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By JB Sanders<\/p>\n

Now with more glowing lights!<\/p>\n

Crappy Science or Awesome Gaming Resource?<\/a><\/Strong>
\nYou decide! Article over at Ars Technica pokes fun at a series of newspaper (web?) articles declaring the location of a Yeti cave, a Unicorn lair and a rogue Serbian vampire. The articles are serious, the “science” is not so much. Whether you’re reading for the sarcastic slap-down, or just so you have some great real-world resources for your modern urban fantasy campaign, it works either way.<\/p>\n

Why Not Nuke a Hurricane?<\/a><\/Strong>
\nBecause according to NOAA, it just doesn’t work. First off, no bomb we have is big enough. Second, fallout. Third, you idiot.<\/p>\n

Full-Sized Replica Millenium Falcon<\/a><\/Strong>
\nAnd you’ve already clicked on the link, haven’t you? It’s a fan-made full-sized replica. Well, it will be. Right now it’s two laser cannons and a console. However, the guy has a big plot of land to build it on and a plan.<\/p>\n

Warning: auto-playing video about it at the link.<\/p>\n

Dr Who Timeline Chart<\/a><\/Strong>
\nIt’s extremely cool, although the creators follow the television show, not the Doctor’s personal timeline, which one imagines would be \u2026 difficult. See which incarnation of the Doctor battled the Daleks the most (you’ll be surprised), who fought the Master more than anyone else, and how long those companions lasted.<\/p>\n

Scale of the Universe<\/a><\/Strong>
\nFrom the subatomic to the Entire Universe. Zoom as far in or out as you want. Be sure to try the Sequel!, it’s animated.<\/p>\n

Why So Slow?<\/a> <\/Strong>
\nFind out why the Pioneer spacecraft (both 10 and 11) are slowing down as they zip to the edge of the solar system and beyond. It’s a long science-laden tale of epic proportions, and has a nice moral: don’t throw out even the boring data.<\/p>\n

Saved the Bridge<\/a><\/Strong>
\nMeet the folks who saved the bridge set from the Next Generation Star Trek and turned it into a museum. Ok, not the original bridge, which was destroyed for the Generations movie, but one of the replicas built for a Vegas theme park. But it sure LOOKS like the original.<\/p>\n

Internal Dressing<\/a><\/Strong>
\nThe US military is funding research into a foam that gets injected into the thoracic cavity (chest) of those with internal bleeding, to act as a sort of internal bandage. Neat, huh?<\/p>\n

Package for Dr Henry Walton Jones, Jr.<\/a> <\/Strong>
\nSo the University of Chicago gets a package addressed to a member of faculty they don’t recognize, but one of the students who works in the mail room realizes that the package is for Dr Jones. Yes, otherwise known as Indiana Jones. Inside was a hand-made replica of the Abner Ravenwood journal, from the first movie, including photos of Marion, some fake old-fashioned money, postcards, etc. No one is entirely sure who made it or exactly why (except, perhaps, for this reaction).<\/p>\n