The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a mysterious X-shaped object traveling at 11,000mph. NASA says that P/2010-A2 may be a comet, a product of the collision between two asteroids.
Or a Klingon Warbird. Either way.

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A clip from Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, appearance before a sold-out audience at The Richmond Forum in Richmond, Virginia. Did you know there’s a name for what happens to your body when you fall into a Black Hole?

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Scientists seeking permission to exhume the remains of Leonardo da Vinci plan to reconstruct his face to discover whether his masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, is a disguised self-portrait.

A team from Italy’s National Committee for Cultural Heritage, a leading association of scientists and art historians, has asked to open the tomb in which the Renaissance painter and polymath is believed to lie at Amboise castle, in the Loire valley, where he died in 1519, aged 67.

Giorgio Gruppioni, an anthropologist, said the project could throw new light on Leonardo’s most famous work. “If we manage to find his skull, we could rebuild Leonardo’s face and compare it with the Mona Lisa,” he said.

The identity of the Mona Lisa has been debated for centuries, with speculation ranging from Leonardo’s mother to Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine merchant.

Some scholars have suggested that Leonardo’s presumed homosexuality and love of riddles led him to paint himself as a woman.

Recreating Leonardo’s face could test the theory of Lillian Schwartz, an American expert who drew on computer studies to highlight apparent similarities between the features of the Mona Lisa and those of a self-portrait by the artist.

National Geographic has released a branded external hard drive that contains every issue of the magazine from 1888 – 2008. The 160GB HD costs $199.99 and features a 100GB partition for personal use. I would imagine that you would be able to add new issues as they become available.

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