Molly reports on defense bots and more. Story links: Hydro Electric Power Plant Explosion, The Frozen Explosion Power Plant, Ice House Detroit, Coudal, full moon, Ice House Detroit Blog, Boston Dynamics Big Dog, DARPA asks Boston Dynamics for Bigger Big Dog, No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register, Yarisal Kublitz, Free VenezuelaAssets: Queen Elizabeth (the 2nd), Ice House Detroit Update, New Big Dog Robot VideoFirst Synthetic Organism, Synthetic Organism, New Rules, Artificial Life May Be Closer Than We Think, South Carolina Map, Capitol Building of South Carolina, Anger Release Machine, Hugo Chavez, Mexico, Mexican Internet Cafe, Sarah Palin, Facebook Tea Party, Facebook Tea Party 2

Molly celebrates Create a Vacuum Day by conducting the “egg in a bottle” experiment. Assets: Safety First, Crash Test Dummies, Fireman.

Molly reports on Apple’s iPad. Assets: ipad, mac desktop, photoshop interface, fcp interface, vhs camcorder, rotary phone, hard drive, ipad present, leaning forward at desk, looking at iphone, reclining, reclining 2, reclining 3, layin on grass, handing it over, Adobe Flash, Missing Flash, Missing Flash 2, Missing Flash 3, Flash Icon, HTML code, HTML code 2, Jobs and Missing Flash, Flash Blog Images without Flash, YouTube HTML 5, New Safari Apple Page, Jobs with iPad, Home star runner, apple logo, dollar sign, smashing head, HTML5 Code, HTML5 Graphic, YouTube Rocketboom, Steve Thinking. Music by Podington Bear.

Molly reports on an island in a lake on an island and more. Story links: Philippine island qualifies its way to a “World’s Largest” title, What to get the man who has everything? An underwater plane of course, Try air to stay dry, NASA, Valentine’s Delieverd from Space, A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter, Deceive and Slaughter on Ebay, youme, Illegal Advertising Replaced With Public Art, US Internet Access for All. Assets: Taal Lake, Taal Lake 2, Map of the Pacific, Whale fighting a squid, wind umbrella, Necker Nymph, Darth Vader with a Parosol, air umbrella 6, air umbrella 2, air umbrella 3, air umbrella 4, air umbrella 5, Endeavour Blasting off in space, NASA main flags, Main Node 3, JAXA Satellite, Space Valentine’s, Cale Blarsen, Cale Blarsen 2, Cale Blarsen 3, Cale Blarsen 4, NYSAT, Public Ad Campaign, Jawbone Bluetooth Headset, VHS-C Camcorder, Man on the Street, Charlie Bradley playing video games, new version amazing robot asimo, Terminator 2 Style Vision - Creating in After Effects, Free Lemonade, American Flag, World Map

Molly recounts the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Assets: Edgar Allen Poe’s Birth Home, Poe, Old Photo of Poe, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Elizabeth “Eliza” Arnold Poe, Portrait of John Allen, Cover: First Edition of Tamerlane, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, Edgar Allan Poe’s Pit and the pendulum, Poe, fantastic front, New-York Mirror Edition of The Raven, Sarah Helen Whitman, Poe Grave, poe mystery 1990, Combs Poe 1, Richmond, VA - James River, Richmond, IN - Whitewater River, Richmond, VA 1919, poe’s tamerlane, Edgar Allan Poe - Army, addison-031, Poe Family Tree, Stoke-Newington, map england 1660-1892, Wi, South Bohn-Serz, Al Aaraaf Tamerlane and Minor Poems, Poems, v-learned1, Annabel Lee, Fall of the House of Usher, Poe’s Grave, Westminster Burial Ground, old america, old Baltimore, Broadway Journal, Spiral, New York Map 1842

Molly reports on exploding animals. Assets: ant battle, paintball exploding, cat 1, cat 2, dog 1, dog 2, suspended animation, squirrel, humans in suspended animation, beached whale, whale on crane, whale on truck, clean up after whale, darwin w/ pokeball, raining fish, toad, dead toad, grass, pig in jar, preserved animal kingdom, suspended animatipon star trek, pokemon cards, pokemon cards 2, Museum Display 2. Music by Saregama, Podington Bear, and Andrew Baron.

