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Sun January 13, 2008
(Science Blog) Cool It's alive! (8)
(Some Guy) Interesting Two proteins called BERT and ERNI interact in embryos to control brain development (17)
London Times Interesting Is consumer culture pinging our primitive desire circuits into overdrive? (23)
ABC News Interesting The Mafia is losing its grip on the crime world because it cannot compete against a wily enemy: the internet (23)
(TED.com) Video The most amazing video of an octopus disguising itself as algae that you will see today, and perhaps ever. (Octopus scene is at 4:15, but the first four minutes are cool, too.) (103)
Kotaku Cool Mechanics behind how the swinging physics work in the upcoming new 'Bionic Commando' game. DO WANT (37)
Yahoo Obvious Old & Busted: Video games are immoral because they're violent. New Obviousness: Video games are immoral because there are no consequences (174)
(TED) Spiffy Watch an explorer rappel with a rope in a waterfalls several miles underground, develop equipment for NASA to explore the underground ocean of Europa, and talk about his plans to mine water for fuel on the Moon (64)
London Times Interesting Scientists create beating heart in laboratory, say they don't know what use it is, so they'll probably just bury it under the floorboards so the sound doesn't bother them (35)
Time Cool Old & Busted: mp3s, iPods, etc. New Hotness: Vinyl records are now making a comeback (294)
(Some Guy) Cool Researchers create rideable walking robot, raising the bar for both gaming chairs and live-action Battletech games (18)
(The Times.co.za) Amusing Actual headline: "Doctors welcome circumcision study, but doubters get snippy" (12)
(Some Guy) Amusing Hacking into motorway signs, European-style: "Let's set the speed limit to 5 kph" (35)
Telegraph Obvious Kissing Europeans healthier than shaking hands, says new study with no shortage of volunteers (10)
Kotaku Scary Furries get a video game JUST for them... Be afraid... Be VERY afraid (32)
Rian.Ru Amusing History professor at Genghis Khan University claims Mongolians discovered America. Also, there's a Genghis Khan University (81)
New Scientist Strange Scientists develop edible anti-freeze protein to allow ice-cream to stay smooth and creamy. Still no cure for chocolate chip cookie dough addiction (24)
AJC Interesting The CDC wouldn't exaggerate the risks of TB in the Andrew Speaker case in order to get more funding . . . would they? (20)

Sat January 12, 2008
Telegraph Obvious British hospitals to start taking organs from patients without their consent. Monty Python predicted this (53)
Telegraph Interesting Chimps need role models. Breakdown of chimp families blamed for surge in monkey knife fights (14)
(Some Guy) Obvious That banging sound you hear? Yet another nail in the Vista coffin. UK education agency says no to both Vista and Office 2007 due to "perceived lack of significant business benefit" to offset deployment costs (74)
JSOnline Cool Canadian company markets micro-small, overpriced electric car in U.S. Top speed of 25 mph and needs a recharge after 35 miles (19)
(Daily Tech) Asinine Sony to discontinue PS2 compatibility in new PS3s because they like pissing off their consumers (83)
(Statesman) Cool Former creationist preaches gospel of evolution. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Great Rift, I will fear no fossil (92)
(Some Guy) Cool Utilizing their patented "suck" technology, Duke scientists find recipe for "sound cloaking" (6)
CTV Cool Astronomer maps dark matter. Lord Asriel approves (11)
(Security Experts) Dumbass Another vulnerability in OSX. Where is your smug now? (122)
(school.nz) Cool Google Calculator can now perform calculations in Donald Knuth's units of length, volume and mass - the Potrzebie System, as defined in MAD Magazine issue #33 (16)
Guardian.com Interesting "There is a suspicion, and I have that suspicion myself, that a large number of people who label themselves 'green' are actually keen to take us back to the 18th or even the 17th century." (64)
UPI Florida NASA expedites Space Shuttle Atlantis' explosion by moving launch date to February 7th (32)
(TG Daily) Cool Body heat could charge your cellphone. Kathleen Turner placed on speed dial (12)
(projo.com) Strange Idle chatter increases mental acuity, explains genius of The View (10)
BBC Scary A giant cloud of hydrogen is racing towards the Milky Way and will hit our galaxy in 40 million years. EVERYBODY PANIC (38)
Wired Interesting Looks like Steve Jobs will be presenting the new "iFlatulence" at next week's Macworld (32)

