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The Clearest View Yet Of A 1,000 Year Old Explosion

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:43 PM EST ()

In 1054, humans recorded sightings of the mega-star explosion that created the Crab Nebula. It was so bright it was visible to the naked eye. Now three space telescopes have together created a more complete picture of the debris.

science, space, explosion, nebula, space-pr0n

The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:33 PM EST (io9.com)

In what might be the most frighteningly graphic commercial we've ever seen, it's raining polar bears. The giant bloody bodies are destroying this town, sending the message: Go green, or be smashed by flying bear corpses. Really horrible.

politics, polar-bears, environmentalism, greenhouse-gases

God did it, why can't we? UN ponders 'Net "10 commandments"

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:26 PM EST (Ars Technica)

Turns out God had a pretty hot idea all those years ago. As the UN-backed Internet Governance Forum 2009 met last week just a stone's throw from Mount Sinai, some wondered whether it wasn't time to draft a "10 commandments" for the Internet.

technology, internet, computers, ten-commandments

Creepy insurance company pulls coverage due to Facebook pics

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:45 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Can people diagnosed with depression go to a party and look like they're having fun? Most of us would say yes, but one insurance company thinks not.

technology, insurance-company, depression, facebook, photos

Chrome OS: Internet failing at PC > PC failing at Internet

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:26 PM EST (Ars Technica)

In 2009, it's better to be an Internet company that's taking slow, awkward first steps toward the PC, than a PC company that's still trying and failing to truly integrate with the Internet.

technology, google, google-crome, os, operating-system, microsoft, netbook

EFF takes on Volomedia's stupid attempt to patent podcasting

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:16 PM EST (Boing Boing)

A company called Volomedia just got the US Patent Office to grant them exclusive rights to patent podcasting. Say what? The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting, and is putting out a call for help for all the O.G. podcasters out there.

technology, podcast, copyright, wtf, electronic-frontier-foundation

Rogue Insect Takes Down Missile Truck

Seeded on Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:34 PM EDT (Wired News)

It sounds like the opening scene of a B movie: A giant bug lands on a truck driver transporting intercontinental ballistic missiles. The trucker swerves off the road, inadvertently kicking off Armageddon.

us-news, insect, military, missles, weapons, air-force, wtf

Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school

Seeded on Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:11 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

Zachary Christie is a six-year old student in Newark, Delaware who is facing 45 days in reform school because he brought his new Cub Scout eating utensil to school for lunch.

us-news, zero-tolerance, school, utensil, reform-school, cub-scout, weapons

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Obama and the Socialist Canard: The president is no left-wing extremist

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:28 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

Since he's under attack for allegedly being a covert socialist, you would think President Obama would get some love from the overt socialists. But they sound about as enamored of him as Sean Hannity is.

politics, socialism, barack-obama

Blind Children Can Learn Daredevil's Echolocation

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:23 PM EDT (io9.com)

Blind superhero Daredevil could identify his surroundings by listening to sounds as they bounced off objects. Now a blind boy in Britain has learned to use echolocation himself, a technique that can be taught to others.

science, blindness, mad-science, daredevil, britain

What's the one nagging thing that you do not understand about yourself?

Mon Oct 5, 2009 10:34 PM EDT

Recently, this question was asked to the top professional psychologists by the British Psychological Society, which you can read more about here.

Continue reading this entry ...

psychology, understanding, community, what-dont-you-get-about-yourself, human-experience, flaws, quirks

"But what does conservatism stand for today, other than opposition to President Obama?"

Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:39 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

The Cato Institute's David Boaz had a great op-ed in yesterday's Washington Examiner with a little advice for today's floundering conservative movement:

us-news, conservatism, barack-obama, george-bush, limited-government, social-change

Ninth Chevron Activated: A Review of Stargate Universe's Pilot Episode

Sat Oct 3, 2009 5:51 PM EDT

I'll start off by saying that I purely got into this by accident. I dug the original movie as a kid, and watched a little bit of SG-1 in the beginning. After a while I lost interest and went about my business.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, stargate-universe, battlestar-galactica, sci-fi, television, tv

Chris Rock On Roman Polanski: "It's Rape! Rape!"

