Wowza... It seems like just yesterday that astronomers were first finding earth-sized planets around other stars. Now they've detected one six times the size of Jupiter - in the Andromeda galaxy.

Kind of makes me wonder how long it will be before they can read license plates or newspaper headlines on other planets.

Yesterday's NPR Science Friday podcast included a video of Dr. David Hu's research on how slithering works to move snakes. Aside from being interesting science, it's even better for the schadenfreude of watching snakes trying to move on completely smooth surfaces or while wearing sweaters.