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NASA

  • Calendar

    May 17, 2012

    NASA’s 'Driven to Explore' Exhibit

    Discovery Science Center

  • Film

    May 3, 2012

    'The Avengers' Is Superhero Soup

    Good guys, bad guys, tight pants and explosions!

  • Food

    April 5, 2012

    One Nation, Under Tacos

    An excerpt from 'Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America'

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    10 Great Breakfast Spots In Orange County

    ​In this list of morning meals, you'll find not just the egg, bacon and pancake joints (although there are certainly a lot of those in there), but also a certain Swedish furniture super store that practically gives away its food, a Cambodian/Vietnamese noodle shop and a place to dip Chinese fried ... More >>

  • Food

    August 25, 2011

    Brunch a Bunch Across OC!

    OC's best brunches: The ethnic, the gorgeous views and the bottomless booze!

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    DJ Dan Sena: From Playing in Punk Rock Bands at Koo's Cafe to Collaborating with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

    ​ Orange Country DJ Supreme, long-time resident spinner of the Detroit Bar, Dan Sena, recently released his newest EP titled, Candy Floss Art Capitalism. From being part of the indie-emo band Give Until Gone to punk-rock group Bullet Train to Vegas, the Santa Ana native has done it all. Now, Sen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Farewell, Space Shuttle Program: Five Classic Space Travel Songs

    ​The Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off today in the final mission of NASA's shuttle program. The mission: run supplies to the International Space Station, and bring home as much trash as can fit in the shuttle. Exciting stuff. To lively up this otherwise dull swan song, here are five tracks t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Top 10 Musical Moments in Video Games

    Aerosmith's Revolution XThis week, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place in Los Angeles, drawing fanfare and hype across the gaming world. The three-day trade fair is open to only vendors and developers, but it provokes the kind of suspense Apple fans feel before a major Steve Jobs annou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Eat Here, Not There: Veggie Burgers

    Edwin Goei​By now, you should've gone to Rick's Atomic Cafe and had his breakfasts. You haven't? Stop reading and go. You back? Okay, now try his veggie burger. Seriously. Try it. Yes, I, too, was skeptical. Why would any meat-eater opt for a veggie burger when you don't have to? Answer: When Rick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Rohrabacher, Royce, Campbell and Other Doves vs. Pelosi, Waxman and Other Hawks

    ​Before shock and awe, there was just give peace a chance. The call for a surge in Iraq drew a push-back from MoveOn.orgers. Doves bristle at endless warfare.Ah, the good old days. Now, down is up, Simon Cowell is Jennifer Lopez, and hawks who once warned "You-break-it, you-fix-it" are talking pul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Winter Solstice & Total Lunar Eclipse Coincide For First Time In 372 Years, But OC Won't See It

    Going, going, gone.​There's an extremely rare, celestial happening tonight. It's the only time the winter solstice and a lunar eclipse will happen on the same night in our lifetime--so rare, in fact, that it didn't even happen between now and our great-great-great grandparents lifetime--and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    ACLU Accuses Feds of Retaliatory Deportation of Whistleblower Who Sued Fullerton Company

    ​The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is "deeply concerned" over federal immigration agents detaining and initiating deportation proceedings against an immigrant worker who filed a federal class action lawsuit against a Fullerton-based firm in August for labor and civil rights violations. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Thank you, Global Warming: UCI-Led Study Shows Sea Levels Steadily Rising

    ​Frequent and extreme storms tied to global warming are causing more freshwater to flow into the Earth's oceans and sea levels to rise, concludes a team of researchers led by Jay Famiglietti, a UC Irvine Earth system science professor."All told, 18 percent more water fed into the world's oceans fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    What Astronauts Do With Taco Sauce In The Space Shuttle

    ​I had to share this recent story with my fellow science geeks out there.  It's all about stuff you never knew to ask about food in NASA's space shuttle.  According to the article, here are some fun tidbits: - "Salt and pepper are available but only in a liquid form because astrona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: First Glimpses of Fall Conditions

    By Nolan HallOffshore Conditions in Baja​The Santa Ana Winds and the hottest weather of the year are already showing up this year, even as early as late August. It brings back memories of last year, coughing and surfing ash-covered waves under dark, smoky skies. Early Santa Anas bring that haunted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    How Did Chung Get Away With Spying for China for So Long?

    In light of today's first-ever economic espionage conviction of Dongfan "Greg" Chung, 73, of Orange, it must be asked: How did the former Rockwell International and Boeing engineer get away with being a spy for China for so long? Born in China, Chung was employed by Rockwell in Downey from 1973 unti ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2009

    Astronaut Panel

    South Coast Plaza

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    This Week in OC Weekly

    In "Hive and Seek" Gustavo Arellano discusses saving Orange County's bees--and possibly breaking the odd city code and state law in the process--with the Backyard Beekeepers.And R. Scott Moxley takes a look at what OC's Board of Supervisors has been doing with its loose change for the past few mont ... More >>

  • Music

    February 26, 2009

    [CD Review] N.A.S.A., 'The Spirit of Apollo' (Anti-)

    In "Hive and Seek" Gustavo Arellano discusses saving Orange County's bees--and possibly breaking the odd city code and state law in the process--with the Backyard Beekeepers.And R. Scott Moxley takes a look at what OC's Board of Supervisors has been doing with its loose change for the past few mont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Dana Rohrabacher Praised for Saying the Sky is Falling

    Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), shown here possibly pointing to a dangerous object in the sky, is being commended by the no doubt august Institute for Human Continuity for his "Planet X forsight" and belief that Earth's preparedness for dealing with cosmic debris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Rumored/Confirmed Coachella Artists Start to Trickle In

    LAist has about 20 artists they say are "confirmed" for Coachella (coming up soon! April 17-19!), and many more that are "rumored"--and given that just about every act of note is "rumored" for Coachella at this point in the year, a classification that's about as meaningful as last night's Golden Glo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    UCI Scientist Helps Add More Culprits to the Global Warming List

    Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Tonight: Neil Hamburger at Alex's Bar!

