Looking after the Daily Grail while Greg’s away getting in touch with his inner yowie has given me a greater admiration for the work he puts into this website. I have enough trouble getting out of bed Monday mornings …
- Scientists warn that climate change is inevitable. Is this a valid reason to continue polluting our environment?
- The US is exporting its nitrogen pollution to other parts of the world.
- Environment and development ministers from the G8 promise to tackle illegal logging. Promises, promises …
- Every home will one day be a factory. Reminds me of the Lucky Dragon Nanofax, from All Tomorrow’s Parties (Amazon US or UK) by William Gibson.
- Nano-probes allow an inside look at cell nuclei.
- NASA will have a four-person rescue team in case something goes wrong with the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Thunderbirds are go!
- Hourglass-shaped craters on Mars show evidence of glaciers.
- Saturn’s moon Enceladus (why do I suddenly have a craving for mexican food?) has an atmosphere.
- A young mathematician has solved a crucial part of a puzzle that has haunted number theorists for decades.
- A fireball created in a particle accelerator has the characteristics of a black hole. Haven’t these guys played the Half-Life computer game?
- Watch out for the animatronic T-Rex at London’s Natural History Museum.
- A detailed 3D image of the UK’s one and only space impact crater.
- Are you a man who thinks like a woman, or a woman who thinks like a man? Take this test to find out.
- What makes us human? Comparing the human genome to the genomes of other great apes.
- An interview with Bert Roberts, one of the Australian scientists who discovered Homo Floresiensis.
- Major petroglyph sites in the USA are finally being documented by archaeologists. Beautiful photos in the first link.
- What will extraterrestrials look like? Just like you and I, only with bumpier foreheads.
- Richard Dolan investigates the UFO phenomenon from a historian’s perspective, and believes the fringe is the place to be.
- The mystery chupacabra with mangey fur is back. Excellent photo, including a pic of a similar unknown animal with healthy fur.
- A German tourist’s photographs of a Tasmanian Tiger appear to be a hoax.
- Rare white lions return to Timbavati. None of them have been named Kimba. Sadly, it’s only a matter of time before some wanker shoots them.
- Remember the bridge in Scotland where dogs leap to their deaths? Hendrix the collie-cross plummeted 40 feet and survived.
- A girl partially turned into a lizard from the evils of television. I’ve turned into a Lounge Lizard from time to time myself.
- Television mysticism is blamed for an increase in asylum tensions. Reality tv will do that to anyone.
- Members of the Knights Templar are annoyed with Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code … or are they worried about all the attention?
- The legend of the one-eyed dragon with a pearl in its mouth.
- Ancient Egyptian seafaring ships have been discovered in a cave.
- Are scientists concerned about the ground collapsing underneath the Axum Obelisk, or are they looking for something else?
- A scud missile complete with launcher truck is available on Ebay.
- A British politician is mistaken for an extra on the set of Dr Who. George W. Bush had the same problem with Lost (he’s the Monster in the jungle).
Thanks Max.
Quote of the Day:
A truth is not hard to kill, and a lie well told is immortal.
Mark Twain
