The Voyager encounters with the giant planets were unique in the annals of planetary exploration, and all had a somewhat Star-Trekky feel.

Here in Canuckistan, the mullahs who control the state media (the CBC) have decreed that the words fisherman and fishermen are somehow offensive to the ears of loyal Canuckistanis.

Change of scene, and a new lover, are infallible specifics, always supposing there is no character for constancy to be supported: if I witness the violent sorrow of to-day, I impose upon to-morrow the necessity of being sorry also.

Chinese police have uncovered the country’s largest alleged on-line pyramid selling scheme, involving 170,000 people and 1.36 billion yuan ($180 million), state media said on Friday. Authorities in Tai’an city, in the eastern Shandong province, uncovered the scheme named “Swiss Mutual Fund” in May, which was found to be illegal after investigation, xinhua said.[…] The uncovered scheme in Tai’an is just part of China’s campaign against pyramid selling from July 16 to August 15 this year, xinhua said.