March 2006

To the Moon! Er, From the Moon?

Quoting from this site: Astronauts can spot the Great Wall from low-Earth orbit, along with plenty of other things like the Giza pyramids and even airport runways. But they can’t see the Wall from the Moon. Just in case you were wondering. The same site says the water going down the drain the other way […]

To the Moon! Er, From the Moon? Read More ยป

My Friend, the Musical Guy

Rand, as promised.ย  Here.ย  Hopefully that will get you there.ย  Drop in, have a listen, and if you like, buy.ย  If the link doesn’t work, go to Myspace and search Random Hubiak.ย  Hopefully Search works better for you than for me.ย  geez, even when I Google it, I only get his friends, what’s up with

My Friend, the Musical Guy Read More ยป

Freaky…

Quoting from this site: However, it turns out that Toxoplasma-ridden rats show no such reaction. In fact, some of the infected rats actually seek out the cat urine-marked areas again and again. The parasite alters the mind (and thus the behavior) of the rat for its own benefit.If the parasite can alter rat behavior, does

Freaky… Read More ยป

This is News?

You’ve heard of the teacher who made a classroom comparison between President Bush’s State of the Union address and speeches made by Adolf Hitler?ย  Or actually, you’ve probably heard, “Teacher compares Bush to Hitler” and not much more.ย  That was all I got, until I went looking. Quoting from this site: On the recording, Bennish

This is News? Read More ยป

Horrible!

Quoting from this site: In the abstract for their presentation to the 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center summarized the implant in the following way: NUWC is developing a fish tag whose goal is attaining behavior control of host animals via neural implants. This talk discusses a shark tag

Horrible! Read More ยป

Get Out There!

Quoting from this site: “While 64 percent of white conservative Christians say they are extremely likely to vote, only 49 percent of African-Americans and 47 percent of Hispanic voters are that sure,” she said. Religious conservatives form a reliable part of the Republican voter base, and black and Hispanic voters are a major part of

Get Out There! Read More ยป

Shake Your Beads

Quoting from this site: A US company is set to begin a trial of a vaccine which it claims halts the progress of multiple sclerosis. … In one trial of 15 patients, the vaccine reduced the rate of flare-ups by 92%. … David McMillan, of PharmaFrontiers, said if earlier results were replicated in this study,

Shake Your Beads Read More ยป