September 2009
105 posts
UK Border Agency's pseudoscientific... →
The UK Border Agency has scientists “horrified” at a weird, eugenics-flavoured proposal to test asylum seekers’ DNA to determine if they are truly and purely of the “race” they claim to be from. Even…
Sep 30th
Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse →
[from thejus’ greader] toaster? laggist writes “A heart patient in Singapore has been implanted with an artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, allowing her to live without a pulse. From…
Sep 30th
Step forward for nanotechnology: Controlled... →
Sep 30th
Mechanical Tumor →
Watch in HD. Via Gizmodo.
Sep 30th
First details of Earthworm Jim remake unearthed →
Sep 30th
100-Petabit Internet Backbone Coming Into View →
Sep 30th
Cracking Open the SharePoint Fortress →
[from thejus’ greader] this will serve me well in the coming years. dreemteem writes with this excerpt from ComputerWorld UK:”SharePoint is a brilliant success, for a couple of reasons. In a way,…
Sep 30th
Sugar + weed killer = potential clean energy... →
[from thejus’ greader] fun for kids parties! A spoonful of herbicide helps the sugar break down in a most delightful way.
Sep 30th
"There is a theory which states that if ever... →
Sep 30th
Advice for atheists? →
Sep 29th
Concepts are born in the hippocampus →
Sep 29th
Nasty Fanged Frog Eats Birds, Brawls With Other... →
[from thejus’ greader] you can literally SEE the future happening Photo via the WWF When 163 new species were recently discovered in areas surrounding the Mekong in Southeast Asia,…
Sep 29th
Mechanical Tumor →
Watch in HD. Via Gizmodo.
Sep 29th
Mad genius: Study suggests link between psychosis... →
Sep 29th
Brain scans reveal what's in your mind's eye →
Sep 29th
I Just KNEW It! →
Fricken Bert. Pill popping, pot smoking, needle sharing, LSD droppin, booze drinkin freak of nature. He’s nothing but a walking scandal. http://thedw.us/
Sep 29th
G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon →
This could have been a deleted scene from Children of Men. US security forces turned the piercing sound on their own citizens yesterday to widespread outrage. Pittsburgh officials told…
Sep 29th
Storm-sewer dwellers of Las Vegas →
The UK Sun (an admittedly sensationalist source) claims that hundreds of people are living in the storm sewers beneath Las Vegas, scraping by on coins left in slot machines. The underground community…
Sep 26th
Editor's Picks - Best of the Rest →
[from thejus’ greader] Mr.Dibbler, your time has come Filed under: Food News Bratwurst. Photo: Keaggy.com. A few of the best stories spied elsewhere on the Web this…
Sep 26th
Quote of the Day →
[from thejus’ greader] uh…well…i think your FACE did! Via Wonkroom’s Twitterfeed, a quote from the health care reform hearings and mark-up: [US Senator John] Kyl: “I don’t need maternity…
Sep 25th
For some, pro-life also means anti-contraception →
Check out this fascinating video from Hunter Stuart and RH Reality Check. He went to one of the Forty Days for Life protests outside of a clinic in Central Wisconsin that doesn’t even provide…
Sep 25th
Retrospace →
Sep 25th
Storm-sewer dwellers of Las Vegas →
The UK Sun (an admittedly sensationalist source) claims that hundreds of people are living in the storm sewers beneath Las Vegas, scraping by on coins left in slot machines. The underground community…
Sep 25th
Years of caste system belie Indians' shared... →
Sep 25th
MIT's eyeball chip could restore sight within... →
Sep 25th
Intel Connects PCs To Devices Using Light →
Sep 25th
AIDS Vaccine Is Partially Successful →
Sep 25th
Comics in the Classroom →
[from thejus’ greader] this is about where the future of education will be. games as learning. SUCK IT, BANK METHOD! Jesse Brown, a BoingBoing guest blogger, is the host of TVO’s Search…
Sep 25th
Classics: now with favorite buttons! →
[from thejus’ greader] yes..yes you do. now, skin, gut and clean him (leave the kidneys), rub down with olive oil, lightly coat with salt, pepper and rosemary, roast in pan uncovered at 450 for…
Sep 25th
Cockroaches Control Their Breathing to Save Water →
[from thejus’ greader] exhalation is not eco-friendly (PhysOrg.com) — Many insects have been known for decades to hold their breath when resting, but the reasons have not been well understood. A…
Sep 25th
Frogs love Skeptics →
Remember the whole “don’t believe something just because someone told you it’s true” thing? Yeah… especially if it means using that “something” to prove your point on live TV. Oh, Glen Beck,…
Sep 25th
Rough day at work? You won't feel like exercising →
[from thejus’ greader] story of my life, unfortunately it was easier to work out when i went to grad school Have you ever sat down to work on a crossword puzzle only to find that afterwards you…
Sep 25th
“Ugh, why don’t fat people just eat less?” →
If you’ve heard an ignorant comment like that, you’ve probably been to any of a thousand online forums. People love to demonize others for overspending and overeating, especially behind…
Sep 24th
are2: Patrick →
Sep 24th
Scorpius, Farscape →
[from thejus’ greader] i loved this show. and then my hard drive was wiped by me being a dumbass Scorpius, Farscape
Sep 24th
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Sep 23rd
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thejus sez: i don’t know why…but i’m erect right now SGI — formerly the titanic Silicon Graphics company — has released a “personal supercomputer” that can handle up to 80 cores and up to a…
Sep 23rd
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thejus sez: really?? i thought we were past this shit folks. why is future like gritty past with more useless gadgetry? An anonymous reader points out a story in Wired introducing us to the the…
Sep 23rd
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Sep 22nd
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thejus sez: FUUCK (PhysOrg.com) — During a recent research cruise, a rare giant squid was captured in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sep 22nd
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Sep 21st
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Sep 20th
are2: Flying contraption Jim Henson = automatic... →
Sep 19th
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This video is really poignant in addressing the ways in which Africa is so often overgeneralized, pitied, romanticized, historicized, and misrepresented. Check it out: Thanks to my girl…
Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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This video is really poignant in addressing the ways in which Africa is so often overgeneralized, pitied, romanticized, historicized, and misrepresented. Check it out: Thanks to my girl…
Sep 18th
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thejus sez: how is this news? any immigrant will tell that chocolate in the states is crap Do you know your imported Cadbury bars from your Hershey’s? Lots of chocolate lovers do and,…
Sep 18th
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thejus sez: ZING!! “At midnight on Monday evening, copies of the latest book by Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, went on sale to interested consumers of fast paced bullshit. A direct sequel to The Da…
Sep 17th
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thejus sez: although it does look tron-ish It been pretty much understood that solar panels need sunlight. Direct sunlight, that is, and lots of it. GreenSun Energy has developed panels…
Sep 17th