Stretching molecules yields new understanding of
electricity

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 10 June 2010 07:08:57 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Cornell University researchers recently stretched individual molecules and watched electrons flow through them, proving that single-molecule devices can be used as powerful new tools for nanoscale science experiments.

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NCBI ROFL: The novel use of wooden spoons for
control of massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage.

post from Discoblog » NCBI ROFL on 10 June 2010 07:00:07 PM. © Discoblog » NCBI ROFL

“Massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage represents a challenging operative emergency. Temporary control of the aorta and inferior vena cava (IVC) using intra-luminal balloon occlusion, preemptive trans-thoracic clamping or infra-diaphragmatic clamping has been achieved with variable success. We report the use of wooden spoons with convex arches cut from their bases as a cheap and effective alternative. They [...]

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Is Google Trying to Copy Bing

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 10 June 2010 06:01:00 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

What was supposed to be a 24-hour experiment on June 10, 2010 was cut short due to a "bug," which erased a link under the search bar on google.com. This link explained why Google's homepage was taking a colorful look. A week prior, Google had announced that it would beg

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Caption This for 06/11/10

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 10 June 2010 05:45:00 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

This week's image: Be sure to vote for your favorite caption!

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Happy chair is happy

post from Bad Astronomy on 10 June 2010 04:30:15 PM. © Bad Astronomy

BABloggee John Kennedy (no relation, of course, to Jamie) sent me word about a fun pareidolia site: Happy Chair is Happy. It features inanimate objects that look like faces. It’s really a fun series to poke through, and it’s brought to you by[...]

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I wish I'd known this years ago

post from Pharyngula on 10 June 2010 04:27:38 PM. © Pharyngula

I'm going to my high school reunion later this summer, and I've just had a revelation that will color the experience. A Catholic philosopher has exposed the awful truth.

In the column, published last week, the writer argued that one reason the children of gay parents should not be admitted to Catholic schools is the "real danger" that they would bring pornography to school.

I remember high school, and I remember some of the guys who would bring porn to school, or had it in their homes. I remember groups of guys getting together on the football field to snigger over the latest centerfold.

I had no idea they were all gay! Or that their parents were gay!

I'm going to have to bring that up at the party. I'm hoping that all those jocks have melted down into plump balding insurance salesmen, though, so I don't get beat up too bad.

I'm still baffled by one thing, though. Why were all those hedonistic gay boys drooling over pictures of naked girls? I don't think I saw a single scrap of gay porn until the internet was discovered and fundamentalist Christians started sending me pictures of men having sex with each other.

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But now all the Pharynguloids will be beaming
hostile thought waves at them!

post from Pharyngula on 10 June 2010 04:06:16 PM. © Pharyngula

Oh, sure, this strategem may have given the LA Dodgers an edge for a few seasons:

Frank and Jamie McCourt, the multi-millionaire owners of the LA Dodgers, have been revealed to have employed a Russian scientist to beam thought waves to boost the team's chances.

That's over now, though. I urge all loyal readers to close your eyes, face LA, and beam baseball hatred at them. To really potentiate the effect, you can also wiggle your fingers and go "Nnnn-nna-nna-naaaaa" or speak in tongues while doing it. We're also going to pray for the New York Yankees^*. Dodgers are dooooomed!

Although…

According to Bill Shaikin of the LA Times, the McCourts paid Vladimir Shpunt several hundred thousand dollars over five years to apply his "V energy" and help the Dodgers to victory. Between 2004, the first season under the McCourts' ownership, and 2009, Shpunt was retained for Dodgers matches, despite the fact that he knew little about baseball.

…you know, "Vladimir Shpunt" is an awesome name for a Russian woo artist.

I might also be persuaded to end my campaign of psychic oppression for a few hundred thousand dollars, myself.

^*Don't worry about it, we're atheists and already going to hell, so rooting for Satan's favorite team won't do you any more harm.

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The Silent World, By Jacques-Yves Cousteau

From Gizmodo: Jacques-Yves Cousteau would be upset if he lived to see the Gulf Oil spill on his 100th birthday, tomorrow. Here, from the The Silent World, he describes using the first Aqualung to swim undersea as freely as a fish. Read the whole article

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From Bat Bombs to Goo Guns: Crazy Military
Experiments

From Gizmodo: Military researchers have poured blood, sweat, tears and taxpayer dollars into all sorts of wacky experiments. There are plenty of reasons that they are willing to take a take a chance on just about anything. Read the whole article

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