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Cyborgs!
The future is getting creepier and creepier.
Creature of the Deep
The camera on an oil company’s remote-controlled submersible has caught this short video — a mile and a half under the surface, no less — of an undeniably alien-looking squid. And, oh yeah, it’s got … elbows! Via Powazek
Palin's War
This is what the Republican Party has done to us this year: It has placed within reach of the Oval Office a woman who is a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus.
– Christopher Hitchens
From Mr. Hitchens’ article, on slate, “Sarah Palin’s War on Science – The GOP ticket’s appalling contempt for knowledge and learning”
Plants Produce Their Own Aspirin
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO has discovered that plants, during times of stress, produce their own form of aspirin. The researchers suggest that the phenomenon could be used by farmers as a type of early warning system for crop failure.
Red-Light Cameras Just Don’t Work
Bad science, public/private collusion and sublimation of the public good for that of the private. No, it’s not big oil, the federal government and the price at the pump but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, auto insurance companies, local governments, red light cameras, ticket revenue and public safety.
via DF
WIRED's California Academy of Sciences Photo Gallery
WIRED has a gallery of photos of the interior of the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The Academy’s new building opens September 27th.
As excited as I am that this amazing structure will finally be open to the public, I wonder how long after the opening it is going to [...]
The Beatles & CT Scans
What is the connection between The Beatles and CT scans? Glad you asked. a la Kottke.
The Periodic Table of Videos
The University of Nottingham’s Periodic Table of Videos rocks. Check out the mad scientist fro on Mr. Poliakoff. yay Kottke!
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