IED Up Close
Have you ever wondered what it is like for the military? Day in and day out, they face the possiblity of death, while we live relatively peaceful lives back in the good ol’ homefront....
Category: Science
If only all politics could be like this
Wouldn’t it be great if all politics could be this light-hearted. Part I [youtube Goaj5V4tZoc] Part II [youtube mrqoSyKsAPw] Part III [youtube NXKaAQ-6BiU] Part IV [youtube QkBQf4FJi-o]
Invisibility cloak is real
Another one of those, “Wow! Science is cool,” moments just happened in California. In Berkley to be more precise. Researchers as the University of California, Berkeley have for the first time demonstrated the ability...
Empathy Deficit Disorder and shifting the blame
Some that know me well (especially my wife) can attest to the fact that I don’t have a great deal of patience in showing empathy or sympathy (yes, there is a difference). So when...
NASA triumph!
When Dwight D Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, in 1958, I wonder if he had any inkling of what kind of an impact that action would have on the world. Not...
Life After People – The History Channel
While flipping through channels today, I noticed a miniseries by The History Channel called “Life After People.” They had been running some ads over the past several weeks with an interesting line that went...
Next generation laptop batteries
You know the feeling. You’re right in the middle of something important on your laptop. You’re in deep concentration and nothing should interrupt you. Then all the sudden… [BEEP]. That dang battery warning. It...
Scientists “prove” Adam and Eve — kinda
Scientist recently studied mitochondrial DNA to determine ancestry at a large scale level. Their objective was to determine lineage across today’s major racial groups. They took 147 individuals from these groups and analyzed the...
R.O.U.S. found!
You all remember the R.O.U.S.’s from Princess Bride. Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.’s? Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist. [Immediately, an R.O.U.S. attacks him] Well, scientists have found one...
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Al Gore???
I subscribe to CNN’s “Breaking News” email alerts. This morning, I was “alerted” to the fact that Al Gore was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change....