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 7:17 PM EDT (Jezebel)

Last night on Jay Leno's new show, Chris Rock put on blast some of the attitudes surrounding director Roman Polanski, ripping into the rhetorical dances being done around what Polanski actually did - which was rape a thirteen year old.

world-news, chris-rock, roman-polanski, rape, celebrities

Memes strike back: Gerbils, gay blood elves, and Glenn Beck

Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:22 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

Talk show host Glenn Beck is pursuing the owner of the domain name glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com, charging trademark violations and claiming rights to the domain.

technology, glenn-beck, internet, meme, rape, murder, domain-name

Leave Them Kids Alone: Where's the evidence that longer school days produce smarter kids?

Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:57 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

Children can be irritating—especially your children. That is why the notion of a school year extending 12 months is not completely revolting. But alas, the government is not a baby-sitting service. Not yet. Let's hope not ever.

us-news, school, department-of-education

UK Border Agency's pseudoscientific "race-detection" DNA/isotope tests has scientific experts "horrified"

Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:35 AM EDT (Boing Boing)

The UK Border Agency has scientists "horrified" at a weird, eugenics-flavoured proposal to test asylum seekers' DNA to determine if they are truly and purely of the "race" they claim to be from.

world-news, britian, border-agency, race, eugenics, wtf, dna, security

The Nature Of Humanity Is To Change Nature

Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:39 PM EDT (io9.com)

Futurist Ray Kurzweil has a simple response to people concerned that technology gives us the chance to alter nature: Nature is inherently flawed, and it's our duty as human beings to use technology to fix it.

science, futurism, nature, quotes

Scientists Discover Fossils of Feathered Dinosaur with Four Wings

Seeded on Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:23 PM EDT ()

A dinosaur that lived between 160 and 151 million years ago could be the missing link between birds and dinosaurs. Scientists in Beijing announced yesterday that a four-winged creature called Anchiornis huxleyi could finally prove birds are descended from dinosaurs.

science, dinosaurs, birds, evolution

Al Franken reads the Fourth Amendment to DoJ official at PATRIOT Act hearings

Seeded on Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:19 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

Al Franken's Senate career just keeps on getting better: this week he read the Fourth Amendment ("no Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.") alo …

us-news, patriot-act, al-franken, bill-of-rights, fourth-amendment, department-of-defense

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That Glourious Basterd: In defense of Quentin Tarantino

Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:43 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

With Inglourious Basterds, his genre-scrambling film about vengeful Jews killing Nazis, writer-director Quentin Tarantino has had his strongest opening weekend ever, finishing first at the box office and taking in about $37.6 million.

entertainment, quentin-tarantino, inglourious-basterds, movies, nazis, controversy

One Crime Solved Per 1,000 London CCTV Cameras

Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:48 PM EDT (Slashdot)

Only one crime was solved for each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city's surveillance network has claimed. The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals.

world-news, britain, united-kingdom, cctv, privacy, civil-rights, robbery, crime

The sad fate of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster

Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:05 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

Last night my friend Colin and I went to Meltdown Comics & Collectibles in Los Angeles to listen to comic book historian Craig Yoe's (center) presentation on the weird, sad life of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster.

history, superman, joe-schuster, comic-books, secret-identity, fetish, fetish-art, art, nights-of-terror, brooklyn-thrill-killers

Beer choice at Obama meeting touches off new debate

Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:28 PM EDT (CNN)

The upcoming White House meeting with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and the Cambridge police officer who arrested him earlier this month appears to have touched off a fresh debate all on its own: what kind of beer should be served?

politics, obama, henry-louis-gates, police, beer, controversy, bud-light, sam-adams

Liberty and Lippiness: Criticizing the police shouldn't be a crime.

Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:21 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

A few minutes into the police encounter that ended with his arrest for disorderly conduct, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

politics, police, henry-louis-gates, james-crowley

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