The best thing about this article about Google and Yahoo! ads spreading malware is the Google ads on it, that look like clicking them might lead to malware.
(by Katie Sokoler)
Real life crooks are better than movie crooks.
What would happen if a rock star dove off a stage, and nobody caught him? Iggy Pop can now tell the story.
The world of medicine is becoming a happier place, thanks to the invention of therapeutic ice cream. Although currently only available in strawberry, we are certain that 31 flavours are right around the corner.
(Anticrepuscular Rays while flying over Arizona, by Craig Gould)
Pomegranate juice does not, apparently, cure cancer. Imagine that. The FDA is coming down on misleading health claims made on food packaging. Of those mentioned in the article, POM pomegranate juice appears to be the worst offender, actually claiming to prevent and/or cure diseases.
As widely reported, days are now shorter, thanks to the earthquake in Chile. It should be noted to those who are skeptical regarding global warming due to the cooling effects of winter that the number of hours of daylight will continue to increase until the summer solstice on June 21st, and that despite this days are actually a little bit shorter now.
There’s a cafe in Japan where they do not give you what you ordered or what you pay for. Instead they give you what the person before you ordered. The person behind you gets your order.
It appears as though viruses are incredibly important to the human genome. Today’s epidemics might be tomorrow’s genetic building blocks.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield — the man who wrote fraudulent scientific papers that began the vaccine scare amongst parents — might have his medical license taken away, as his behaviour has been described as showing “callous disregard” and abusing his position of trust. This is good. The article I link to is not, as the “Health Correspondent” helps Dr. Wakefield through a fog of BS, rather than cutting through the webs of bureaucracy, scientific/medical jargon and PR that surround the issue.
This article should win an award for its opening sentence: SOMETHING big is out there beyond the visible edge of our universe.
Apparently it’s cold back home in the UK. I can tell because of the frozen bubbles.
Don’t know what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Try some wonderful mustache oriented mercandise.
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