Daily Archives: April 21, 2006

This Idea Again?!

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BBC News => Star Trek Film Turns Back Time

Every time Paramount gets bankrupted for new Star Trek ideas, this “going back to the early days of Kirk and Spock” idea keeps popping up.

While I’m not opposed to the idea, and have no real problem with recasting Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew (as long as we don’t see Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Will Smith, etc.), I can’t help thinking that the Christopher Pike era wouldn’t be a much better ground.

Of course, since they can’t make a good Star Trek anymore, anyway, why bother?

I want to see the OLD Enterprise. If they have to gussy it up for the kids, they might as well not bother.

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Pyramid in Bosnia?

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National Geographic => Pyramid Discovered in Bosnia?

An amateur archaeologist has uncovered proof that a four-sided hill near Visoko, Bosnia is of man-made origins. Not only have they discovered cut stone slabs to form the side, but also passages underneath.

If it proves to be a pyramid, it will be the first discovered in Europe, and is estimated at 12,000 years old.

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Snakes With Legs

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National Geographic => Snakes Evolved on Land, New Fossil Find Suggests

Seems like it’s been a good month for fossils in Argentina, at least for announcements, anyway.

Even today, some snakes have vestigial legs, indicating that, in earlier forms, they had functioning legs before loosing them to evolution. There is some debate as to whether they evolved first on land or in the water.

This new find in Argentina is of a primitive snake form that still has functioning hip and back legs, suited for crawling or digging. This lends evidence to the land-based evolution scenario.

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