Graphic, above: Makemake (name of an Easter Island god): The dwarf planet's red-tinged surface is apparently covered by a layer of frozen methane, and is bright enough to be seen by a high-end amateur telescope, despite its current distance of nearly 53 times the distance between the Earth and...
(Photo: Ajax Amsterdam's soccer fans celebrate during the Dutch soccer League match between Ajax and FC Twente at the Arena stadium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Sunday May 15, 2011. Ajax won the last match of the season against FC Twente, 2-0. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski) See Simon Kuper, author, "...
(Photo: August 1944: Troops of the 2nd Armored Division en route to Paris, August 1944. Credit: France’s Ministry of Defense.) JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Saturday 905P Eastern Time: The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau by Alex...
Graphic, above: global population distribution. This is in connection with the 11-hour tonight, a discussion of UnCivilization: Urban Geopolitics in a Time of Chaos, by Gregory R. Copley JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW 1964: Fail Safe Friday 905P Eastern Time: . Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: The...
Photo, above: Christianity in China; painting thought to be the Three Magi, perhaps on Palm Sunday; from Khocho, Nestorian Temple, 683–770 CE. Wall painting, 61 × 67 cm. Currently in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem. See 9:35 PM segment, below, on Christianity in China, with Jillian Kay...
Painting, above: Total solar eclipse. As seen from the once upon a time fortress of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Rabaul, Northwest of the Coral Sea, a volcanic harbor of much consequence in WWII, 10:30 PM segment. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, David Livingston. Wednesday 905P...
Painting, above: King Narmer of Upper Egypt conquers the Nile Delta [see: Eric Trager, 10PM segment on Morsi's power grab] JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, Kudlow Report on CNBC; WABC Radio Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Larry Kudlow, in re: Nobody knows whither the tax/expenditure/...
Photo, above: school of dolphins. See: 9:50PM report, below. The brain of an adult bottlenose dolphin is about 25% heavier than the average human adult's brain. At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly the dolphin has built up quite a reputation. All the dolphins at the...
(Photo: Johnny von Neuman at Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) with the 1952 MANIAC: "In late 1945, von Neumann initiated a new project at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton to create an electronic computing instrument. As first conceived, the Institute, Princeton University...
(Photo of a painting by Robert Griffing, b. 1940 : A Cherokee scout for General Edward Braddock's advance on the French and their Indian allies at Fort Duquesne, 1755, before the French attacks Braddocks' column and show the general, who perished July 13, 1755. Scenes from SCOTT WEIDENSAUL, THE...