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• Some More Thoughts on ABC’s Visitors

  
  Athanatos Christian Apologetics Ministry — Authority: 112
  So ABC’s “V” was on again tonight.  I enjoyed it.  It lacked the same punch as the first episode but I still liked it.  It seems a little hurried to me.  Maybe there are too many commercials?  I’ve seen other hour long shows that seemed to really carry a narrative so I know its possible.  I can’t put ...
  11 hours ago

• In memory of Carl Sagan: Pale Blue Dot

  
  Federico Pistono - Blog — Authority: 114
  In memory of Carl Sagan who would have turned 75 yesterday. Video Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot . Ive been re-watching Cosmos: A Personal Voyage , and every time I feel this sense of awe and inspiration. A great man, a true scientist, a visionary, and a somewhat too ahead of his time to be understood and ...
  18 hours ago

• Carl Sagan Deep Space Ship to Go to the Living Room and Beyond [Lego]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 897
  When I was 12, Cosmos was one of my favorite TV shows. The other was Benny Hill. Clearly, planetary exploration and semi-neekeed girls go together like William Shatner and Elton John songs, whiskey...
  20 hours ago

• John Meier Lecture Online

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 602
  Mark Goodacre pointed out that this full-length lecture by John P. Meier on the historical Jesus - entitled " Jesus the Jew - But What Kind of Jew? " - is available on YouTube. Also in the audio/visual blogosphere, Kevin Scull pointed out a lecture by Bruce Winter available online, on the Baylor University ...
  1 day ago

• “A Glorious Dawn” On A Path To World Domination

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 725
  The Album Cover (image: Third Man Records) Here at GeekDad, we’re big fans of Carl Sagan, the GOAT when it comes to making science understandable for the masses (IOHO). In September of this year, Mr. Sagan went viral posthumously with the internet hit “A Glorious Dawn” , a remixed-auto-tuned version of Sagan ...
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• LightSail: Planetary Society’s new solar sail project

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 440
  The Planetary Society is here yet again with its new solar sail program. Unlike its first solar sail that ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, this new project called LightSail is expected to be a success. The organization announced its plan to propel a spacecraft on sunlight alone by the end of 2010. Under this ...
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• Planetary Society to Launch Three Separate Solar Sails

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 597
  Written by Nancy AtkinsonOn the 75th anniversary of astronomer Carl Sagan’s birth, the Planetary Society announced their plans to sail a spacecraft on sunlight alone by the end of 2010. Called LightSail, the project will launch three separate spacecraft over the course of several years, beginning with LightSail-1, ...
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• Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 437
  Image via Wikipedia Peter Pan would be so happy. About a year from now, if all goes well, a box about the size of a loaf of bread will pop out of a rocket some 500 miles above the Earth . There in the vacuum it will unfurl four triangular sails as shiny as moonlight and only barely more substantial. Then it ...
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• Happy 75th, Carl

  
  Dust in a Sunbeam — Authority: 121
  Wish you were still here.
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• A Glorious Dawn

  
  colectiva — Authority: 521
  In celebration of what would have been Carl Sagan’s birthday, would he still be alive, here is a musical remix by John Boswell of Sagan getting down with Stephen Hawking freestylin’ as if he could actually freestyle… It’s dope! v > Living Ears
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• Happy birthday, dear Carl

  
  Cubik's Rube — Authority: 125
  Carl Sagan was completely awesome. There’s a lot of people talking all over the internet today about how they wouldn’t be a part of the skeptical movement if it weren’t for him. There might not even be a skeptical movement comparable to what exists today if not for Sagan’s influence. I imagine he’s a big ...
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• Carl Sagan Day

  
  Evolving Complexity — Authority: 122
  Remembering Carl Sagan, whose birthday is today.This video, by Melodysheep, has been viewed over a million and a half times -  a fitting tribute to Sagans great ability as a popularizer of science and rationality.Visit the Carl Sagan Portal for more information.
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• Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  DEEP-SPACE TRAVEL If the launching of LightSail-1 goes off according to plan next year, humans may soon be solar-sailing, as shown in this illustration.
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• The truth is out there, Carl Sagan’s guide to finding it

  
  disassociated.com — Authority: 443
  The methods of the late US astronomer Carl Sagan in determining the veracity, or otherwise, of claims or statements put to him . Arguments from authority carry little weight (in science there are no “authorities”).
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• Happy Birthday Carl Sagan

  
  Sustainability Ninja — Authority: 464
  “We have designed our civilization based on science and technology and at the same time arranged things so that almost no one understands anything at all about science and technology. This is a clear prescription for disaster.” “The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost ...
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• Carl Sagan (feat. Stephen Hawking) – “A Glorious Dawn”

  
  The Post-Rockist — Authority: 108
  Carl Sagan (feat. Stephen Hawking) – “A Glorious Dawn”Today marks what would be the 75th birthday of Carl Sagan, noted astronomer, agnostic, exobiologist, and turtleneck enthusiast. He’s perhaps most popularly recognized as the host of the 1980’s PBS series Cosmos, where he explored the incomprehensible ...
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• carl sagan on childhood

  
  astropixie — Authority: 124
  in honor of his birthday, id like to a quote from carl sagan : “As soon as I was old enough, my parents gave me my first library card. I think the library was on 85th Street, an alien land. Immediately, I asked the librarian for something on stars. She returned with a picture book displaying portraits of men and ...
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• A Boston Bar Mitzvah

  
  Trotz.com — Authority: 127
  The family headed to Boston - well, the North Shore to be exact - to join in the festivities around Austin’s Bar Mitzvah. We stayed with the Hogan crew at a quaint little home on a pond in Marblehead, and had a great time.
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• Galactic Watercooler Interview

  
  Nick Sagan Online — Authority: 98
  Recently, Ann Druyan and I did a podcast interview with Galactic Watercooler: Ann Druyan and Nick Sagan give us a unique and heartfelt look into the origins of Cosmos and Contact — and what esteemed scientist, citizen, father, and husband Carl Sagan was really like. Heartfelt is right as I found myself moved ...
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• Happy Birthday Dr. Sagan

  
  Sarahnomics — Authority: 110
  “I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. ...
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