If I had to guess, the writer thought about the Alan Moore line

'A man who can move so fast that his life is an endless gallery of statues'.

Anyway, so of course there's a depressing song about the Flash.

Farewell, fantastic Krishna, Tyre, Plateau and Urras/Annares

Hello, the actual planet in Tau Ceti's habitable zone.

Two habitable worlds around Tau Ceti?

Toumi et al. 2012 announced the possibility of five super-earth exoplanets around Tau Ceti (aka HD 10700). They also suggested that one of these planets is within the habitable zone of the star. However, their data suggest that not only one but two are candidates for habitable planets. A more complete explanation will be posted here later today.

Richard Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy (updated)

Another f/m entry:
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A question about Hangman

"Or have you paid my fee"? What's the context for that line? As it happens, I don't have any copies of Lomax, who I bet covered this song.

What is

An appropriate movie for the upcoming notpocalypse on Saturday Friday?

Having seen the Hobbit

And being a regular Time Team viewer, I suddenly wonder how Time Team: Middle Earth would prosper. "We have just three days to uncover the secrets of Dol Guldur!