Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light years way: too far to travel. Why don't we just use Mercury (which has an 88 day year) as a staging ground, and launch from there?

Mercury’s year is only 88 days, so if we launch a rocket from there, we only have to travel for…

"Tube Map" of the global submarine fibre-optic cable network, produced by Oxford University

I worry that Facebook is killing meaningful communication.

It's that time of year again when I like to decorate eggs. Because fuck you, calendar.