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By Jason Weisberger on Mar 26, 2012 01:01 pm Having flown a 2009 mission on the Space Shuttle Discovery, San Joaquin Valley congressional candidate Jose Hernandez may have thought his credentials as an astronaut are without question. Not so claims a Sacramento lawfirm, backed by some California GOP leaders. They argue that you are only an astronaut as long as you can claim it ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 26, 2012 12:49 pm To avoid a return to work, an unemployed Austrian man apparently sawed his own foot off. [Reuters]
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 26, 2012 12:39 pm To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wernher von Braun, arguably the most important rocket scientist ever, Space.com posted a gallery of images of the man and his work. And yes, von Braun developed rockets for the Nazis before being "recruited" by the US after the war as part of "Operation Paperclip." The ...
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 26, 2012 12:25 pm The mayor of Medora, North Dakota has proposed installing a gallows outside his home to stage mock hangings for tourists. My vision is to stage a shooting, where I'd gun down someone in the street, have a trial and a hanging, all within 20 or so minutes," he said. "Anything longer than that and the ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 26, 2012 12:20 pm In a decadent future, The Hunger Games' child-on-child deathmatches entertain the mindless and cower the oppressed. Today, they're as dangerous as a PG-13 movie dares be. Though the sharp edges present in Suzanne Collins' novel are dulled in Gary Ross's film, star Jennifer Lawrence shows a convincing paradox of youthful stoicism and vulnerability, and she ...
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By David Pescovitz on Mar 26, 2012 12:17 pm Residents of Union County, New Jersey were apparently concerned yesterday morning when they noticed the sky was lit up with a strange glow. According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, it turned out the glow was caused by the ConocoPhillips oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey "releasing excess gas." Sounds healthy! I don't know the exact ...
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Mar 26, 2012 11:18 am Would you like a signed copy of Before the Lights Go Out, my new book about the future of energy? The book comes out on April 10th and pre-orders have already started shipping. Between now and the end of April, you can earn a fun prize for telling other people about my book. 1) Tell ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 26, 2012 10:03 am Rick Kleffel's always-great Agony Column podcast interviews Matt Ruff about his extraordinary "golden rule" alternate history novel The Mirage, in which the Arabia is the cradle of democracy, the USA is a collection of basket-case Christian theocracies, Germany has been partitioned in a two-state solution that makes Berlin the capital of Israel, and a war ...
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By Advertiser on Mar 26, 2012 10:00 am ADVERTISEMENT The following is a paid post from Microsoft: Are weekly steampunk paper craft enthusiast newsletters filling up your inbox? Too many daily deals on half-priced crocheted Cthulhu kitty hats? Finding it difficult to respond to those important messages from the co-authors of your Cylon romance fan fiction? Your inbox is likely filled with graymail. ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 26, 2012 12:55 am Maskull Lasserre, a Canadian sculptor, made this beautiful, realistic skull ("Incarnate") by clamping a collection of obsolete computer manuals together and carving away at the pages. (Three Degrees of Certainty II) (via Colossal)
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 25, 2012 11:47 pm Just arrived at the ocean's deepest pt. Hitting bottom never felt so good. Can't wait to share what I'm seeing w/ you @DeepChallenge — James Cameron (@JimCameron) March 25, 2012 Movie director, global explorer, and noted badass James Cameron today dove to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, earth's deepest point, ...
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By Xeni Jardin on Mar 25, 2012 11:01 pm Snip from an essay in the New York Times today about the neuroscience of romantic love, by author Diane Ackerman: While they were both in the psychology department of Stony Brook University, Bianca Acevedo and Arthur Aron scanned the brains of long-married couples who described themselves as still "madly in love." Staring at a picture ...
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 25, 2012 08:32 pm Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My co-hosts for episode 45 are Ruben Bolling, the celebrated cartoonist whose comic, Tom the Dancing Bug premieres weekly on Boing Boing; Michael Pusateri, a lifelong tinkerer and former television tech executive ...
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By Rob Beschizza on Mar 25, 2012 07:28 pm A herd of Holstein cows, just released from the winter barn. [YouTube via Metafilter] Previously.
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 25, 2012 06:06 pm So long as Rudy Rucker is publishing his extraordinary and fabulous free sf zine Flurb, life is good. Here's issue 13, fresh off the server. Issue #13 of Flurb is out, with astonishing tales by thirteen writers: Albrecht, Ashby, Cha, Deitch, Garcia, Garrison, Hayes, Highsmith, Rucker, Quaglia, Salinas, Watson, What, Worrad! Flurb #13
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Mar 25, 2012 05:00 pm …and the countdown continues. Vida in Hollywood (unpublished) This is the original art for the first page of Vida in Hollywood, a strip that features a character from Ice Haven. Clowes finished this story in 2007 and has yet to publish it. The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist will be available April 1st. Order ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Mar 25, 2012 03:10 pm Happy Kitchen Hamburgers are kits filled with powders you mix (and sometimes microwave) to make miniature, savory "candies" that taste like "real hamburger" etc. Hard to believe you can get this marvel of modern food-toy science for a mere $4.50. As MarimoMarshmallow writes on her YouTube video description, "This is amazing set because taste is ...
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