Science and popcorn (o Ciencia y palomitas)

Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna), Nectariniidae, order Passeriformes, India

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps) male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, Ecuador

Tanagers in the genus Piranga are not true tanagers, but are in the Cardinal family (along with Summer Tanager, Scarlet Tanager, Western Tanager, etc.).

November 15, 1988: Soviet spaceplane Buran launches for the first and only time

Buran was a reusable Soviet spaceplane and spaceplane program very similar to the American Space Shuttle. Launched on an Energia rocket, the unmanned vehicle completed two orbits before returning to Earth for good. The Buran program was officially terminated in 1993, leaving behind the Buran, two other nearly-completed spaceplanes, and a number of test articles.

This is one slice of an incredible high resolution, enhanced color image of Pluto, recently released by NASA. You can see the full, larger version here. 

ISS in Real Time, a new multimedia project where you can play back every day of the past 25 years aboard the International Space Station.