... , wild Web. Net memes and mashups rarely get us excited, but the series of Carl Sagan Auto-Tune videos is a special type of genius. The latest, featuring Richard Dawkins, just debuted. With ... of more choice links like these? Drop us a line on Twitter and check out our Tumblr blog. Best of the Rest: Gadgets of the Decade, Carl Sagan Auto-Tuned v.3 originally appeared on ...

... would behave in a clinical and dispassionate way. Nothing is farther from the truth. Carl's popularity had backfired on him not once but twice. In 1967, he was denied tenure ... carry metal plaques that carry a message from mankind. But not many know that it was Carl Sagan, together with Frank Drake (yes, the man who came up with the Drake Equation ...

... ’s exhortations are still looking up, looking out, and seeking what’s around the next corner. Because of Carl Sagan, we have many more scientists who not only love the field itself, but strive ... work that has been done, with still a vast amount yet to do. But that’s where the fun is. Sagan knew that, and I hope that you do too. And if you don’t — if you think science ...

I watched a couple of episodes of Cosmos yesterday and was once again taken with the beauty of Sagan's ideas and the poetry of his writing. The video posted in the last entry ... far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with ...

... day of the 2009 Sideshow Gathering. But it's also the first annual Carl Sagan Day. This November 7, 2009, we will ... most effective public faces of astronomy and space science throughout the world. Sagan died in December 1996. It hasn't been that long since this ... , but it's worth watching again and again. A Glorious Dawn: Carl Sagan featuring Stephen Hawking, by melodysheep. The sky ...

... My dad's best memory of him was when his division needed funding and Mr. Sagan said "I'll take care of it". Instead of approaching congress and pulling out ... my father busy with proposals and publications through the 90s and into 2000 before he retired. Thank you Carl Sagan and thank you to my father for teaching me that life is little about the individual and everything about ...