NASA , ISS, 2009, Calendar, Free.

Those generous, and heroic, folk at NASA have designed a calendar originally intended for teachers and made available to everyone as a free download (pdf 5.3 Mb). The calendar marks the Space Station's tenth anniversary and is illustrated with photos from the International Space Station and its missions. Key dates relating to the project are listed, as well as some facts and historic information...


Check out the ISS homepage and you can get the calendar there. It works best at A3 paper size, but A4 is also OK, if you don't mind some tiny text.

NASA International Space Station website

Ten years in orbit! Keep watching the skies...

Wisdom From The Yeast

Recent research has found that yeast cells have two systems in place that seem to ‘program’ their lifespan or mortality ‘clock’. These latest findings, from research conducted by Vladimir Titorenko and his team at Concordia University in Montreal, show that cells with higher level of certain types of lipids (fats) die younger than those with less fats, and that the mitochondria in ‘leaner’ cells are more efficient ‘powerhouses’ for their cell and better able to cope with stress and trauma. Yeast given a calorie-restricted diet were healthier for longer than their well-fed counterparts.

Keeping carbohydrates, sugars and fats low in the diets of more complex organisms, such as worms, fruit flies, mice, rats and dogs, has resulted in measurably increased lifespans and levels of well-being. This does indicate that the beneficial effects work across species, from single celled organisms, simple invertebrates, right up to complex mammals…


This is yet more evidence to back up the work of pioneering life extentionist Roy Walford (image above, (C) 1999, Roy L Walford Living Trust) who advocated “under-nutrition without mal-nutrition" as one of the steps we can take to increase the duration of healthy life.

Well they say, “Live’n’learn,” eh?
The more we live the more we can learn.

Learn more about living long here:

Aging Gets With The Program from ‘Science News’

We Will Be Able To Live To 1,000 by Dr Aubrey de Grey, University of Cambridge

Roy Walford Wikipedia Entry and Roy Walford’s Website

Then & Now

The 5 Times was an award (multi-award) winning publication that began as a science and science fiction fanzine and was to become the official newsletter of the 'Babylon 5 UK Fan Club'. In its 16 issues with Questing Beast, the publication included a great many exclusive interviews with cast and crew of the TV SF series Babylon 5, as well as broadening its coverage to include other shows such as Doctor Who, Earth Final Conflict, Star Trek, Lexx, Shadow Raiders, all with interviews conducted exclusively for The 5 Times.


The 5 Times was also concerned with the function of SF to model potential futures and inspire scientific advancement in the real world through scenarios explored in the continuum of imaginative fiction. Our blogspot will reflect this and will include articles about both Science Fiction and cutting-edge Science Fact

Information on back issues and archival pages can still be viewed at: The 5 Times old homepage.