News Briefs 03-01-2013
Posted by red pill junkie at 06:24, 03 Jan 2013Ok, let's see if I remember how this was done --after all, I haven't written the News Briefs around here since 2012!
- While you were enjoying the holidays, someone just captured a Bigfoot --or so they claim... [More]
- The good news: First true 'Alien Earth' could be discovered this year.
- The bad news: Space travel might trigger brain damage in would-be explorers.
- One small lie for a man? Controversy over Armstrong's famous words erupts. If true, what else did he lie about?
- UFO movies galore: How aliens will invade our movie theaters in the next 2 years.
- Paper or
plastic? Mauritania bans plastic bag use. - The future of antibiotics? Panda blood. The future of Pandas? grim [h/t Geekologie]
- La cruda: How different cultures cope with hangovers.
- Loosen the belt, bro: Being overweight might be the key to longevity. Woody was right all along!
- Study shows classroom design DOES have an effect in the performance of students [h/t Dezeen]
- Teacher's pet!! New research explains why girls do better in school.
- You realize that piracy in China has reached its peak, when the copied building will be completed before the original.
- The Apostate of Web 2.0: What turned tech guru Jaron Lanier against the digital revolution he helped to kickstart?
- Wikizardry: The 9 rules of being a wizard --written by a real wizard.
- Döppelgan-llery: Photos of strangers who look like each other [h/t Boing Boing]
- Red pill of the day: Man in the UK attacked by Oompa Loompas. This sort of news is what the Internet was meant for.
Thanks to Quetzalcóatl for being, like all Mexicans, a procrastinator.
Quote of the Day:
"A beginning is a very delicate time."
~Frank Herbert, "Dune"
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14 April 2009
3 weeks 5 days
The why do grrrls do better in school link is broken
One of my goals this year is to learn how to build my own
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All that lives is holy, life delights in life.
--William Blake
1 May 2004
1 day 17 hours
Girls link is all better now.
12 April 2007
10 hours 58 min
Thanks for that, even though I think you should have been focusing on more pressing matters ;)
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
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@red_pill_junkie
2 May 2004
9 hours 12 min
re: Panda blood antibiotic.
Thankfully, the scientists don't have to raise a bunch of pandas in order to keep up the supply of cathelicidin-AM. Yan and colleagues have figured out a way to synthesize the compound artificially in a lab.
The compound in Asiatic black bear bile is also widely and cheaply available in synthetic form, but over 16,000 bears continue to be enslaved and tortured. The fact that rhinoceros horn is the same material as human fingernails hasn't stopped the faithful of traditional Asian medicines from bankrolling the extinction of this magnificent animal.
The one thing that may save the panda from a similar fate to the moon bears, rhinos, and tigers, is that it's such an iconic animal and the face of the World Wildlife Fund. Going by the precedent of moon bears however, I suspect there will be poaching in the near future because ignorant people will believe only the real deal will cure their impotence.
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@levitatingcat
12 April 2007
10 hours 58 min
You expressed my fears about the panda's fate better than I could have.
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
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@red_pill_junkie
6 April 2010
19 hours 9 min
but the reason these people still make money off the poor creatures is not because they aren't aware of the artificially created one, but because superstition and stupidity can make a lot of money.
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
6 April 2010
19 hours 9 min
in the picture in the article from the original movie showing Wonka surrounded by Lumpaas, the one on the right looks so derp. also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEGBj-HhVTg
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................