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Scientists create 'artificial brain cell'
Scientists have created an artificial brain cell they believe could one day be used to treat devastating neurological diseases.
Texas: Careening Toward Doom | Bad Astronomy @ Discover
So Texas had its brief shining moment of light when the state Senate rejected creationist goofball Don McLeroy's bid to once again head up the Board of Education. McLeroy was the guy who famously said, "Someone has to stand up to experts!" when talking about the science advisors contacted by the BoE to advise them on, y'know, science.
10 Worst Automotive Fads
There is a subtle but important difference between fashion and a fad. Fashion is the inevitable evolution and refreshment of taste and style, while fads such as fuzzy dice are as ephemeral and unpredictable as fashion, but in the end are just plain silly. Here are the ten most horrible auto fads of the last 50 years.
LA City Attorney Seeks Funds for Michael Jackson Memorial
The Los Angeles city attorney's office is investigating how the city can legally press third parties to pick up at least some of the costs for Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Staples Center.
10 Contemporary and Cutting Edge Homes of the Future (PICS)
Beautiful contemporary homes are nothing new, but it takes an extra spark of creativity to meet the modern needs of the people living inside. These homes of the future use sustainable design, unconventional placement or otherwise clever ideas to stand out.
California Leads the Nation with 912 Bank Robberies a Year
The FBI today released its study of 2008 bank robberies nationwide. Worst time to be in a bank branch: Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. That's when 1,803 robberies occurred; next worse was Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., when 1,629 happened.
5 Essential Google Cheat Sheets For Every Net Surfer
Cheat sheet is a reference tool that provides simple, brief instructions for accomplishing a specific task. Author have collected a bunch of essential Google Cheat sheets which will surely come in handy.
An Eco-War Is Coming to Alaska: Salmon vs. the Gold Miners
From piece: "In one corner of Alaska's Bristol Bay, the sockeye salmon, a $300 million resource that's sustained fishermen like 29-year-old captain Lindsey Bloom for more than 100 years. In the other, the Pebble Mine, with its projected hundreds of billions in copper and gold. Get ready for the fiercest wilderness rumble since ANWR."
Cleavage: Coming to an office near you
No matter where they are, women seem to be showing off their cleavage more than ever before by wearing plunging necklines and tight tops. Is this simply a fashion trend or are there other factors?
Police Chief Tasers 14-Year-Old Girl in the Head
The police chief says he defends his actions.
15 Celebrity Sex Tapes: From Laughing Stock to Fame
Regardless of the public?s weaning voyeuristic appetite, managers and publicists continue to exhaust and exploit this medium for the career booster it was once hoped to be.
50 Best-Of Designer?s (NEW) Download Picks and Resources
So in today?s post, you?ll find an assortment of top-notch Vector Packs, brushes, patterns, Free Fonts, Icon Sets and .PSD downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community.
Pissed Star Wars Fans Finally Get Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
Remember that Tauntaun sleeping bag that was supposedly for sale on Think Geek but wasn't, because it was April Fools and they were only kidding? So many people wanted it and got angry that it wasn't available. The company has now decided to try to bring it to life for real -- if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant them a license.
Whales Caught as Incidental Bycatch Threaten Populations
The sale of bycatch alone supports a lucrative trade in whale meat at markets in some Korean coastal cities, where the wholesale price of an adult minke whale can reach as high as $100,000. Given these financial incentives, you have to wonder how many of these whales are, in fact, killed intentionally.
Man Hacks Wife With Meat Cleaver For Sweeping Clumsily
A Brooklyn woman is in critical condition after her husband hacked her repeatedly with a meat cleaver in their Dyker Heights apartment yesterday morning. 54-year-old Shao Ling Ye was sweeping up during breakfast when, according to her husband, Youshening Huang, "She swept over my feet and that really sparked it."
Dad asked 10-year-old son to dump hooker's body
The man accused of killing a prostitute last month and then dumping her remains near Eatonville asked his fifth-grade son to help get rid of the body, records show.
Man Killed in Pool of Chocolate
The worker was loading raw chocolate into the vat where it's melted and mixed before being shipped elsewhere to be made into candy products.
Windows 7 Upgrade Guide: All Your Questions Answered
Once you made the decision that upgrading to Windows 7 is worth it for you, or buy a new PC that?s upgrade eligible, do you know exactly what you?re getting? Can I upgrade from Windows XP? Do I need to buy the same product edition when upgrading? Can I go from 32 bit to 64 bit? These are just a few of the many questions we seek to answer
Bankslaughter: Should Execs Be Held Liable For Killing Ban?
If you're driving and happen to kill a pedestrian, you may, of course, be slapped with manslaughter charges. On the other hand, if you're running a huge financial company and your management decisions remove billions of dollars of wealth from the economy and you threaten the entire financial system, you'll receive a multimillion pay package...
Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost Users a Bundle
Fresh off a court victory against Google's YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the video-sharing site. Welcome to the exciting world of copyright licensing, blogger; you may already owe gobs of money!
The 10 Coolest Things in the MythBusters Studio!!
An amazing look at the inside of the MythBusters studio, and the cool things within! You won't believe some of this stuff...
Wool Coffins Let Departed Treehuggers Count Sheep Eternally
Two British companies, coffin-maker JC Atkinson and textile specialty firm Hainsworth, have teamed up in a way that is both predictable but unexpected (coffins + textiles = wool coffins, naturally). In addition to local wool and sustainably sourced cotton, the coffins are reinforced with 100 percent recycled cardboard, and biodegradable.
10 things to know about Google Chrome OS
10 things to know about Google Chrome OS What we can glean from the early info : TechRadar UK
For Jehovah's Witnesses, it's all about spreading the word
Church members say their door-to-door preaching is akin to a search-and-rescue operation. Sometimes they feel down after being rebuffed, but they believe the message is to important to give up.
Tips to Avoid the ?Staycation? Blues
How one family bucks the national trend of families' canceling or downsizing trips as they cope with furloughs, lost salaries and the rising price of basic necessities, including gas and food, and how you can too ?.
Waze Brings Free turn-by-turn GPS to Android
Waze is an innovative new GPS app for Android that supplements Census Bureau maps with user-generated data. This social approach to road conditions offers a new level of data that is not possible with other GPS services.
Geraldo calls out "99 percent" of celebs at MJ's memorial
"The vast majority of the people in that hall, and certainly 99 percent of the celebrities who have come to this memorial did not stand anywhere near Michael Jackson during the years he was accused of those horrible crimes. They just disappeared, and now they have resurfaced to celebrate his life."
Germany Honors 4 Soldiers With New Version of Iron Cross
A politically correct, newly minted version of the Iron Cross ? awarded to German soldiers since 1813, but withdrawn after the Second World War ? was pinned on the chests of four senior non-commissioned officers yesterday.
New York Winds Could Power the World 100 Times Over
Scientists have discovered that New York City is a prime location for exploiting high-altitude winds. A recent study by the Carnegie Institution and California State University found that the wind over New York could meet the energy needs of the world ?100 times over?.
45 Free Typographic CSS-Layouts For Your Designs
Beautiful and free typographic XHTML/CSS-templates that you can use in personal and commerical projects without any restrictions - a gift for the design community.
Lebron Got Dunked On; Nike Confiscates Video Footage
On Monday night at the Nike LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio, NBA star Lebron James was dunked on huge by Xavier?s Jordan Crawford with a vicious two-hander. Unfortunately you won?t be seeing the replay of the dunk anytime soon. Nike confiscated all the tapes from cameras.
Just When You Thought The Bingo Halls Were Safe
Criminals sometimes target bingo halls because they are easy to steal from and often not guarded nearly as closely as a large casino would be. Here are 10 cases in which a friendly game of Bingo became anything but friendly.
26 Websites for Tutorials Starting out in Website Design
With more and more resources being shared across the web today, there are tons of people starting careers in web design or web development. With how many tutorials about HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP there are out there, becoming a web designer has never been easier. I collected a list of 26 great websites to follow to learn web design...
Remembering Steve McNair & His Accomplishments on the Field
He was, after all, one of the best quarterbacks out there. No one could ever question his toughness when Sundays came around.
The Story of Prisoner F95488
One's a rising soccer star. The other's a self-described jealous boyfriend. One had no physical evidence linking him to a rape. The other had matched DNA and teeth marks. One's black. The other's white. One was convicted. The other was never a suspect.
Wii Sports Resort sells half a million
Wii Sports Resort has sold half a million copies in Japan in ten days and boosted Wii hardware sales significantly - Wii Motion Plus has arrived
Robert Rodriguez: My Predator revival is 'crazy intense'
"Predators" will be shot in Rodriguez's home state of Texas on a lean budget and so far removed from Hollywood that it is doesn't get run through the often bruising machinery of the studio. "You can find some alien landscapes in Texas for sure," Rodriguez said.
The 10 Most Expensive Photographs
Ansel Adams is there. Some of the others may be surprises.
Stormy Weather May Delay Shuttle Launch
Stormy weather may delay NASA's planned Saturday launch of the shuttle Endeavour.
Woman who cried rape after date with man she met in internet
An innocent man almost lost his freedom after being accused of rape by a woman he dated through the internet. Gary Wood was hoping for romance when he arranged to meet Natalie Jefferson after chatting to her online, but ended up facing a potential 10-year jail term.
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