Making obscenely obvious what everyone (except conservative Republicans and half of moderate Republicans) already knows, the New York Times published a draft version of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction’s report. It turns out we didn’t accomplish the mission like we thought… The quote that begins the “Planning to Rebuild Iraq” [...]
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greetings from our insect overlords
Posted in perspective, video, tagged ant colony, ant colony video, ant mega-city, ants, science on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
via delicious ghost: “… in this video, researchers want [to] figure out what the underground lair of some crazy ant species looks like. So they pour concrete down the mofo, let it harden, then excavate the results …”
Time Lapse Mushroom Video
Posted in music, video, tagged mushroom growth video, mushrooms, time lapse mushroom video on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With appropriate theme music:
Maker’s Notebook Goes Online
Posted in news, video, tagged backyard scientists, DIY, inventions, MAKE, tech enthusiasts on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check it out:
from the MAKE blog:
Ask tech DIY enthusiasts, backyard scientists, and makers what their ultimate workshop notebook would look like (as the folks over at MAKE magazine did recently) and you’ll get a truckload of ideas, opinions, and preferences. So the MAKE & CRAFT editors and staffers put their heads [...]
The Bird Flu, Shorty
Posted in music, news, video, tagged bird flu, Gucci Mane, South Korea on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC says: “South Korean officials say they have killed the entire poultry population of Seoul to curb the spread of bird flu.
Quarantine officers destroyed 15,000 chickens, ducks and turkeys in farms and restaurants across the capital
… Bird flu is currently relatively difficult for humans to catch, but health authorities fear it could mutate into [...]
