News Briefs 12-11-2008
Posted by Rick MG at 08:59, 12 Nov 2008It's life, Jim...
- Scientists identify hotspots of methane plumes on Mars.
- Physicists create BlackMax to search for extra dimensions in the universe.
- Photo of the newly discovered pyramid in Egypt, 4300-years-old.
- Mexican archaeologists explore network of Yucatan caves that could be the Mayan highway to hell. National Geographic takes you on a video tour.
- Seven years after the Taliban blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan, archaeologists unearth a 19-metre "Sleeping Buddha".
- 18th century Chinese emperor's lavish garden quarters restored.
- Paleontologists say Dinosaur dance-floor tracks are just potholes.
- Interview with cryptozoology adventurer Adam Davies, author of Extreme Expeditions (Amazon US & UK).
- Pics of two new species of flying lemur recently discovered.
- New species of gecko found in northern Australia already under threat.
- A 10-year global marine survey finds 5600 new species. Brilliant photo gallery.
- Pig organs will be available for human transplant in a decade.
- Patricia Piccinini's lifelike sculptures explore transgenics and cloning.
- Bio-Beer has been genetically modified to extend your life. Unless you drive home.
- Mexican scientists have turned tequila into diamonds. RPJ in the sky...
- UFO filmed over Dundee, Scotland. Is hurling going high-tech?
- Video of big black triangular UFO a skydiving group at night?
- Excellent four-part video investigation of the Needles UFO incident, the Roswell of our generation.
- Construction worker in Brazil wakes up 1000 feet from the ground. Better than waking up six feet under it.
Quote of the Day:
In this galaxy there’s a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all that, and perhaps more...only one of each of us.
'Bones' McCoy, Star Trek 'Balance of Terror' (Amazon US & UK)
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12 April 2007
11 hours 51 min
The tequila diamonds could be used to "detect radiation, coat cutting tools or, above all, as a substitute for silicon in the computer chips of the future," Miguel Apatiga, one of three researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico who made the discovery this summer, told AFP Tuesday.
How ironic, that Tequila could make a computer run faster, while it makes MY brain run sloooooower.
It's still a waste of Tequila, if you ask me ;-)
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
6 February 2008
48 weeks 3 days
There's a pretty interesting History Channel episode of Cities of the Underworld online about that. A little complicated to find, but it's in the Full Episodes tab and scroll down the vids to Mayan Underground. Lots of good other shows there as well :)
12 April 2007
11 hours 51 min
I find it very interesting how similar is the name of the Archeologist that spent five years trying to discover the lost road to Xibalba (de Anda), with the name of Diego de Landa, the bishop that burnt all those precious Mayan codexes after the Spanish Conquest.
He was also the one who ordered all those 'autos de fé', where the Indians were tortured by the Inquisition to find out the location of their sacred sites. The very same information used now by Guillermo de Anda 500 years later.
History does move in circles.
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie