Friday, June 18, 2010

Stuff below the fold

Cellphones in San Francisco may now need "warning lables".
So if you text, you'll know how much radiation your thumb is getting.


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Some of our moon rocks are missing.
and, of course, a lot of so called "moon rocks" are fakes.


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Stem cell research continues to expand...
but this is adult, not embryonic stem cells...and the press seems to obscure this fact.


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Czech radio podcast is a dictionary for you to recognize communist distortion of language.
"...Professor Čermák says when people read newspapers, they read between the lines, trying to guess what was really going on; also, they would adopt some of the expressions, but use them in slightly different forms. "

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Cadmium in Shrek glasses...
naive comments blame McD, not the sophisticated criminals in China who find what to substitute that won't be detected by inspectors.


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for later reading:Santorini links at FR
The Armarna letters have long suggested a problem in chronology.

From a BBC webpage: The disappearance of Kiya and the parentage of Tutankhamun are among some of the mysteries surrounding the end of Egypt's Amarna Period. French archaeologist, Dr Marc Gabolde, offers his new theories.
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Bushmeat Smuggling?
Yuck. Dried monkey meat. the latest gourmet item.

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Uh oh: Ramen noodles may lead to health problems.

They are high salt, and low nutrition, but never mind: they're cheap and easy to make.

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