Fri January 11, 2008
BBC Obvious Supermassive black holes are rotating so fast that they come close to discrediting Einstein's Theory of Relativity as thoroughly as the Bible discredits the 'Theory' of evolution (91)
News.com.au Scary Drought turning Australian rivers to sulfuric acid. Crocodile Dundee meeeeeellllltiiiiiinnnnggg (5)
(Some Jittery Guy) Scary Twenty mishaps that almost started global nuclear war (51)
(CNet) Scary New exploit reported in fully-patched Apple Quicktime. Again. Mac Guy and PC Guy replaced by "Aw Geez, Not This Shiat Again" guy (24)
Discovery Cool A failed effort to soften the noise from British military helicopters led to a breakthrough enabling surfaces from mobile telephone screens to car roof liners to be turned into stereo speakers (19)
Live Science Strange Prehistoric crocodiles, the Chuck Norris of the arctic, forced glaciers to form in the antarctic (10)
PCWorld Cool Google Maps to feature Weather Channel data (16)
Network World Scary Army set to deploy helmets with downloadable blast sensor technology (17)
(Science Daily) Scary Arctic Sea dumps thick old ice. Now going out with younger, thinner ice (23)
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Amusing Lava flow headed for Jack Thompson's house (20)
(Some Tech Dude) Spiffy New mouse monitors blood pressure while playing World of Warcraft. Next feature: Reminding you to eat, sleep and bathe (26)
Gizmodo Cool Behold, the custom Master Chief Transformer (27)
Live Science Interesting Ever wanted to know why chimps eat dirt? (30)
Internet News Interesting Despite the expense of the iPhone, its owners can remain smug that they can now be infected by only the finest malware (62)
(UK Mirror) Interesting Persons with dementia live 4.5 years after the diagnosis, giving them time to host "The View" (51)
CNSNews Misc "SeXBox": New hit XBox game enables characters to copulate in full digital nudity (284)
(Some Comic Book Geek) Stupid Holy basements, Batman, geeks outraged at having to pay for comic books (36)
(MyFoxPhilly) Obvious These days the local media would have you believe it's more of a story if your cell phone ISN'T loaded with porn when you buy it (21)
Gizmodo Cool James Bond-style belt buckle camera announced. Internet prepares for onslaught of videos partially obstructed by nerd belly (12)
Live Science Interesting The 5000 year-old origin of ice skating (14)
Yahoo Interesting "Commuters' body heat to warm office" What could possibly go wrong? (14)
(Some Guy) Cool With Tank-Chair you can get everywhere. Even if that means you have to go over anybody in your way (28)
News.com.au Strange UFO spotter believes Australians are descended from Aliens who landed at Uluru. Bonus points for the chap's name: Farkas (60)
(Some Guy) Obvious Dumbassnium discovered in massive quantities after guy brags that he built a nuclear reactor in his garage. Hey mom, why are those black vans parked in front of the house? (98)
(NYT) Cool Government research finds digital monitors that tell customers the cost of their energy use in real time lowers bills by 10-15%. Cato Institute developing ways to attach these monitors to Congress (22)
Wired Obvious Despite fears of a "space Pearl Habor," MIT's Geoffrey Forden finds the United States could withstand China's worst assault above the skies. Fark, yeah (29)

Thu January 10, 2008
(Ecoble) Strange World's coolest solar-collecting building or world's biggest stapler? You decide (26)
MSNBC Asinine Sony develops own wireless USB standard. And if one thing Sony knows, is that proprietary technology has been so successful for them in the past (47)
(KTVB.com) Misc Older F-15 jets plagued by defective support beams, raising the possibility of retiring them. Starscream seen telling children to get off his robo-lawn (45)
Gizmodo Amusing Step 1: Get invited to CES. Step 2: Get a bunch of TV-B-GONE remotes Step 3: Turn off as many TVs as possible, including during press demos. Step 4: ??? (with vid) (324)
Abc.net.au Scary Indonesia's first nuclear power plant to be built under the shadow of a dormant volcano, with two active geological fault lines. What could possibly go wrong? (24)
(Muscular! Development! RAAAR!) Obvious Men with naturally high testosterone levels live longer. Bea Arthur expected to make it to 436 (27)
BBC Interesting Europe prepares to launch "space truck" to ISS, estimates it will deliver bulk load of food, water and air to station in March provided that the lot lizards in the ionosphere don't hold it up (pics) (30)
