April 7, 2009
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April 7, 2009
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery.
The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and power performance as state-of-the-art rechargeable batteries…
April 7, 2009
According to news reports, the Minnesota Election Contest Judicial Panel finished their review of votes, counting just under 400 absentee ballots that were previous excluded. These votes were included as the result of Former Senator Norm Coleman's legal challenge to the election. With Senator Al…
April 7, 2009
One of the arguments in favor of unrestricted ownership of firearms in the united states is that the 2nd Ammendment guarantees gun ownership as an inalienable right for all Americans. It doesn't of course. Depending on which version of the Contitution you look in, it says this:
A well regulated…
April 7, 2009
Some of the symptoms of the autistic condition Asperger Syndrome, such as a need for routine and resistance to change, could be linked to levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research led by the universities of Bristol and Bath.
Normally, people have a surge of this hormone shortly…
April 7, 2009
He wore sex appeal like good cologne, just enough to be a constant undercurrent without knocking anyone over at ten paces..... he stood out against the backdrop of her sleek modern office of steel, leather and glass like a bonfire in a snowdrift.
... No, just fiction. Good fiction by Stephanie…
April 6, 2009
Do you believe that indoctrination of children into the fundamentalist christian is child abuse? If so, skip this video. If not, watch it and I'm sure it will change your mind.
Hat tip: Colloquy
April 6, 2009
A cute puppy:
April 6, 2009
The latest comprehensive survey of Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor has revealed a decrease in the number of wintering birds, with 2,041 individuals counted compared to 2,065 in 2008. Coordinated by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (BirdLife in Hong Kong) and supported by Wild Bird Society…
April 6, 2009
A new blog carnival, called Scientia Pro Publica, has been launched at Living the Scientific Life. Have a look at edition numero uno.
April 6, 2009
In June of 1940, France fell to Germany. Among the troops who were overwhelmed by the German attacks were about 17,000 black West African colonial troops with the French Army. Many of these soldiers were shot do death by the Germans, who considered these Africans to be subhumans, as they stood in…
April 6, 2009
Or, "Botany ... can't live with it, can't live without it ...."
... I was out there on the nature trail, both high on life and high on a rolled up and smoked version of Mother Nature. I started talking to Jeff and the other classmates who had gathered around the growing pile of deadwood.…
April 6, 2009
An Astronaut is blogging from space:
I am going to try to paint a picture in words of what I saw. Close your eyes and imagine yourself here on ISS with me looking out of the docking compartment window. You are positioned so the Earth is passing by below and you can see the horizon as well with the…
April 6, 2009
The three judge panel convened for the purpose of addressing the Coleman challenge of the Minnesota Senate Election won by Al Franken (after a detailed recount) will meet today to examine ballots they had asked brought to the court. The panel had asked for four hundred ballots, but a small number…
April 6, 2009
Number 37 is now up and running at Living the Scientific Life.
April 6, 2009
Apparently President Obama has to be bound. By Bachmann.
These people are insane.
Hat tip: DMB
April 5, 2009
Carnival of Space 98 is here.
Carnival of the Blue 22 is here
Down Under Feminist Carnival is Here.
The BoBo Carnival of Politics - April 5, 2009 Edition
April 5, 2009
My grandmother sent me this.
April 5, 2009
An ice bridge holding a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place has shattered and may herald a wider collapse caused by global warming, a scientist said Saturday.
"It's amazing how the ice has ruptured," said David Vaughan, a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey. "Two days ago it was intact,"…
April 5, 2009
Once again, cheap, only barely regulated and readily available firearms take a number of lives in yet another mass shooting. In Graham Washington, a man killed his children and himself.
He had a reason, though it was a demented reason. And he had the inclination, though it was a misguided one…
April 5, 2009
It would be nice if George Bush went to jail.
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April 5, 2009
The federal government has opened a criminal investigation into the capture and death of the last known jaguar in the United States, amid accusations that a biologist working for the state illegally baited a trap to attract the cat.
The 118-pound male jaguar, known as Macho B, was captured on Feb…
April 5, 2009
And now, for today's ROFLMAO moment, I give you Michel Bachmann on Homosexuals!
Hat Tip: Dump MB Web Site, where you will find much more.
April 4, 2009
You have probably heard about the shooting in Pittsburgh. The details are still sketchy, but word on the street is that the shooter, who killed three cops, was upset about a law placing some restrictions on gun ownership. He was also upset about secret government activities that "they are not…
April 4, 2009
Now that THIS is available.
Shall we start with a Below the Knee Amputation?
April 4, 2009
Contrary to what some have suggested, the worm did, in fact, do what it was expected to do -- it activated, giving the worm-masters full administrator-level control over some five million infected PCs, and making itself much more difficult to detect and fight. The worm generates URLs by which the…
April 4, 2009
A very large percentage of the earth's land masses were covered by glacial ice during the last glaciation. Right now it is about 10%, but during the Ice Age it was much more. Enough of the earth's water was trapped in this glacial ice that the oceans were about 120 to 150 meters lower than they…
April 3, 2009
I can't see this guy's brain. I'm thinking maybe it is not actually there.
April 3, 2009
It being Twitter
While the "news" that Google was in "late-stage" talks to acquire Twitter, which TechCrunch reported last night, certainly sounds exciting, it isn't accurate in any way, according to a number of sources BoomTown spoke to close to the situation.
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April 3, 2009
Although there has been plenty of blogosphere gossip regarding the monetisation of Twitter, the hugely popular social networking in 140 characters service, not a great deal of sense has been spoken. Until now. It would appear that an acquisition of Twitter by no less than Google is on the cards…
