Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Nice April Fools

Haha, these are a couple of the funnier ones I've found today:

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/04/01/nasa-could-be-criminally-negligent-over-brian-the-bat-death/
According to local press, NASA can be fined for the preventable death of the bat under the same state laws that govern goods transportation (i.e. company-owned vehicles are liable if they hit endangered animal species on Florida highways). Therefore, if a truck hit a free-tailed bat on a freeway, and the driver was pulled over by a police officer, the company who owns the truck would be accountable. "This is exactly the same rule that is being applied to NASA, a free-tailed bat was killed during the operations of the shuttle. In the county's eyes, that's no different from a Walmart truck running over a protected animal. Like a cougar [the state animal]," reported the Orlando Sentinel.
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/04/01/galaxy-zoo-team-discovers-new-class-of-galaxy-clusters/

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090401.html

http://www.wesh.com/cnn-news/19063789/detail.html


....oh wait... that last one wasn't a joke.... umm... yeah.

0 comments:

My Bookshelf

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog