Science Monday: Second Sun, Poo Hustlers and Nano Goo

Since I do write sciene fiction, every Monday I'm going to point my readers to some interesting science news. Today's edition:

--The Binary Research Institute (BRI) thinks Sol might have a twin in the recently discovered planetoid "Sedna": Evidence mounts for sun's companion star.

--This isn't strictly science news, but by way of the Uncertain Principles blog, Locus magazine had a funny typo this month:

Alex Irvine's "New Game in Town" is an exquisite story of small-time crooks and poo hustlers that takes a sharp turn into uncanny SF.

--When being quirky is a good thing. Quantum cryptography may get some play in my new novel, so I've been reading up on it.

--By way of Razib at Gene Expression: Neandertal mitochondrial DNA analysis stacks more evidence for rapid replacement theory.

--Via SpecRom's blog, "The sky is falling!" Nano gray goo will take over the planet. Does this mean I can get a HUD on my cornea for my iPod playlists?

The Toy in Daddy's Pants

Longmire does it again, with a whole slew of paraody Romance novel book covers. My favorites: I'm About to Let One, For the Love of Scottie McMullet, The Deflowering of Marie Osmond, The Toy in Daddy's Pants

But my overall favorite is the parody of Kelley Armstrong's Industrial Magic, here re-titled Chili Supper for Satan, since I'm just finishing up Armstrong's Otherworld series with the latest Broken. I've loved all of Armstrong's books, but really only liked the original Lucia Kim tradeback cover of Bitten. The newer covers all have pentagrams on them, not that there's anything wrong with pentragrams, it's just there aren't any in the books. Sure, the characters are werewolves, witches, sorcerers, demons, necromancers, but they aren't drawing bloody pentragrams on the floor and dancing naked around them. They're too busy chasing the bad guys for that.