- Yeah, there’s an app for that: Final Space Shuttle Mission Will Feature iPhones
- That bacteria is shooting at you: Genetically Engineered Cell Shoots Out First-Ever Biological Laser
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Linkpost 6/13/11
Linkpost, 11/4/10
- New Report Reveals Ozzy Osbourne is a Genetic Mutant. I quote: “The biggest differences in Osbourne’s genes compared to other people is how he processes drugs and booze.” I can’t say I’m surprised.
- San Diego religious leader among those charged with aiding Somali terrorists. The dude’s name is “Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud”. If I were profiling people, that would be +3 on my terrorists detection system. (+1 for each instance of a variant of Mohammad in your name.) It’s not necessarily sufficient by itself — that’s reserved for people who name their kids “Osama” — but you probably wanted to watch that guy.
- Hayek and Keynes Battle at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering. Not as cool as the first video. But then, what is?
- The Limit of Tax Revenues. A great look at “Hauser’s Law” which posits that the revenue of the federal government is limited to around 19% of GDP. While the data supports that theory, Dan Mitchell over at the Cato Institute points out that other nations get around that limitation. The rub is that they don’t do it by taxing the rich (who can avoid the taxes through relocation and other dodges) — they do it by taxing the middle class, which Mitchell doesn’t think is politically feasible in the United States.
Linkpost, 11/16/10 to 11/19/10
- Airports Can Opt-Out of TSA Screening in Favor of Private Companies.
- Surfaces that Keep the Ice Away. Or, de-icing through nanotechnology.
- Sea Life Flourishes in the Gulf.
- A Techno-Agrarian Manifesto. Or, what the heck are we going to do with all that empty space in Detroit?
- Surprise Link Between Weird Quantum Phenomena: Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Sets Limits on Einstein’s ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’. Yeah, this one’s as brain-melty as the title implies. It’s worth a read just for the mind-expanding experience.
Linkpost, 11/29/10 to 12/1/10
- A biochemist worries about the radiation levels to which air travelers (and TSA agents) are exposed to by the TSA’s new machines.
- Dark Jupiter May Haunt Edge of Solar System. We’ve been wondering about the way comets drop out of the Oort Cloud, and this might be an answer.
- Scientists trick cells into switching identities. Just more evidence that we don’t need no stinkin’ stem cell lines.
- The primitive social network: bullying required.
Linkpost, 12/6/10 to 12/9/10
- An FBI informant tries to infiltrate a mosque, and they turn him in to the FBI. I wish there were more headlines like this.
- 10 Failures of the US Government on the Domestic Islamist Threat.
- Taliban Murders Afghan Elder, Thanks Wikileaks for Revealing “Spies”. I really wish we were prosecuting Julian Assange for his hand in Khalifa Abdullah’s death rather than the trumped-up rape charges.
- The Booming Business of Bootlegging.
- North America: The new energy kingdom. Ah, think of what could be if we could get the idjits out of the way.
- A live-blog of the Space X launch. (In case you were under a rock and missed it.)
- New species of rust-eating bacteria destroying Titanic. There’s some debate about whether these bugs are actually “new”, but they’re still cool.
Linkpost, 11/15/2010
- Taking inspiration from nature: Concrete laced with bacteria
- Trees Infused With Glowing Nanoparticles Could Replace Streetlights
- Say what? Scientists find playing Tetris an effective therapy after traumatic situations
- The Westboro Baptist Church ran into trouble in La Plata: “We’re … ten deep for at least 300 yards.”
- Cocoa genome ‘will save chocolate industry’
- What’s the 2010 Word of the Year? Refudiate.
- Revisiting the Myth of The 12-Year Old McDonald’s Burger That Just Won’t Rot
- Courts Helping Banks Screw Over Homeowners (NSFW language)
Linkpost, 10/26/2010
- Bees’ tiny brains beat computers, study finds. For those of you in the industry, the key buzz-phrase here is “traveling salesman problem”.
- Japanese scientists are planning to print smells with ink-jets.
- Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper.
- Chupacabra Mystery Solved.