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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Obama administration is considering delaying the State of the Union until either January 26th of February 2nd. As all dedicated Lost fans know, Feb 2nd is the date of the final season premier. The bottom line is that we all care about the union and all, but we can always watch that later on [...]
I’m not sure what to make of this, but I am pretty excited about the upcoming season of Lost. Anyone have any ideas? John Locke looks to be the savior but who is Judas? From the Chicago Tribune: The new “Lost” Season 6 poster is out, and “The Lost Supper” strongly resembles not only the [...]
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Google’s humanity smells LHC’s fear of bread.
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Google suggest as an introspective look at our culture, detecting the smell of fear, the LHC can’t handle bread and the iPhone sucks (but is still awesome).
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Bacteria pass the martian test. Hope for life on Mars lives on.
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Italian researchers have put a number of bacteria through rigorous testing in a Mars like environment. Low atmospheric pressure and low temperatures were conditions of choice. Some of the bacteria was still recoverable after 28 hours. This has been heralded as a major achievement to show that life could survive on Mars and that bacteria [...]
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Wink glasses, use ‘em when you can’t remember to blink
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For the gamers and avid readers out there who are so intent on their medium of choice they forgot to blink, help has arrived. Masunaga Optical has developed the Wink Glasses. These Palinesque lenses fog up if you haven’t blinked in the last 5 seconds. A small sensor will register your next blink and clear [...]
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John McCain wants to slow down your internet
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From The Raw Story: Republican strategy is to paint Net neutrality as government ‘control’ of Internet Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced a bill in the Senate on Thursday that would effectively allow Internet service providers to slow down or block Internet content or applications of their choosing. The FCC has finally gotten around to making [...]
From The LA Times: Can Windows 7 repair Microsoft’s reputation and trigger enough sales to pull the technology sector out of the economic funk? Steve Ballmer certainly hopes so. The Microsoft chief executive and impresario known for his highly energetic speaking style this morning kicked off the launch of its latest computer operating system by [...]
