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Three Quintessential Nerd Cars (That Won't Be at Barrett Jackson this Week)

​Everyone geeks out for something - as evidenced by the throng of classic and custom car enthusiasts who will descend on the Barrett Jackson Auto Show this week to slobber over dual overhead cams and bored-out-twin-turbo... something or other (check out today's slideshow here).Truly, I don't unde ... More >>

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​Everyone geeks out for something - as evidenced by the throng of classic and custom car enthusiasts who will descend on the Barrett Jackson Auto Show this week to slobber over dual overhead cams and bored-out-twin-turbo... something or other (check out today's slideshow here).Truly, I don't unde ... More >>

"Mysterious" Phoenix Fireball Not a UFO. Probably Just a Boring Meteor, According to NASA *VIDEO*

According to NASA, the above photo likely is of a meteor, not a UFO.​The "mysterious" fireball that was seen in the skies over Phoenix last night probably was just a meteor, according to NASA scientists.The strange flash happened about 7:40 p.m. and was seen as far away as Los Angeles.If you ... More >>

September 15 In Blogs: Allison Crouse, Slightly Stoopid, Los Sombreros, and the Phoenix Fireball

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

NASA Releases Satellite Photos of Massive Arizona Wildfires; Full Evacuation Ordered for Eagar, Springerville

Image: NASAThe Horseshoe Two Fire, as seen from a NASA satellite.​  NASA satellite photos released today show just how much of Arizona's precious forests are being lost to fire. Remarkably, for fires this big, there have been no reported deaths or injuries. We saw something about burn in ... More >>

Solar Flair

Image: NASAThe Horseshoe Two Fire, as seen from a NASA satellite.​  NASA satellite photos released today show just how much of Arizona's precious forests are being lost to fire. Remarkably, for fires this big, there have been no reported deaths or injuries. We saw something about burn in ... More >>

9/11 "Troofers" Return! "4409" Burns a Library Book, Guess Which One?

Jason Shelton lights one up. Too bad it ain't a doobie They're baaaaaack. Yep, like a rash of bed bugs you thought the exterminator had smoked out, the "troofers," those nutty guys and gals who believe 9/11 was an "inside job" by the Bush administration will be active once again come this ninth ann ... More >>

NASA Wants You to Pick Out Music Used to Wake Up Astronauts

They can put a man on the moon, but they can't find a way to inject caffeine into Tang, and they sure as hell can't make a playlist.​NASA has found a way to integrate the general public into their upcoming STS-133 mission.As NME reports, the task at hand is to decide what music should be used to w ... More >>

KWSS Presents

They can put a man on the moon, but they can't find a way to inject caffeine into Tang, and they sure as hell can't make a playlist.​NASA has found a way to integrate the general public into their upcoming STS-133 mission.As NME reports, the task at hand is to decide what music should be used to w ... More >>

ASU Mars Map Said to Be Best Ever; Online Viewing Site Crashes Friday Due to Heavy Traffic

Image: ASU, NASAThe Grand Canyon of Mars: Valles Marineris. This and other great views of Mars are available on a new, zoomable map created by ASU and NASA​ Wanna take a trip to Mars, without donning a spacesuit? Try the new Mars map compiled for online use by Arizona State University, in coll ... More >>

Top 10 Geek Obsessions of the Decade

Doomsayers and the easily fooled are focused on 2012 right now (so much so that poor NASA had to issue statements debunking the movie myths). But we've got a different date in mind: 2010. The New Year begins the end of an era. Well, a decade actually. Technology has certainly advanced in ... More >>

"Moon Rock" In Dutch Museum Actually Just Petrified Wood Probably From Arizona Desert; And The Conspiracy Lives On

God Guns Free Speach​Here's something that ought to pump some life blood into moon landing conspiracy theorists everywhere.If you visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam over the last 17 years and thought you saw a genuine moon rock, get ready to be disappointed. Not only didn't the rock you saw come ... More >>

Hot Links: Kidnappings, Plane Crashes, and 15 Pounds of Meth

​Two children have been safely returned to their mother after an early morning kidnapping near 27th avenue and Indian School Road. According to police, a group of men stormed the victims' house, yelling that they were police, and forcibly took the children, ages two and eleven months. Police are s ... More >>

Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection Worried About News Coverage (Or Lack of It)

  Touchy, touchy. A representative of Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection called us this afternoon to ask why our June 8 post about a roundtable being hosted by the group was so "negative." The woman started off by telling us that she's a journalist who was working for the Alliance a ... More >>

Phoenix the Source of Most Balloon-Caused UFO Reports, Says NASA

NASA can always depend on the Phoenix area for UFO reports. Our clear skies and large population apparently make the Valley number one when it comes to hysterical cries of alien invasion every time a research balloon goes up. Following yesterday's media reports about the earthly origins of a sph ... More >>

"Touch the Stars: The NASA Experience"

NASA can always depend on the Phoenix area for UFO reports. Our clear skies and large population apparently make the Valley number one when it comes to hysterical cries of alien invasion every time a research balloon goes up. Following yesterday's media reports about the earthly origins of a sph ... More >>

N.A.S.A.: Fun Concept, Boring Reality

That is some pretty awesome album art for a pretty average albumAs we come right smack into another Tuesday rife with new releases, I will choose to focus my energies on one particular release, N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo. N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) is the collaboration between DJ Ze ... More >>

You Heard It Here First: Yuksek

Away From The Sea and right into your fucking skullAh, new music Tuesday. It's always exciting to note what new albums come out on any given Tuesday, especially so early into the new year. While today may be a particularly slow day in the American market, one French artist has released some of 2009' ... More >>

Serious Moonlight

Apollo doc is one giant leap for movie kind

Coachella Artists Start Leaking

The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, ... More >>

Chemtrails: Strong Competitor for Dumbest Conspiracy Theory Ever

Most conspiracy theories are so ridiculous, it's hard to choose which are the least plausible or which faces the higher mountain of opposing evidence. Some seem within the realm of the possible, such as the ones that surround the assassination of JFK, the Pearl Harbor attack or the murder of Pr ... More >>

Wardrobe Malfunction

God help us, it’s back

"Up From the Ashes: Phoenix Goes to Mars"

God help us, it’s back

Chafing dishes

God help us, it’s back

Monster's Brawl

Turning Japanese in Tempe

Renaissance Woman

Hazel paints from the past

Draggin' Tale

AIDS Walk benefit draws ladies and gent

Red Rover

Scientists at ASU are the first to see new discoveries from Mars

BEST PLACE TO SEE STARS

Starlab Indoor Planetarium

Local Color

MARS artists show their stuff

Fathers and Guns

Gunfighters fire a round for Dad

Pleas and Protests

Letters from the week of February 27, 2003

Flame-out

Challenger – now that was a real national tragedy

Slap in the Face

More controversy in the debate over an image of Mars

Mars Face-off

Letters from the week of December 12, 2002

To Spite the Face

Researchers accuse ASU's THEMIS of fraud and cover-up on latest image of 'Face on Mars'

Best Place To Get Down-Home

Historic Sahuaro Ranch

Shoot the Moon

Aussie-made The Dish illuminates eccentric scientists who helped televise 1969 lunar walk

Ground Control to Major Tom

Blast off without leaving Peoria

Softly Into That Good Nitrous

Why sales of pressurized laughing gas are sky high in Arizona

Eclipsed

Arizona asteroid hunters were poised to save the Earth from Armageddon. Then a secret Air Force project took over.

Disasteroid

All climax, no plot Armageddon deserves to be sent back to the meteor showers

The Hack and the Quack

The "Phoenix Lights" made Frances Emma Barwood the darling of the global space-alien lobby. And it'stransformed computer geek Jim Dilettoso into a star in the UFO firmament.

Feat of Clay

Wallace and Gromit filmmakers tackle Gumby Noir

The Outer Space Undergroud

Arizona's quiet visionaries yearn to make the state a hub of commercial space travel

FREON EASY

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

LET'S DO LAUNCH

NO,YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. JUST FLEX YOUR MISSILES.

HIGH-TECH'S MISSING LINK

IS JAMES J. DILETTOSO A TECHNO GOD OR JUST ANOTHER FLOPPY DISCIPLE? EVEN HE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.