So no one knows for sure, however recently some scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provided compelling evidence that oceans made of diamond, complete with icebergs (diamondbergs?) may exist in our own solar system. The pressure near the more solid part of Uranus and Neptune is millions of times stronger than our own atmosphere [...]
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Youtube to start charging for content. Don’t panic.
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Youtube has announced that it will begin streaming certain movies from the Sundance Film Festival for about 5 bucks. In this case switching to a paid model appears to be a good thing. Youtube is not moving their existing content behind a paywall (who would pay for keyboard cat anyways?), but are enhancing the site [...]
While nothing is set in stone, Hulu is considering charging for older episodes of popular TV shows. Hulu would allow viewers to watch the 5 most recent episodes and charging $4.99 a month to access back episodes.
From the LA Times:
The site has spent months studying how to strike a balance between what people expect to [...]
Back in the 1950’s the then Soviet Union embarked on an ambitious project. No not the space race or the arms race of the cold war era, but on a noble quest to domesticate the silver fox. The Russian scientists selectively bred for tameness by measuring how close a wild fox would allow a human [...]
A San Francisco couple who were caught with 5,900 marijuana plant are now awaiting trial and have lost custody of their three children. The reason for losing the kids was not the ridiculous number of pot plants nor was it enlisting the children’s help in the harvest. No, it was the illegal and potentially dangerous [...]
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We can’t get any fatter. US obesity rate hits plateau
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The US obesity rate skyrocketed in the 80’s and 90’s after remaining stable since 1960. Americans’ waistlines increased as the obesity rate shot up from around 15% to over 30%. Apparently, America can only fit so many deep fried, sugar glazed snacks in its collective mouth at once. The last ten years has seen the [...]
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SF’s disappearing sea lions scared, confused, just want to go home.
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During the last week of November ‘09, San Francisco’s famous sea lions mysteriously disappeared. These large blubbery animals have been mooching off San Francisco for about 20 years. Its not like the free ride was over, scores of people still came to see them daily, food was plentiful and the weather is far from extreme [...]
Look at how GDP as risen steadily since 1980 but income per capita has barely risen. Where is all that money going?
Source: Business Pundit
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First plant animal hybrid discovered, no mad scientists required.
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The green sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, has been known to feed on algae and reuse the chloroplasts for its own malevolent intent. Now scientists have presented preliminary evidence that this slug has actually incorporated a whole biochemical pathway into its genome to produce chlorophyll. Once the chlorotica has fed on algae its able to go [...]
In a brilliant move, showing decisive leadership, the Obama administration has confirmed that the State of the Union (SOTU) will not coincide with the Lost premier on February 2nd. Previously, the administration had been mulling either a Jan 26th or a Feb 2nd date for the SOTU address.
From Huffington Post:
But the press secretary did rule [...]