(t. i.) Interesting New USB cables won't carry HD signals unless they're DRM-approved. Widely available hack expected to be released following day (79)
(IT Wire) Amusing Being exhausted lowers IQ. Here comes the science, and the people who didn't RTFA (27)
Winding Road Video Audi previews 500-horsepower V-12 version of its sublime R8 supercar that gets 23 mpg. Did we mention it's a diesel? (49)
(Some Guy) Interesting Google processes over 20 petabytes of data per day. Who knew dogs bit people so often (14)
(gaijinpot) Weird Strap-on robot takes the pain out of backbreaking farm work, leaves sheep emotionally detached (46)
(Some Guy) Followup Remember that asteroid that's going to hit Mars? Yeah, not so much anymore (23)
Yahoo Interesting Matsushiata to switch name to Panasonic in order to get past profanity filters (116)
(Some Guy) Interesting New-found spiral galaxy has arms winding backwards... just like Australian toilets when flushed (25)
I-Mockery Cool I-Mockery ranks the 50 greatest arcade cabinet designs in video game history (63)
(Some Guy) Interesting Noor the Pacifist aims to get to level 70 of "World of Warcraft" without killing anyone. With pic of the gnome everyone will be trying to attack (38)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Dr. Phil tackles the toughest subject of all: Trash talk and "racism" on Xbox Live. Too bad Xbox live has had a 95 percent downtime so far this year (290)
(Popular Mechanics) Interesting Take a drive around Sin City with Intel on a WiMax demo with Wyclef Jean (10)
BBC Unlikely Noah to the dinosaurs: "You’re not fooling me with those feathers, I’ve already got chickens, now get lost" (27)
Yahoo Spiffy Britain to okay new nuclear power plants. Greenpeace wants to split wood not atoms. Why do hippies hate the environment? (158)
Herald Tribune Florida Amazing 77-year-old man can play "Frogger." Not very well, but still... (11)
BBC Interesting At any one time, 15 percent of Americans are currently watching or posting videos in the Internet. And five percent aren't even pornographic (9)
The Scotsman Amusing From the "Whistle While You Work" Files: A music professor believes that a happier workplace and increased productivity are possible when people have a song in their hearts that isn't "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy (95)
SMH Cool Airline offers first passenger flights between Australia and Antarctica (19)
News.com.au Cool Injection helps Sremiehzla (13)
(Some Guy) Cool They're big, they're bald and they're back in New Mexico (17)
This Is Local London Interesting Children under seven urged to be banned from playing video games because it "rewires" their brains and lowers their attent ... where the hell was I going with this? Skittles? Love some (48)
(Fliggo) Video WANT... really, really WANT (131)
AP Spiffy Chinese scientists make major breakthrough in the quest for day-glow pork rinds (6)
(Some Guy) Interesting The shape of the mysterious cloud of antimatter in the central regions of the Milky Way has been revealed to be lopsided. In other news, there's a cloud of antimatter in the center of our galaxy (38)

Wed January 09, 2008
Gizmodo Obvious Bill Gates on Windows Vista -- "Meh." (66)
Kotaku Interesting Sid Meier will receive this year's Game Developers Choice Lifetime Achievement Award. Award will gradually be made over a period of 3000 years (86)
(Inventorspot) Amusing Next Christmas' big gift will be the Portable Nasal Mucus Removing Device, also known as the "snot gun." With diagram (24)
Live Science Interesting Cruel, sadistic researchers have been working overtime to make sure that robots will be able to have soft, sensitive skin that feels pain (38)
London Times Obvious Chief of Greece's Culture Ministry tries to kill himself after sex tape involving 35-year-old female archaeologist surfaces as part of a blackmail attempt. And when you see the pic, you'll understand why (49)
(Some Guy) Scary Milky Way may be full of planet-devouring rogue black holes. We already have one of those, and her name is Rosie O'Donnell (36)
(metro.co.uk) Spiffy Because it had to happen sooner or later: CES show features look at the world's first Taser/mp3 combo (30)
(Thaindian News) Interesting Researchers claim that a lack of imagination can be linked to declining memory. Yeah right. I mean, uhh what? (11)
Computerworld Spiffy One Laptop Per Child Project developing dual-boot laptops with Windows and Linux. Now underprivileged children can be elitist pricks, too (57)