Molly reports on NASA, China, and the ISS. Check out our Save the Space Station wiki page. Story links: Apollo, Russia Offers a Hand With Toilet Clog in Space , NASA Slashes Price for Used Space Shuttles, China Space Lab, NASA Multi-Program Integratd Milestones, NASA. Assets: NASA Florida, Stars in the Sky, toilet, china station model, Launch, china station model 2, china space center, china flag, truck, space station, space helmet, Earth, ISS, starfield, colt, astronaut, shuttle drawing

In honor of A. A. Milne’s birthday Molly reports on the story behind the stories of Winnie the Pooh. Assets: Harry Colebourne and Winnie, Winnie Colebourn, Inspiration, Original Winnie the Pooh Toys, swan, a.a. milnes’ home, ashdown farm, milne and son and pooh, Christopher Robin and pooh, original pooh 1, pooh goes visiting, I saw a heffalump today piglet, he pushed his head right in, Christopher Robing walking upstairs with pooh, when we were very young, now we are six, house at pooh corner, Christopher Robin Milne 2, Christopher Robin praying, Christopher Robin dragging bear, A. A. Milne, The Sunny Side, toad of toad hall, pooh sleep, Christopher Robin Milne older, Shirley Slesinger, disney pooh, movie-jektor pooh, pooh disney, pooh 2011, tao of pooh, te of piglet, tao of piglet 2, david benedictus, return to the hundred acre wood, lottie the otter, return to the hundred acres wood 1, return to the hundred acres wood 2 , return to the hundred acres wood 3

Molly reports on the recent earthquake in Haiti and what you can do to do help. Story links: Haiti, Haitian Creole, Port-au-Prince, About Haiti, Maps of earthquake, Geo search for tweets, Videos on YouTube of Haiti Earthquake, Twitpic Images of Haiti, Archipelago, Haitian Map. How you can help: Unicef Donate, American Red Cross

Molly reports on cryogenics, sea lions, and alternative energy. Story links: DMSO molecule, World’s Largest Solar Building, World’s Largest Solar Park, cell phone powered by soda, German solar cells, German solar cells II, Snowman Illustration, Preserved Brain, James Hiram Bedford Being Transferred to new Cryo-tank, Sea Lions in Florence Oregon, Sea Lions Lying Around in Florence Oregon, Germany provides solar incentives, Pope’s Solar Homes, Huf Haus solar home, Pier 39 Sea Lions, Pier 39 Sea Lions Lying Around on docks, Sea Lion Cub and Mother, Fish in cold water, Shangdong Province, China, Map of Germany, Cryogenic images, WTFRthesealions?

Molly reports on the day’s palindromes. Assets: reviver, nin, a-ha, abba, otto, montana, bob, ana, revilo p. oliver, mike kim, dirt wall, desserts, Miley Cyrus

Molly explains why yoga is worth trying in 2010. Assets: Yoga Energy Drawing, Woman Doing Yoga On Beach, Yoga Silhoette, Yoga Poses, Yoga Poses Number Two, Yoga Cat , Shiva Painting, Yoga Sillo Illustration, Hatha Yoga Poses, Screaming Cat Video, Time Yoga Article, Laughing And Dancing Video, Yogadownload.com, Yogaglo.com, Vinyassa Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Ivankar Yoga, Yoga Pose, Indian Women Doing Yoga, Painting of Shiva with Lamb, Yoga in Times Square, Yoga Class, Woman in Kundalini Pose

Apples and oranges (idiom), BMJ: Comparing apples and oranges: a randomised prospective study, Siamese twins (English language), CES 2010, Everything You Wanted to Know About the Google Nexus One, Major New Apple Product on January 27th?, The Future of Transportation Is Here: Electric Vehicles Go Mainstream, Burj Dubai (Burj Khalifa) - 2.3 Gigapixel photo, Marc Tasman’s Ten Years and One Day –every day — on Polaroid, WWF: Save the Tigers, Herefordshire Flag 58mm Round Fridge Magnet, Hereford ‘Throb’ Pride Party

wtfrthesealions, Cookie Monster Slayer, Search for Mars Polar Lander Still On, The Journal Geophysical Research Letters, Russia to Attack Astroid in 26 Years, Tuper Tario Tros game, Box Turns Itself Off When You Turn It On

