News Briefs 27-08-2009
by Gfool on Sunday, August 30th, 2009 | No Comments
I am the Eggman. They are the Eggman. I am the LOLrus -Goo goo ga joob.
- Michio, Michio man! I want to be a Michio man! : Michio Kaku discusses NASA funding to find killer asteroids (Video… from FOX Business? WTF!).
- The Moon: Its one small step for a Man, but a prohibitively giant dent to the current budget.
- A *depressing* gallery of abandoned NASA projects
- Whats with Wasp-18b, and why hasnt it burned to the crisp since it orbits its star so closely? They should have named it Moth-18b instead…
- Is this the reason why those bug-eyed alien buggers need to come to this planet to reproduce?
- [Video] Abduction by Aliens: Meet the believers -I dont know whats more annoying: watching Stan Romanek milking his 15 minutes of fame, or all the Sci-Fi movie clips ABC included in the program :-/
- Regan Lee complaints about the lame, buffoonish use of UFOs in modern TV show plots.
- A second video of the orb-expelling UFO over Mexico? (And so $#amp;*ing close to where I live! Aaaaargh!!)
- Mexican axolotl on the verge of extinction -poor critter never had the chance to grow up.
- And on the other side of the world, the flying fox -the largest fruit bat and best Batman logo impersonator- also faces extinction.
- The World Oral Literature Project: An attempt to help cultures under threat from globalisation create lasting records of their native languages -and with Twitter, one of the new threatened languages is English! LOL
- Peru: Ancient tomb discovered at Huaca Rajada, of what could be the oldest ancestor of the Sipan dinasty.
- The Mighty Zahi is trying to trace King Tuts roots -were his ancestors Antlantean, Lemurian, or Hyperborean?
- Its clobbering time!!: CT scans show Ankylosaur tail was a real bone crusher.
- 3somes are not just fun, they are also excellent tools to erradicate genetic diseases. Youre welcome, guys
- Rare condition turns girls organs into crystal -Witty punchlines refrained out of respect for the poor child.
- Listen, right-wing critics of Obama: You got it ALL wrong. Turns out the POTUS is not a secret Muslim… hes a secret Jewish -Oy Vey!
- Faked Photographs: Look, and Then Look Again -OK, the Cappa photo is probably a hoax, but who could possibly doubt the authenticity of this jackalope pic? I mean, cmon!! Look how cheerful that lady looks!
- An interview with Richard Dawkins, as the release for his new book The Greatest Show on Earth approaches, galloping like an Apocalypse horseman- Plus sample chapter [Amazon US amp; UK].
- Is the coin flip really a fair way of deciding something? Well, lets see who dares telling it to this guy.
- …And speaking of fairness: Is it fair to judge a mans entire life based on a single event? Kennedys redemption from the depths.
Muchas gracias to Rick, Greg, amp; Holly.
Quote of the Day:
I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist nor humanist will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good will look at life and into their own souls.
Edward Kennedy; speech on Truth and Tolerance in America (Oct. 3, 1983). …nbsp;Readnbsp;Morenbsp;raquo;