Wired Obvious "For the Apple devotee, the anticipation leading up to the MacWorld Conference and Expo is like Christmas Eve, spring break and losing your virginity all rolled into one." (45)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Yesterday's home-made egg substitute sucked, well, eggs, but here's a mayonnaise recipe that's bona fide, just when you aioli-east expected it (18)
AP Interesting Swedes to use body heat to warm office building. Welcome to the Matrix. The smelly, smelly Matrix (37)
(Some Guy) Cool Projector creates 80-inch image from just three inches away (25)
Telegraph Interesting UK doctors being told to eschew antibiotics for cold treatment in favor of traditional English remedies such as the poultice of horseradish and diced sheep's bladders (33)
(PC Pro) Cool Don't like watching video on your cell phone's tiny screen? Built-in projectors are just around the corner (35)
(Science Daily) Interesting Rural residents less likely to have organ transplants, flush toilets (9)
CNSNews Stupid Scientists and voting public support evolution, are therefore against freedom (249)
BBC Interesting Ring electrical ring therapy ring may ring help ring sufferers ring of ring tinnitus ring (28)
(Some Guy) Cool Coolest fish tank EVAR (pics) (81)
London Times Scary Last time, the Al-Qaeda killers just trained on Microsoft's "Flight Simulator." Next time, they might actually use it (31)
Wired Cool Dashboard of the future. You still have a blind spot (37)
(DSL Reports) Dumbass Verizon to begin offering 7mbps DSL for $47.99 a month. Sound good? Existing customers can also get DSL for $47.99, but will be capped at 3mbps (57)

Tue January 08, 2008
(ENN.com) Spiffy Fluorescent green Chinese pig has given birth to two piglets. With 1.3 billion of them, we'll never need light bulbs anymore (48)
(Some Bloom'n Guy) Unlikely Paramount denies it's poised to abandon HD DVD. Also seen pouring acellerant on pants, looking for match (44)
(Some noob) Dumbass Further proof that WoW is worse than crack: Some guy gets a websites url and tagline tattooed on his bum in exchange for in-game money (52)
(GI Joe nerd) Interesting There are no words to describe how awesome this is (32)
Yahoo Cool FCC to probe Comcast data discrimination (44)
(Scientificblogging.com) Interesting Study finds that your birthmark means that you were oxygen-deprived in the womb. Or you are the Anti-Christ (104)
(Some Guy) Spiffy NASA announces details of final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Also wants to avoid returning in a ball of fire (13)
MSNBC Spiffy Hot asphalt tapped for its solar power. Uh huh huh (19)
Gizmodo Video This video makes Bill Gates look cooler than Steve Jobs (37)
Breitbart.com Interesting Russia says it will win the race to strand people on Mars with no way home (174)
Scientific American Obvious Scientists say levels of boredom vary among individuals, are correlated with attention spans, certain aspects of personality and badger badger badger mushroom (24)
Boston Globe Obvious Medical reason discovered for why Califorina is batshiat crazy. Still no explanation for Florida (254)
(Some Domain) Weird Network Solutions is registering domains that people perform whois searches on if they don't purchase it (45)
(iF Magazine) Cool With all the negative Spider-Man attention, here's a cool list of the good stories that have now been all flushed down the toliet (26)
Guardian.com Spiffy India producing car that will cost $2500-$3000. No truth to the rumor that it produces its own gas by adding vindaloo to the tank (16)
(Some Guy) Cool Star Trek fans are elated that astronomers have discovered a web of complex organic molecules, called tholins, in the dust cloud around the star HR 4796A. They are quickly corrected by Comic Book guy that the correct pronunciation is tholian (13)
(Popular Mechanics) Cool Genius lightning strikes twice: Inventor of the Super Soaker develops technology to cut the price of solar power in half (33)
(Some Guy) Cool Watch phones, no word on if they cause wrist cancer (17)
Kotaku Stupid Air guitarists and "Guitar Hero" players no longer have to argue over which group is the biggest collection of fake guitar-playing douchebags (34)
MSNBC Interesting "It's intrinsically tough to study something you can't see" but additional funding always seems to help (9)
USA Today Cool Comcast to offer 160 mbps in 2008. TNT to still have that annoying buzz on any screen with a white background (54)
(Chronicle.com) Interesting "Bloggers nominate the Next White House Science Adviser." Dr. Who, Mr. Spock reportedly top list (21)
