Stuff below the fold

You've probably seen the photo of a brick floating on smoke.
Well, Aerogel was devised by NASA to insulate space suits, but it's use is expanding to other things...
insulating appliances, buildings, and sleeping bags...if only it didn't cost so much...
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The Puffins are back!
The Puffins are Back!
Biologists have reintroduced the Puffin onto EasternEgg Island off the coast of Maine...
PUFFIN CAM LINK


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Another study claiming HUMAN embryonic stem cells can repair rats...

Ummm...doesn't this mean that animal stem cells might be able to repair humans? and why are the scientists using HUMAN embryonic stem cells in these experiments? Why not rat embryonic stem cells? Like this group at Johns Hopkins is using?
The answer is that the first experiment was done by a corporation that is aiming to get a lot of money pumped into it. The Geron corporation was the company behind the California stem cell initiative and got a lot of the money but no one is looking at it very hard at the money trail...

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Geeks against the world:

Apple IPHONE hacked by 17 year old...

And the Geeks behind Pirate Bay...

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And the good news of the day:

Microsoft's Windows Genuine Server went down earlier today. This resulted in Windows XP and Vista installations being incorrectly labelled as counterfeit. 'Reduced functionality' ensued. The issue is now resolved. [Boing Boing

the good news? I use linux/unbuntu.