Bob McCarty Writes

“Acronym” is Uncle Jay’s word of the week, and he employs them frequently while covering a wide range of topics (below) in this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News:

NASA blew up the moon;

Miley Cyrus decided to dump her Twitter page in order to regain some of her privacy — and then she sang [...]

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Hotwire.com used a news release today to announce its list of Top 10 summer road-trip destinations for those who can afford the gas:
1.  San Diego: This sun-soaked city in beautiful Southern California boasts some of the best beaches and includes the world-famous San Diego Zoo.  [BMW adds: And it offers visitors opportunities to see countless [...]

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The value of sunscreen stock is about to skyrocket!  Fox News is reporting that NASA has released a study in which scientists conclude that the nation’s electric grid is at great risk of being wiped out by a “super solar storm” predicted to occur in 2012.  The video above tells the story.

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Growing up in the home of a petroleum geologist, I enjoyed reading a variety of magazines — many of them scientific.  As the magazines arrived in our mailbox, I would consume them immediately. One of those I always enjoyed reading was Popular Science.  Emphasis on past tense.
These days, I’m less inclined to read the magazine, [...]

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A news release issued yesterday by the Lifeboat Foundation touted the launch of Singularity University as “a new school for futurists in Silicon Valley to prepare scientists for an era when machines become smarter than people.”  Unfortunately, it appears the effort might be too late.
I reached this conclusion after following an Instapundit tip and reading [...]

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