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Spitzer Looks at Warner—Again!

Did the Big Four collude in setting 99&#162:/song download pricing?

Clearest Pix Yet of Center of Milky Way

Now we can see that massive black hole so much better!

Stealth Ain't As Easy As It Sounds

How an F-117A really turns on the cloaking mechanism.

Bill Wray, Illustrator

If, like me, you only know Wray from his Ren & Stimpy comics-style stuff, you owe it to yourself to check out his fine art paintings as well.

Thanks, Jeff.

My Favorite Best Books of 2005 List

This one packs a lot of info into a too-short seeming essay. It champions good books, too.

10 Little Known Science Stories of 2005

From the next generation of Tang to a universal life equation.

The Eternal Return

...All configurations that have previously existed on this earth must yet meet, attract, repulse, kiss, and corrupt each other again.
— Heinrich Heine

Hmm.

My youngest sister, Briana, received a Magnavox boombox for Christmas.

While she was connecting the thin black and red wires, I wondered if she'd someday be listening to her Fallout Boy and Blink-182 CDs through an Arcam Solo. I kind of wish my mom would have consulted me before buying her a boombox. I mean, what good am I if I can't make some recommendations on audio equipment? If we couldn't have sprung for a…