Eyeballs, alligators. You get the idea.
"'Being able to fly as a first flight a vehicle as a test pilot is a 'once in a generation' type of opportunity, so obviously I'm very thankful for it,' said Hurley." SpaceX rolls out the Dragon.
"Scientists have found a rapid way of producing magnesite, a mineral which stores carbon dioxide. If this can be developed to an industrial scale, it opens the door to removing CO2 from the atmosphere for long-term storage, thus countering the global warming effect of atmospheric CO2. This work is presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Boston." Only then we have to find a way to get it a few miles up in the atmosphere. Also, what are the byproducts of producing the polystyrene microspheres (polystyrene is made from petroleum and natural gas)? Red solo cup, I lift you up, proceed to party. (Grokked from Dan)
"Driven by three RS-68A main engines, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifted off early Sunday from Cape Canaveral carrying NASA’s Parker Solar Probe on a historic mission to study the sun." If I get my choice to see a space launch, the Delta 4-Heavy is one of the top wish lists (along with Space-X BFR or Falcon Heavy as I doubt I would ever get to see one of the big Protons in person).
"The FBI is warning banks about a fraud scheme called an ATM cash-out, Krebs on Security reports. With this type of heist, attackers typically compromise a bank or payment card processor with malware, disable fraud controls and withdraw large sums of money -- sometimes millions of dollars -- with cloned bank cards." Burning Chrome.
What's love got to do with it? "Jessie's owner had asked for help after the multilingual Macaw parrot spent three days on the roof in Edmonton… (London Fire Brigade) watch manager Chris Swallow said Mr Horoz had told (the parrot) 'I love you' after being advised it was the only way to 'bond' with the parrot… 'While Jessie responded "I love you" back, we then discovered that she had a bit of a foul mouth and kept swearing, much to our amusement,' Mr Swallow said." Relationships can be hard. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring the spread of measles in 21 states, including Indiana." Here we go. (Grokked from John)
"The reason Turkey's economic collapse is so scary is that Iran, Russia, and Syria are waiting in the wings." Whistling past the graveyard.
"A driver crashed a vehicle into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London during the Tuesday morning commute, injuring at least three people, police and medical personnel say… The suspect was arrested on 'suspicion of terrorist offenses,' the Metropolitan Police say. He has been described only as a man in his late 20s, who had been driving the silver Ford Fiesta when it crashed through a stream of cyclists and pedestrians and hit a barrier." A Ford Fiesta?
"A New Mexico judge agreed on Monday to release five suspects who were arrested on child abuse charges and were alleged to have been training the children to carry out school shootings. The decision to release the suspects on bond came against the wishes of the sheriff's department and FBI."
"A Florida state house candidate admitted to posting an inaccurate diploma from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, through an apology on Facebook Monday. The post was later taken down." A bachelors of science in marketing? Uh, yeah, Bob. (Yes, apparently this is a thing, I have questions…)
"'Kasich is kind of caught because on the one hand he wants to be anti-Trump and on the other hand he wants to still be a Republican loyalist, and he's the titular head of the Republican Party in Ohio,' said long-time GOP strategist Mike Murphy, another internal Trump critic. 'That's how you screw yourself into corners.'" It's self-inflicted wounds all around.
"After Politico reported Trump had mispronounced the names of Nepal and Bhutan during a 2017 briefing, (Stephen) Colbert noted how it was 'important that the most powerful man in the world knows what countries are in that world.'"
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