Saturday, August 30, 2008

Random Bytes

Leaking mushroom soup halts plane
BBC.com,
27 August 2008
(<- those are little skull mushrooms)


Israel to Display the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet
ETHAN BRONNER
NY Times.com, August 26, 2008


Antarctica Yields Fragments of an Ancient Destroyed Planet
by Luke McKinney
The Daily Galaxy (blog)
August 29, 2008



New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth

ScienceDaily.com, Aug. 26, 2008


Friend or Foe? Crows Never Forget a Face, It Seems
By MICHELLE NIJHUIS
NYTImes.com
August 25, 2008


First Prehistoric Pregnant Turtle And Nest Of Eggs Discovered In Southern Alberta
ScienceDaily.com, Aug. 27, 2008


How Long Does it Really Take to Evacuate a Plane?
By Dave Demerjia
Wired.com, August 27, 2008

Ten ancient observatories spied from space: Satellite offers a modern look at how mankind watched the stars long ago
by John Roach
MSNBC.com, August 20, 2008


How To Get an Unbelievable, Amazing, Fantastic, Thrilling Deal on New Glasses: Buy them online
by Farhad Manjoo
Slate.com
Aug. 27, 2008
(I haven't tried this so can't recommend it firsthand, but it sounds intriguing)


Cows Have Strange Sixth Sense
By Jeremy Hsu
LiveScience, 25 August 2008

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