05 November 2013

"From ancestor worship to descendant worship"

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From a brief essay in Intelligent Life magazine: "... ours is the first civilisation to find its deepest fulfilment in its descendan...
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Are you old enough to remember "card catalogues"

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Not only am I old enough to remember them, but I created one of my own in the 1970s, with thousands of references on 3x5" cards, whe...
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DNA testing reveals fake "herbal supplements"

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As reported in the New York Times : Using a test called DNA barcoding, a kind of genetic fingerprinting that has also been used to hel...
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The physics of sudden beer foaming

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YouTube link . (the video is silent) From Physics Buzz : A team of three international scientists has explained the physics behind wh...

A comparison of trephination techniques

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"This skull shows four different instruments used for trephination. The instruments include a shark’s tooth, a flint-pointed bow dr...

A question about Terry Pratchett's novels

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Over the past two months I've posted photos and stories about the bookcases and bookshelves of 18 readers of this blog.  After I feature...
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The "inbred banjo boy"

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YouTube link . The actor is Billy Redden from Rabun County, Georgia who was 15-years-old at the time. Redden was "discovered...
04 November 2013

Opalized pine cone

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"This beautiful specimen was found at... "Kens Retreat" in the Coocoran mining area N/West of Lightning Ridge..." T...

Dice can "dramatically decompose"

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Cellulose nitrate was used to make dice from the late 1860s until the middle of the twentieth century, and the material remains stable f...
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How to make "Jello worms" - updated

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The photo is self-explanatory.  The thread at Reddit discusses some of the details of preparation, including how to remove the worms fr...
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Belt buckle = shiv

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Found in a thrift store.  The best comment from the Reddit thread:  "Rick donated this after realizing that any combat advantages ga...

JFK assassination conspiracy theory re Secret Service standdown

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YouTube link . Lots of JFK-related material will be posted this month in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of his assassination.  Her...
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01 November 2013

CCC stonework at Robert H. Treman State Park

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Today's tour of the Robert H. Treman State Park (Ithaca, N.Y.) features photography by reader Flask Ehrlenmeyer, who was a contrib...
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Attempt to protect part of the Antarctic Ocean fails

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Someday I hope to post some good news about the health and future of the world's oceans.  Today is not that day. Talks to create the w...

How thieves can bypass a door alarm

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  Image cropped from the original at Reddit , where the comment thread includes discussion of the tools/techniques employed by the malef...
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