Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-10-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jul 2009, at 23:16, Richard Baker wrote: Gary said: I've also been watching Primeval on BBC America. SciFi Channel just started showing it. I didn't care for the first few episodes, but became hooked as the story arc developed. Of Course, BBC didn't renew Primeval and tonight's

Brin: Dark Matter / Energy in Doubt

2009-10-02 Thread KZK
This paper (pdf) shows how MOG (Modified Gravity or Scalar-Tensor-Vector) theory explains the Bullet cluster 'proof' of dark matter without dark matter: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702146 This article argues, weakly, that the apparent acceleration of the universe can be explained without

SG-U and Steve Sloan

2009-10-02 Thread Kanandarqu
OK, I think the character Eli/Ely on SG-U is a Steve Sloan wanna-be. Several of us have met Steve, but I swear the character is based on his skills and temperament. It has been some time, but I just kept thinking that's what he is doing now :-) Dee