So last week I threatened to write this week's wrap-up in sonnet form. I hate it when I back myself into a... READ ON

All this talk about the upcoming photos of baby Suri Cruise has gotten me thinking about Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, or as you know him, L. Ron. Plenty has been said about his opinions on aliens, volcanoes, and disembodied spirits, but his scientific interests didn't stop with astronomy, vulcanology, and, er, thetanology. For instance: he was an amateur paleontologist! In his book Scientology: A History of Man, Hubbard wrote about a toothy human ancestor who was "quite careless as to whom and what he... READ ON

As a new blog, we like to remind ourselves that things almost always start small. Exhibit A: In 1886, sales of Coca-Cola averaged only 9 drinks per day. There are loads more Coke facts where that came from, but before you check those out, why don't you enter our guess-the-recipe-for-Coke-and- Pepsi contest? It, too, has started small, so you've got a good shot at winning, although entries are trickling in now via e-mail. The deadline is tonight at 9 EDT, and the prize is a copy of What's the Difference --... READ ON

I'm still kind of stunned by this, but check out Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shui's recreation of the famous M. C. Escher drawing, Relativity. They've got some pretty fantastic photos of how they constructed the thing here. Oh, and because I can't resist dropping facts, I read this on Wikipedia about the Lego® company: "The Lego group is the largest tire manufacturer in the world, producing over 300 million minature tires each... READ ON