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Stranger Than Fiction: Volunteers to Simulate 520-Day Mars Trip
Want to go to Mars without ever leaving Earth? You're in luck! The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for six international volunteers to participate in a simulated voyage to Mars.
President Obama to Send Personned Mission to Mars
Due to the recent positive identification of Martian water and the discovery of a labyrinth of subsurface tunnels, President Obama has announced support of a personned mission to the Red Planet. Stating that these tunnel cities could only be the work of hyper-intelligent creatures, Obama plans to dedicate $55 billion toward astronaut training with the goal of a flight and landing before the end of his second term.
Defending the expenditure as "a stimulus that will provide jobs in the aeronautics and astrophysics sector," Obama feels it will give a boost to the overall economy, recalling such 20th century innovations as Tang powder breakfast drinks.
Front Page: Taiwan Arrests Its Former Leader
- The ex-president of Taiwan was detained by his country's police on charges of corruption and money laundering today. The defiant Chen Shui-bian raised his handcuffed hands above his head while shouting “Long live Taiwanese independence."— New York Times
- In his White House meeting with Barack Obama, President Bush indicated that he would support another economic stimulus package, which includes aid to the auto industry, if the Democrats stopped opposing the Colombian free-trade agreement. — International Herald Tribune
- Somalian pirates captured a Philippines chemical tanker, carrying 23 crew members, marking the 83rd hijack in Somalian waters this year.
It's Really Red! (No Green Men!) Pictures From Mars Landing!
NASA is looking for life on Mars and just released pictures from an unexplored region of the red planet. The Mars Phoenix lander traveled 430 million miles from Earth and took 10 months to reach its destination. The mission cost $457 million, including $37 million from Canada.
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Mars Candy Wants You to Pleasure Yourself
If you've seen the commercial for Mars' newest candy bar "The Fling," you probably thought you flipped to a racy movie. The ad makes it look like people are having sex in a bathroom, when in fact it's just a woman eating a candy bar in a dressing room. The commercial is so sexually charged that the voiceover even calls on women to pleasure themselves with the fingers (that's what they're calling candy bars these days).
Cute Alert: Mars Crater Smiley Face
Look, guys! It's the universe —or Mars, anyway— smiling at us. This almost makes up for the fact that Phil the groundhog has consigned us to six more weeks of winter hell.
Ted Kennedy Passes Away at 77 After Long Battle With Cancer
We're sad to report that Senator Ted Kennedy, the youngest Kennedy brother, passed away Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, MA. Although the infamous incident at Chappaquiddick marred his reputation, Kennedy in later years was known for championing healthcare reform, better working wages, and equal rights, he was called the "liberal lion of the senate."
Most recently, he was known for his love of Portuguese water dogs, which he shared with the Obamas when he gave the first family their dog, Bo.
This Commercial Makes We Want to Go to Mars
This ad for Airwaves Gum with Guarana suggests that a cute little alien was enticed to try out earth living after trying a piece. But then after getting a taste of the difficulties of earth life — getting a job, finding meaningful recreational activities, attempting to put together IKEA furniture — the alien hops back on his mother ship in frustration. Take me with you, little man!
Photographer Peter Lindbergh on the Evils of Photoshop
“My feeling is that for years now it has taken a much too big part in how women are being visually defined today. Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.”
— Fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh on the overuse of retouching in fashion photography, such that cover models begin to look like "objects from Mars." To see the amazing Dove Real Beauty ad that shows just how much Photoshop can transform someone, read more
Should Your Boyfriend Also Be Your Best Friend?
When you meet someone and fall in love, you can't help but want to spend most of your free time with him or her. And when you spend that much time with one person, and share a unique intimacy you don't share with anyone else, they become the person you trust more than anyone else. All these qualities are what you'd find in a best friend, but should your lover also be your BFF?
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