SCARY

photo by Dat Nguyen

Now they tell me.  "Eating 262 pieces of fun-size candy bars in one sitting could also prove deadly."   Sheesh.  Science.  Way to take the buzz outta on my Halloween hangover.      news     

Principle in the type:  "When you cannot do what you have always done, then you only do what matters most."      Robert D. Hales

KIDDOS

photo by Bethany King

In a revolutionary surgery, a woman born without a uterus, received her mother's womb and bore a son.  Emelie Ericksson "was told she would never be able to have children."  But amazingly did, and from the same womb that gave her life!   "It's like science fiction. . . . in the future," but "it's about me," says Eriksson.      story

Principle in the type:  "May the laughter of children gladden our hearts.  May the faith of children soothe our souls.  May the love of children prompt our deeds."   Thomas S. Monson

DREAM ENERGY

photo by David Abercrombie

So, that solar plane is cool.   In the ninth leg of a round-the-world trip started in March, pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 near San Francisco, Saturday afternoon.   The airplane has the ability to fly both day and night, with its only 'fuel' being energy from the sun.   " 'It's an adventure we want to share with the public,' Piccard said."   This is indeed the stuff dreams are made of.   Piccard remembered being inspired by astronauts as a boy.  "He said if he and his team could do the same for others, 'that would be fantastic,' "     news            

Principle in the type:  "No other generation has been the beneficiary of so much knowledge, of so much experience, of so much affluence and opportunity."      Gordon B. Hinckley  

MARS CALLING

photo by Gunnar Ries

On the subject of selfies, I forgot to mention that even NASA Mars rover's take selfies!  Taken on Jan. 19, but only recently published, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took a break from work "to send home a selfie taken atop a martian sand dune."   No word yet on text emoji streaming in.     news                 

Principle in the type:  'Those who see the cosmic perspective as a depressing outlook, they really need to reassess how they think about the world.  Because when I look up in the universe, I know I'm small but I'm also big.  I'm big because I'm connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to me."     Neil deGrasse Tyson