NASA astronaut to discuss space shuttle journeys

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author to Discuss Experiences...
Event: Lawrence Wright, author, playwright and staff writer for the New Yorker magazine, will discuss and sign his Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to...

T Minus Zero: Discovery To Blast Off On Final Flight
Space shuttle Discovery, the workhorse of the shuttle fleet, has carried almost 200 astronauts and numerous science missions to space in its three decades of spaceflight. It launches on its...

Texas: The Epicenter of Strange Bad News? [Extra Extra]
Flickr/Lomo-Cam The New York Times reports on a lawyer who has 20 former clients on death row in Texas. Dude pretended to sell hot tubs, but spent instead spent the dough on strip...

Newton's Apple Tree Bound For Gravity-Free Orbit
Sir Isaac Newton famously formulated his theory of gravity while watching an apple fall from a tree. Now a bit of that tree is going zero gravity. The space shuttle launching this Friday will...

Voices From Austin and Beyond: Austin International Poetry...
Image from The Austin International Poetry Fest Austin International Poetry FestApril 15 - April 18 ()[info] Poetry, when done correctly, is intimidating and exclusive. The torment of the...