Friday links

Gallery: People Being Blasted With Air.

Videos recreate Isaac Newton’s experiments with alchemy.

Gila monster spit reduces food and possibly booze cravings.

Predictions about 2001 from 1901.

Unveiled: Plans to Nuke the Moon.

Mobile Home, Flying Edition.

Who Should Control Your Healthcare Spending?

Paul Hsieh at Forbes: The marketplace or the bureaucrat?

Wednesday links

Man completes triathlon while juggling.

Can peeing in a lake really kill fish?

The physics behind not spilling coffee. Also, The Physics of Bubbles in Microgravity

Sylvester Stallone spotted in 16th century painting.

Japanese Robotic Buttocks.

That Time They Found Those Bodies in Ben Franklin’s Basement.

Catholic university drops all health-insurance coverage in response to HHS mandate

..."we will not participate in a plan that requires us to violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life."

Comments and links at HotAir.com.

Spengler on zombies

Zombies remind us that death is social.

6 Unforgettable Movie Mothers

and the Real Moms They Depicted.