Rick was all set to do Monday’s news when he saw a reindeer silhouette spotlighted upon the night-time sky. He ran off changing into a red suit, muttering something about some deadline next Monday. I can only guess what that’s all about…
- The Jesus you didn’t know. Sneaky Jesus.
- And when was this shady character born anyhow?
- Dan Brown opponents, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh: up close and personal.
- The burning mystery of Joan of Arc, solved at last?
- Ancient Egyptian carving sheds light on Temple of Karnak.
- Exhibit shows Egypt’s sunken treasures.
- Forget the stop sign – your star sign is an signficant indicator of whether you will have a car crash.
- The ultimate tourist destination: step off the Grand Canyon.
- Want to be an autistic savant. Perhaps you’d like to talk to a few aliens. Why not build your own Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS)? Now *that* would be a cool Xmas present.
- Bill Gates writes for Sci-Am about his prediction of a robot in every home.
- Direct brain control of robot demonstrated. It’s all starting to make sense now isn’t it…
- UFO buff says ridicule factor is fading. “Now the aliens pay attention when I tell them I talk to humans.”
- Bryan Appleyard talks to Michael Crichton about his new novel, Next (Amazon US and UK), a satire on the science and laws of genetic engineering.
- US marijuana crop bigger than heartland staples such as hay and corn. Does that mean Cheech and Chong should play Farm-Aid?
- Diana’s death: why are we so hooked on conspiracies?
- Reading Shakespeare has a dramatic effect on the brain.
- The race to the Moon for nuclear fuel.
- Is String Theory unravelling?
- Canadian man the only person alive without a pulse.
- National Geographic give their top ten animal stories for 2006.
- Fossil discovery turns scientific theory on its head.
- Pharma company said to play down the risks of its top pill.
- Michael Shermer detects airborne baloney in his latest Skeptic column for Sci-Am.
- The Good Book business is a good book business. A skater’s bible? “Like yo, and the Lord did execute a gnarly 360 upon the Mount of Olives”.
- NASA overwhelmed by climate data.
- Also: NASA and Google team up to bring you closer to space.
- Computers could store whole life by 2026. I’d be using CTRL-X a fair bit.
- US citizens ignorant of their GM diet.
- French high-speed train to try and break world record by travelling at over 540 km/hr (325 miles/hr). French flies.
- Sherlock Holmes vs Cthulu. Smackdown!
Quote of the Day:
The apocalypse is not something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it’s only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse.
Terence McKenna
