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Smell-O-Vision Is Back!
Image by Mario Sepülveda Believe it or not, scientists at one point did attempt to make a television that, through concentrated oils, could broadcast smells that complemented the mood on screen, and sucked you deeper into the drama from an emotional standpoint.
Continue reading...Clean Coal is a Lie. Environmentalists Fight Back With Cartoon
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Image by Rastafabi Ah, coal. If you live in the United States you’ve been subjected to an advertising blitz in preparation for the upcoming elections assuring you that clean coal is the answer to all of our problems. The four dollar gasoline will go away [...]
Continue reading...Amazon Selling for $50Bn, Brazilians Not Happy
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Image from Keepps Johan Eliasch, Gordon Brown’s deforestation advisor took a step towards joining the ranks of American politicians who don’t know what a national border and sovereignty means by claiming that the entirety of the Amazon rain forest could, and should, be purchased in order to protect [...]
Continue reading...$22 Million Creation Musuem Expanding, Focusing On Kids
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
By Ben Ray Image from John Scalzi The Creation Museum, an international abomination laying just a few miles from the Cincinnati-Northern KentuckyAirport, is only one year old, but it’s already had enough success that it’s planning to expand over the next year. Ken Ham, who founded “Answers in Genesis,” [...]
Continue reading...Japanese Space Beer: Taking “Lite” To a New Level
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Image from neebong Sapporo Holdings, proud manufacturers of an essential ingredient in sake bombs, have announced that they’re making an ambitious step to grow their brewery: beer from space.
Continue reading...Iraq’s Depleted Uranium Shells Could Kill 500,000
Monday, May 26, 2008
Image from Christiaan Briggs In the wake of the first Gulf War, the American Press was enamored with military technology in a way that they never had been before, trumpeting the ability of the modern Roman Legions to put a single bomb through a single window anywhere in [...]
Continue reading...Just How Damn Smart Are Parrots Anyway?
Monday, May 26, 2008
Image from Márcio Cabral de Moura The debate over the cognitive capacity of animals has raged for years, primarily operating in concert with concerns over the ethics of performing tests on them. While traditional research has had limited respect in this aspect, the abilities of the [...]
Continue reading...7 Completely Unnecessary Jet Engine Powered Vehicles
Friday, May 23, 2008
Image by Ben Goode I’m sure most of you remember the comedian Tim Allen and his show Home Improvement–he was dedicated to the glory of all things manly, more power, more horsepower, more sawdust, and football, and big, loud, fast cars, UGHH GRUNT MANLY NOISE.
Continue reading...Deadly Lunchbox: Healthy Living With a Twist of Lead
Friday, May 23, 2008
Mmmm, lead! Image from taiyofjs A California company was punished with what might have been the highest settlement in state history after selling 100,000 lunchboxes to children that were tainted with lead.
Continue reading...The Ethics Of Smart Pills
Friday, May 23, 2008
Opinion piece by Ben Ray The real breakfast of champions. Image from Betacells We human beings have finally reached that point in our development where science is going to begin making a giant difference to how we interact with the world.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
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