Molly reports on William Moulton Marston, creator of the lie detector test and of the comic book character Wonder Woman. Story links: Wonder Woman Jiggles Past In Slow Motion, Wonder Woman throws a karate guy, Wonder Woman Opening Theme Season 1, Assets: Polygraph , “Emotions of Normal People” cover 2 (DISC SYSTEM), Sensation Comics number 1 (WW, First Cover), Star Comics No. 8 (WW, First Appearance), “Disc” system, “The Lie Detector Test” Amazon, Hi Rez PDF, Gillette Polygraph Ad, William Moulton Portrait, Superman, Batman, Batman- Detective Comics, Flash, Aquaman 1, Aquaman and Aqualad, The Atom, Spectre, Hawkman 1, Dr. Fate 1, The Spectre 2 (Crisper image), Hourman’s first apperence, Catherine Zeta Jones Denies Wonderwoman rumors, Justice Leauge Videogame Trailer, Justice League Cartoon, Polygraph, Harvard University, Suffragettes With Signs, Suffragettes Protesting, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Polyamory March , silhouette woman, Black and White Superman Comics Page, Wonder Woman with Train, Wonder Woman Poses, Wonder Woman Page With Magic Lasso, Wonder Woman Poses With Helmet, Wonder Woman Deflecting Bullets Music: Podington Bear

Molly reports on uncontacted tribes. Story links: Helicopter Rescure, Bauxite, Amazon, Ayoreo, Ayoreo, Dongria, Dongria Kondh, Sentinelese, Sentinelese2, Last Pre Neolithic Tribe, Uncontacted Tribes, The Waiting Is the Hardest Part, John Frum, Tanna: John Frum, Cargo Cults of Tanna

Molly interviews director Terry Gilliam and actress Lily Cole at the NYC premiere of The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.

Molly explains how Ricky Gervais launched the career of Karl Pilkington. Story links: Ricky on Letterman, Ricky Gervais and the Karl Pilkington Experiment, This Side of the Truth, Meet Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais Podcast - Sock Packing, Chimpanzee Karl, Monkey News: Cosmetic Monkey, Monkey News: The Fire Monkey, Monkey News: Monkey Business, Ricky gervais Fame DVD extras - IM GONNA LIVE FOREVER with Karl Pilkington, The Ricky Gervais Show - Behind the Scenes, Karl Pilkington in the Extras Special, Ricky Gervais, The Ricky Gervais Show: Video Podcast 1

Molly informs us about various national food days. Story links: Cotton Candy : Collecting Cotton Candy, Chinese Cotton Candy, Cotton Candy Bot, Cotton candy extra Guinness - vattacukorextra Ungarn, cotton candy machine, Cotton Candy: The History of this Tasty Treat , Who Invented National Brownie Day?, The Nibble - December Food Holidays, American Holidays, Every day is a holiday in the US Assets: TV_Nation, Michael Moore, Capitol, Obama, December, Eggnog, Fruit Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Maple syrup, Oatmeal muffin, Cocoa, cupcake, hamburger, kiwi, shrimp, candycane, pig, nutbread, heart, peppermint, crowd, fruit

Paradox Week continues with Molly and the TV Show Paradox. Story links: Math - Bunker style,Shirley Meets Ritchy For the 1st Time, Mork Meets The Fonz, The Return Of The Six-Million-Dollar-Man & The Bionic Woman, Melrose Place - Crossover Kelly, New York and Queens S2:24, Crossovers and Spin Offs, LUCY and SUPERMAN, Lucy Meets Superman Assets: drew carey intro, nypd office, mustache, roof carey episode, tool time, tree, carey, tim allen, house, friends watching tv

It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Today, Molly creates and explains Galileo’s Paradox.

It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Today, Molly presents the Liar Paradox.

It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Watch today’s episode on our YouTube channel to help Molly navigate through the Crocodile Paradox.

It’s Paradox Week on Rocketboom. Today, Molly explains the ontological paradox. Story links: Ontological Paradox, Quantum Leap: Thou Shalt Not, McFly & The Starlighters “Johnny B. Goode, Quantum Leap (TV Series), Slacker Assets: calendars, three iphones, nokia production 1&2, nokia 6800, forehead smack, wink, pondering, approval, macworld crowd, Chuck Berry Video, planet earth, nokia logo, Steve Jobs introduces the iphone, Nokia Headquarters, iPhone Repair, iPhone, inside an iPhone, Steve Jobs speaks at WWDC07, Steve Jobs Keynote, MacBook Air

Molly explains Magma.