By Reuser | Published:
March 22, 2010
Princeton University – A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain.
Can we end the American corn monoculture, as propped up by Federal subsidies now?
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By Reuser | Published:
March 21, 2010
YouTube – The Silver Fox experiment.
“What fifty generations of silver foxes being domesticated and bred against aggressive traits has revealed to us about the long history of the domestic dog and why there is such a huge variety in traits in the various dog breeds.”
I love you, crazy Russian scientist woman! [...]
By Reuser | Published:
February 25, 2010
Eron may actually get his lifelong dream to power my garbage disposal: Nanotech May Tap Into Your Mind
Also posted in Science, Technology |
By Reuser | Published:
August 18, 2009
DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show – NYTimes.com.
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By Reuser | Published:
July 8, 2009
FRONTLINE: poisoned waters: introduction | PBS. – watch the whole two hours before you condemn. It gets through, inexorably to a quality point.
Wake up, people!
Also posted in Design, Economics, Hurt, Math, Personal, Politics, Rant, Science, Stupid, Technology, Videos |
By Reuser | Published:
December 27, 2008
More link dump:
Winterblades history of SB – NC is in there, hidden amongst references to TAO. Thanks, Oly. SB ruled.
Cheap, self adjustable liquid lenses – For all.
More reasons not to vacation in Mexico.
GM plants are safe, says Monsanto.
Cheap fusion? Save the world? You decide.
Also posted in Design, Gaming, MMO, Science |
By Reuser | Published:
December 19, 2008
Warning, this one is going to be large and varied, folks.
Fighting for the right to clone – It’s rough out there, in the science world. Hopefully America becomes much more science friendly, soon.
Do not fuck with Chinese shipping – Let this be a warning to you, pirates.
Worthwhile reading – On self defense ammo.
Fresh tomatoes and [...]
By Reuser | Published:
August 19, 2008
Search for farmer’s markets near you.
Programmer Competency Matrix.
Edit Mode for Web Pages.
Oxytocin explains a lot. SAD sufferers and geeks take note.
Digital sand painting. Click on the gray square for a menu of sorts.
Self-watering, fool-proof, small footprint gardening? SIP.
Seashell house.
A contender for the 650 class adventure motorcycle, with daily commuter built in?
By Reuser | Published:
July 7, 2008
“Raising the Dead”
Now, with less spoilers. This is an amazing article, very well worth the read. Many people have some issues with the intro paragraph, so ignore that if you choose. Also, this dive is on youtube, but I won’t link directly, for reasons that should become self-evident.
Along the same vein, if [...]
By Reuser | Published:
June 30, 2008
Immunize them from the naturally resistant.
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By Reuser | Published:
May 26, 2008
Equal better than bamboo. I had NO IDEA that the fishing rods I held in my youth were considered dead… Fiberglass, goodbye. Same for you, graphite and traditional carbon fiber…
By Reuser | Published:
February 10, 2008
Seriously. I do. I’m almost starting to believe that the cuttlefish and the jellyfish are allying against us…
On top of that, I bet those bastards can cut fiber optic cables too…
By Reuser | Published:
January 30, 2008
You should too, now… before you anger them.
By Reuser | Published:
January 28, 2008
Er, the Pan American Highway is broken. The Darién Gap is quite an interesting place. Murky information much?
Trance. Yes, I ended up downloading most of this thread to my Zune. Bless you, all you can eat 19.95 sub!
Cyborg Bunny Eye. Cyberpunk is now, and I just reserved my set of [...]
By Reuser | Published:
July 17, 2007
…But it’s fair to say that Norman Borlaug is at least in the running for the title of “Greatest Living American.”
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By Reuser | Published:
January 23, 2007
Not easy reading by any means, but extremely sobering.
“The median survival from the time of sputum specimen collection was 16 days for 52 of the 53 infected individuals, including six health workers and those reportedly taking antiretrovirals. Such a fatality rate for XDR-TB, especially within such a relatively short period of time, is unprecedented [...]
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By Reuser | Published:
January 20, 2007
Spidersilk, clay platelets, stretchy and strong!
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By Reuser | Published:
January 18, 2007
Excellent piece on fisheries, chowder, economics and legislation in New England. Worth the read.
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By Reuser | Published:
January 5, 2007
Puberty. Probably NSFW in America (which reveals the STUPID).
By Reuser | Published:
December 21, 2006
Indeed, sir. We have a warrant for the bullet in your forehead. Be glad it’s not a no-knock warrant.
Also posted in Hurt, Stupid |
By Reuser | Published:
December 13, 2006
I don’t have any words. Time and time again the depths that humanity will sink to amazes me. You’d think I would have learned by now.