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Photons Flout the Light Speed Limit
From the New Scientist magazine, “It’s a speed record that is supposed to be impossible to break. Yet two physicists are now claiming they have propelled photons faster than the speed of light. This would be in direct violation of a key tenet of Einstein’s special theory of relativity that states that nothing, under any [...]
Continue reading...Turtles Never Finish the Race
Thursday, August 16, 2007
I was flipping through the latest New Scientist magazine last week when I stumbled across yet another article claiming that a final theory of everything was just around the corner. Each time I see one of these articles I’m reminded of the endless stream of biology and physics professors lined up for their chance to [...]
Continue reading...The Fall of America
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
From the Financial Times: The US government is on a “burning platform” of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned. David Walker, comptroller general of the US, issued the unusually downbeat [...]
Continue reading...China Bans Reincarnation
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
From the Washington Post: In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to [...]
Continue reading...Study: Iraqis May Experience Sadness When Friends, Relatives Die
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
A field study released Monday by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health suggests that Iraqi citizens experience sadness and a sense of loss when relatives, spouses, and even friends perish, emotions that have until recently been identified almost exclusively with Westerners. read more | digg story
Continue reading...Interesting Internet
Monday, July 9, 2007
The Philosophical Foundations of Jyotish Universe mostly forgets its past during cosmic rebirth Winding Through “Big Dreams” Are the Threads of Our Lives What Do Magnets, Flatworms, And Willow Trees Have In Common? Can you name all the U.S. Presidents? CDC: Antidepressants most prescribed drugs in U.S.
Continue reading...Interesting Internet
Friday, June 29, 2007
Rise of man theory “out by 400,000 years” Our earliest ancestors gave up hunter-gathering and took to a settled life up to 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to controversial research. Science of the Soul? “I Think, Therefore I Am” Is Losing Force For many scientists, the evidence that moral reasoning is a result of physical traits [...]
Continue reading...Very Interesting Internet
Sunday, June 24, 2007
The Greatest and Most Unusual Travel Photo of All Time? - Everything about the image is just so amazing: The poof-y shapes of the clouds in the background… 100-foot deep Andes lake disappears - A five-acre glacial lake in Chile’s southern Andes has disappeared — and scientists want to know why… No More Black Holes? - A [...]
Continue reading...MOTD: Mr. Joel Estes
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
I usually see 1 or 2 people every week that do something pretty unbelievable. To celebrate these people and their stupid decisions, I would like to begin a new category called, Moron of the Day (MOTD). I doubt I will have time to post everyday because though there are quite a bit of morons, their [...]
Continue reading...Pretend to Grasp Complex Concepts
Monday, May 14, 2007
I know the feeling: you’re standing around with your colleagues from work when they start talking about the latest developments in quantum physics and you’re left with nothing to say. I usually just quietly walk away and try not to draw too much attention to my inability to grasp complex concepts. Enter the new Seed [...]
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Friday, August 17, 2007
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