one features Carl Sagan, Robert Jastrow, Michio Kaku and some Richard Dawkinsy goodness. Now I know you want to get your galactic groove on to the rest of the videos. Man, the song from the first one just sticks in your head and doesn’t let go. You can also order “A Glorious Dawn” on 7″ vinyl, which has a B-side that’s out of this world: Third Man Records, in conjunction with United Record Pressing, fabricated a special “Cosmos Colored

Thankful for The Universe
Milky Way Center Mosaic from the Great Observatories (click to embiggen) We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens .