Happy holidays

Fermi and the Limb from APOD.

GAIA

Successful liftoff. Should deliver a beautiful 3D map of the Galaxy over the next few years.

Mandela

Amandla.

Lately

Bjork.

CTA Spain

In Spanish only.

Lou

Fermi and the Galactic Center

Excellent article by Clara Moskowitz on a possible change of observing strategy by Fermi. 

Riverman

Natacha Atlas.

Launderette

Vivien Goldman.

Celluloid Heroes

Kinks.

Killer Joe

Benny Golson

Humans

Of Spain

Tallest Man on Earth.

Multiversality

Frank Wilczek's take on the current state of affairs.

Spanish Science

Dire state of affairs. 

Mali

Amadou & Mariam.

Champion of Change

Congrats to Paul Ginsparg.

CTA in Science

Nice report about CTA. 

The Fontanelles

Pinprick.

North Country

BD & JC.

Press

A good discussion on possible observing strategies by Fermi. 

Sol

New wax from Sol Power All Stars.

In Reno

Johnny Cash.

Undocumented

Calamaro et al.

Closing in on the Fermi line

Cristoph has posted a White Paper on a possible change in Fermi's observing strategy (arXiv:1305.4710).

The real space oddity

Couldn't resist. Chris Hadfield covering Bowie floating in a tin can.

Neutrinophilic Dark Matter

Good read (arXiv:1305.1936) by Ian Shoemaker

What we saw from the cheap seats

Ne me quitte pas. Regina Spektor.

Nothing Arrived

Villagers.

The Four Pillars of Dark Matter Detection

Good paper by Bauer et al. (arXiv:1305.1605).

Space Trash

Fermi survives one.

I will live on islands

Josh Rouse. Closing the week with the Fermi line (Weniger et al.).

Magalenha

Sergio M.

9 GeV?

Dark matter murmurs around 9 GeV. 

What's up

And I scream at top of my lungs what's going on?.

Monday mornings

Starting the week.

Waiting

Leonard Cohen.

See-through brains

Very nice result in Nature.

Compact HI Clouds

Just posted a preprint on dark matter searches in compact HI clouds (arXiv:1304.2478).

Blue

Papers are like tattoos. You know I have been to sea before.

Positron fraction

Beautiful positron fraction plot from AMS. The guessing game begins: gradual or extreme dropoff?. Press release is here. PRL in two days. Positrons to at least  600 GeV.

Monk's Dream

T. Monk.

Pareidolic Dark Matter (PaDaM)

An April Fools' Day spoof (arXiv: 1303.7262) with a soundtrack.

Tom's

Suzanne Vega.

Planck's Universe

Impressive results from Planck, including 30 papers. All the details are here.

ALMA Lensing

Beautiful gravitationally-lensed galaxies revealed by ALMA.

On Bikes

I might have to get myself one of these.

Watching the Wheels

Fainting by Numbers cover Lennon.

I Guess That's Why They Call it the Higgs

CERN has issued a press release stating that they feel comfortable calling the new particle a Higgs boson.

Planck

First results from Planck will be announced on March, 21th, 2013. 

Sometimes It Happens

Wilco.

Under the Milky Way

Rainy Monday in Madrid.

Higgs Boson Blues

Nick Cave.

BO809+74

Nice pulsar result and poster from LOFAR.

For Elise

Beethoven in the style of Almodovar. From his upcoming movie.

Grapevine

There are rumors that AMS-02 will make an announcement in a couple of weeks. This paper should be relevant (arXiv:1010.5236). Will have to stay tuned.

Ramón y Cajal and the Big Bang Theory

One of Santiago Ramón y Cajal's first drawings of a neuron made into a Big Bang Theory episode. Honored to be holding a fellowship named after him.

Joy to you

Josh Ritter.

Dance? Did you say ... dance?

NEO

Something to see tonight. 

Rodriguez

If you haven't seen it. Searching for Sugar Man.

Green & Shapiro

Someone who really knows you offers no mystery to slay through.

Pineapple or Crab?

Beautiful little paper. 

On the hill

Singers Unlimited.

The anatomy of science rumors

The spread of the Higgs. Geographic rumorology.

Annihilations in the Sun

24.12 years looking for dark matter annihilations in the Sun. 

Nissim

Gaslamp Killer.

On Moustaches

Andy Friedman.