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Take a look at the following picture.

Looks like a nice pic from Nasa, right? Wrong.
Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), the balloon’s small payload […]

Remember that piece o crap movie Super Size Me? I know, not many do and it’s a cross that I can barely bear. Anyway, there was an interesting story in the UK’s Guardian Newspaper.
To be honest, I was shocked to see it there. They’re so left of the NY Times it’s not even funny. I […]

…take a look at this chart. Oh my, what a surprise, drug use has gone up, resulting in an increase in the price of drugs. Now I don’t really remember my college economics classes but I do believe an increase in demand tends to cause an increase in price.

More than 40 percent of Americans take […]

My Way Finance
“Star Trek” star William Shatner and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro are among thousands who want to fly on Virgin’s proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said Friday.
Branson said more than 7,000 people have registered their willingness to pay the $210,000 fare for the service, which promises to […]

Slashdot | Gene Therapy Turns Slackers Into Workaholics
Slackers of the world unite! This sort of science must NOT be allowed to stand.
According to a recent Reuters article, scientists have been able to cause monkeys to stop procrastinating by blocking the development of a dopamine receptor in the brain. The net result- the monkeys turned […]