    Why did NASA send a titanium copy of the latest Linkin Park album to every planet in our solar system? Well, to kill off any interest that the aliens may have had in invading earth. That's one of the many jokes in the considerable arsenal of Neil Hamburger, "America's youngest comedian." For those ... More >>

  • Film

    April 17, 2008

    In the Judd Apatow-Produced 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' Jason Segel Uses His Balls to Great Effect

    Why did NASA send a titanium copy of the latest Linkin Park album to every planet in our solar system? Well, to kill off any interest that the aliens may have had in invading earth. That's one of the many jokes in the considerable arsenal of Neil Hamburger, "America's youngest comedian." For those ... More >>

  • Film

    February 14, 2008

    [DVDish] Chafing Dishes: Reviews of No Reservations, I Could Never Be Your Woman, more

    Why did NASA send a titanium copy of the latest Linkin Park album to every planet in our solar system? Well, to kill off any interest that the aliens may have had in invading earth. That's one of the many jokes in the considerable arsenal of Neil Hamburger, "America's youngest comedian." For those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    OC Sex Inventions

    Inspired by an exhibit of sex inventions at the New York-based Museum of Sex, I thought I'd do a little trolling through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's online search for anything interesting coming out of our fair county. Anaheim inventor Wayne Manska was awarded patent #6,645,164 in 2003 ... More >>

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Aural Reports

    Noise of the Spheres: Inspired by Videodrome, SST and Dick, NASA Space Universe Make a Cosmic Racket

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2007

    Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: OC Inspired Space Travel?

    California's Police State: Imagine you are a suspect and the police take your entire statement out of context by secretly recording only snippets that seem to incriminate you in a crime. Can’t happen? Think again. California police officers have won the right to selectively tape you. It’s the R ... More >>

  • Film

    September 13, 2007

    Rocket Men

    Reliving the glory of America’s giant leap for mankind

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises

    Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Ear ... More >>

  • Film

    February 22, 2007

    Fly Me to the Moon

    Astronaut Farmer dares to dream

  • Columns

    February 8, 2007

    Diary of a Mad County

    Jan. 31-Feb. 6

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    Gotta Lotta Money

    PRS HLTN, MTHRFCKRS!! bring satire to the masses

  • Culture

    October 12, 2006

    They Live

    A Night of the Living Dead adaptation with a pulse

  • Music

    August 24, 2006

    Sleepers Awake!

    Bigg Jus and Nikola Tesla and the Lunar Hip-Hop Robot Camera

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2006

    Muzzling Troy

    Troy High School in Fullerton has a lot going for it. The combined public and magnet school is known for its high SAT scores, Troy Tech and International Baccalaureate programs, its wins or high placements in the U.S. National Science Olympiad and Western Regional Science Bowl sponsored by NASA/JPL, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2006

    Benford Tools, er, Toils

    Sci-fi writer and UC Irvine physics professor and Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Cambridge University visiting fellow and Lord Prize winner and American Physical Society Fellow and NASA consultant and blah-blah-blah Greg Benford has joined forces with UCI environmental biologist Michael Rose, whose list ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    Get Out!

    White Lightening
    Dec. 15 - Dec. 22

  • Features

    September 8, 2005

    QUICK-CHANGE ART

    White Lightening
    Dec. 15 - Dec. 22

  • Unknown

    May 19, 2005

    Spread Some Aloha

    World peace starts at your summer barbecue

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Watching the Carbon Detective

    UCI prof Sue Trumbore is out to find the Missing Sink

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Shuttle Diplomacy

    UCI prof Sue Trumbore is out to find the Missing Sink

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    The Year in Killing El Toro

    UCI prof Sue Trumbore is out to find the Missing Sink

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Beam Me Up, Greggy

    Sci-fi scribe Greg Benford is beaming probes into deep spacefor real!

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Space Case

    Apparently theres something called Space Command . . . and theyll control the weather

  • Music

    July 12, 2001

    Hootenanny Hoedown

    Apparently theres something called Space Command . . . and theyll control the weather

  • Music

    May 31, 2001

    Strings & Things

    Apparently theres something called Space Command . . . and theyll control the weather

  • Unknown

    March 1, 2001

    Cruz Control

    Apparently theres something called Space Command . . . and theyll control the weather

  • Film

    August 10, 2000

    Glamour Guys of Geezer Gulch

    The beautiful butt-ugly truth about Space Cowboys

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    Send in the Clowns

    Stanton stalwarts raise a delicious stink

  • More >>
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