Mmm, nothing like a hearty meal of David Gilmour guitar solos. Check out his new album, On An Island…the man is a string-bending god of melodic perfection.
- Evolutionist Smackdown – coming to pay-per-view soon! Darwinist Michael Ruse goes for a choke hold on evolutionist Daniel Dennett. More quotes which show that evolutionism is just another religion. The full exchange is posted on Intelligent Design proponent William Dembski’s blog. Lock those three in a room and study the survival of the fittest…
- Could the Universe just be a giant computer? A review of Charles Seife’s Decoding the Universe (Amazon US and US). I think I see where this is going, so let me jump ahead – 42.
- Transhumanism under attack. Exterminate!
- Scientists discover a new organ in mice. You’d think that after all these years testing things on mice, someone would have noticed?
- The psychic guru who helps celebrities.
- China to ‘dwarf G7 states by 2050‘.
- Egyptian desert glass mystery solved?
- Scientists issue unprecedented forecast of next sunspot cycle.
- Global warming may dry up Africa’s rivers.
- Vesuvius has been saving the biggest bang for the future.
- Fourth orbiter to arrive at Mars on Friday. Hopefully the meeting is in imperial, not metric.
- Is mysterious ‘red rain’ the first evidence of life in space?
- Will Madrid one day run on olives?
- More on Nessie as possibly being an elephant. An elephant…in Scotland (in my best Michael Palin voice)?!!
- Cryptomundo disagrees with the Nessie Elephant theory.
- Astrobiologist David Grinspoon discusses Earth’s evil twin – the planet Venus.
- Raelians eye off Australia. I pity the room cleaners.
- Details emerge about the life of Kennewick Man. Won’t be long before the unauthorised biography is released, in all its lurid glory.
- Statues of Sekhmet unearthed in Luxor.
- 4000-year-old ship timbers unearthed in Egypt.
- Zahi Hawass discusses the recent Valley of Kings find (to be officially ‘opened’ on March 10th), as well as another upcoming surprise in Saqqara.
- Experts doubt Gospel of Judas revelation. Imagine what they’ll think of the Gospel of Thomas…
- Book challenges pre-1491 myths. A review of Charles C. Mann’s 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Amazon US and UK).
- Dick Cheney is obsolete – shotgun-wielding helicopter invented. We humans have the highest goals…it warms my heart.
- Forget shotguns – the Air Force is looking to hack your nervous system.
- And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water – is the Navy looking to use zombie sharks as spies?
- Monkey see, monkey do – is it altruism?
- Physicist David Deutch goes hyperdimensional, and discovers crop cylinders (link spotted at Post Human Blues).
Thanks Kat.
Quote of the Day:
Exec #2: Yeah, I’ve had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and what we’ve come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One: People aren’t wearing enough hats. Two: Matter is energy. In the universe there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person’s soul. However, this “soul” does not exist ab initio as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved owing to man’s unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
Exec #3: What was that about hats again?
Exec #2: Oh, Uh… people aren’t wearing enough – Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”.