BBC Cool Intel making chips for mobile phones allowing them to run Windows Vista, making them as powerful as a cell phone in the 80s (11)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Apple updates MacBearPig, claiming it to be "the fastest Mac we've ever made. No really this time. Come on guys, I'm super serial this time. Why doesn't anyone take me seriously?" (126)
Forbes Interesting An article about how Intel manages to advertise products that are almost too small to see with the naked eye. Added bonus: Uses the phrase "slavering geeks" in the very first sentence (6)
Network World Interesting Gaming Google is a gateway to crime, says company's top cop (11)
BBC Cool Best new gadgets of CES 2008, including a full body "gaming" suit and a radio for the deaf. I said radio for the deaf, grandad (17)
(Some Walrus) PSA You can make your own egg substitute with common household ingredients. Chef McGyver nods approvingly (26)
(Some French Dude) Cool The greatest video of someone hand-crafting a vacuum tube you'll see... well... probably ever (note: 17 minutes) (23)
C|Net Cool Sony's new "TransferJet" allows you to wirelessly transfer files between your camera or mp3 player and your computer by simply putting them next to each other (37)
(Some Guy) Interesting Some guy's list of the top 10 science-based sci-fi movies (94)
(Cosmos Magazine) Cool Indiana Jones and the Google of Earth (5)
CNN Unlikely First Chinese fire drill in space to happen very soon (6)
Telegraph Sad Rigorous exercise, eating lima beans, swearing off booze and smokes can give you as many as 14 additional years of rigorous exercise, eating lima beans, swearing off booze and smokes. Whoopee (124)

Mon January 07, 2008
(Some Guy) Obvious Plasma Chromogranin A or Urine Fractionated Metanephrines follow-up testing improves the diagnostic accuracy of Plasma Fractionated Metanephrines for Pheochromocytoma. Werd (41)
The Scotsman Obvious Bagpipes called "a threat to environment" (84)
(CSI Cop) Interesting Mercury-containing vaccines appear not to cause autism, conspiracy theorists adjust their tin foil hats and work on a new theory (new link) (50)
(Daily Galaxy) Interesting Monolith found on Mars, should've taken a left turn at Albuquerque (55)
(Artiinfo) Dumbass Step 1: You pay $6,000 for a visor worn on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Step 2: Data won't sign it and tells you it's a fake. Step 3: Profit (47)
BBSpot Asinine James Doohan's ashes to appear in "Heroes" season three. Nerds rejoice (26)
Globe and Mail Stupid In the latest foray to grab extra money from music listeners, they now want to add a $5 surcharge to every Internet account. Stupid and Dumbass tags battle it out and walk out hand in hand since there is no Stupid x 1 million tag on the horizon (91)
Gizmodo Dumbass Floating a live surge protector on a pair of flipflops in a swimming pool is a great way to nominate yourself for a Darwin award (30)
(WHIO Dayton) Followup Remember back in 2000 when The American Academy of Pediatrics said breast feeding mothers should avoid eggs, fish, milk, nuts, etc.? Yea, well now you can just forget about that (8)
Wall Street Journal Interesting Sony hoping Blu-Ray atones for the slightly less popular Beta format (61)
(some nerdlinger) Cool Top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2007 to the left, scrutiny and criticism of said breakthroughs to the right (27)
Live Science Cool Naps may boost... um, something (12)
SFGate Cool The yellow first-down line on NFL broadcasts? Here's the dude who invented it (47)
Starpulse Cool The "Justice League of America" fantasy casting call (29)
Wired Asinine "The TASER C2 leopard print design provides a personal protection option for women who want fashion with a bite" (12)
Houston Chronicle Spiffy M.D. Anderson scientist finds life's essence, sprinkles it on lamb shanks, yells BAM (11)
Yahoo Cool Japanese company introduces 150-inch TV. Now your entire neighborhood can see that there's nothing to watch (21)
(U.S. News & World Report) Spiffy Physicians now recommend a full breast regimen for at least 4 months. Yes, you'll have to share with the baby (10)
Computerworld Cool Introducing the 832GB SATA flash drive. Because the 830GB model is for your grandmother (40)
Boston Globe Interesting Patients can solicit doctors to use existing orifices to perform scar-free surgery. Which, while crude, is not as painful (10)
UPI Obvious Circumcision doesn't cut sex satisfaction and it looks better (65)
Kotaku Cool Alienware is releasing a curved 2880x900 monitor with a .02ms response time. That feeling that you're having right now? That's a nerdgasm (32)
C|Net Asinine Micro$oft