Catherine Mintz

"The Country's in the Very Best of Hands"

Rescue Robots

Okay, it has a irritating boost-the-NSF quality but the actual footage of robots in action makes up for it.

Tsunami

Capitalists in Space

With the end of shuttle flights, the US seeks alternative means of reaching the Space Station. Here's a test launch by SpaceX of California.

The BBC reports on the launch and the plans for the future.

The Future of Food

And when you've absorbed that, have a look at designer foods from the lab.

Balloon Maps!

Data displayed by Worldmapper.

Globish

Globish is sort of English and yet decidedly not.

Windowfarms

Introducing hydroponics for the masses, while going (sort of) green.

And their website.

Peeps!

Easter is the season when peeps do many unusual things. This, entitled "Eep!" is the winner of The Washington Post's Peep Show IV.

Eduard Khil

Since a video of this singer doing a vocalized version of a song has gone viral on the internet, it seems fair to show a video where he is performing something else. This is "Winter," recorded around 1971 for Soviet-era television.