The pimple detector: Finally, science has invented a portable mean girl to tell you there's a zit on your face. Thanks, Chris Patil!
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An evening of confusion with Dell customer service
Photo: ndevil I got my Dell Mini10V in the mail yesterday. It's small and red and pretty, but I had one minor issue with my order. When I was personalizing my order online, it asked me if I wanted a 24WHr 3-cell battery or a 56WhHr 6-cell battery; the 6-cell was just $35 more, but had double the lif... More.
Freemasonry, Dan Brown, and the New New Age
Guestblogger Arthur Goldwag is the author of "Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more" and other books. On September 15, 2009, THE LOST SYMBOL came off press. F... More.
Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Visualizing Sound Waves (Now With Fire!)
The Ruben's Tube: Proving that basic science concepts are more fun to learn when you add open flames since 1904. Want to build your own? There's an Instructables for that. Thumbnail image courtesy Flickr user tom_adams, via CC.... More.
Afghanistan: Poppy Palaces and "Narcotecture"
Here's a photo-essay from True Slant by P.J. Tobia on the houses that opium poppies built in Afghanistan. Here's a related video feature in Monocle magazine. Here's a related AFP item about poppy palaces and widespread corruption in Karzai's Afghanistan, and here's an item about the neologism in ... More.
Koalas may go extinct in 30 years
[Image: Koala, a CC-licensed photo by Mshai] The Australian Koala Foundation reported this week that koala populations are declining because we humans continue to invade their habitats. Wildfires and global warming aren't helping, either. They could become extinct within a few decades. More: BBC,... More.
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