With their Easy Bake Robots...

Ice found on Mars-  The next step is to look for certain carbon compounds that may mean life.  By look for it, we mean- bake it.

Researchers were able to prove the soil had ice in it because it melted in the oven at 32 degrees - the melting point of ice - and released water molecules. Plans called for baking the soil ( Read more... )

When I was a kid I remember reading a book (The Beans of Egypt Maine, by Carolyn Chute) over my dad's shoulder as he read it, and being shocked by the language in the book.  My dad explained, without batting an eye, that it was "Poetic license ( Read more... )

I picked up a wonderful fleece for spinning today.  DH carded some of it for me while I was teaching someone to spin, and he laughed and said, "This fleece is so nice I only need to run it through the cards once, but I'm doing it twice because I feel like I'm cheating ( Read more... )