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(my bold) Link to Story The world was ready for a beverage named after an illegal drug? I never knew. I'm very curious to know what the "throat-numbing" ingredient is. I'm wondering whether it is some kind of topical anesthetic, many of which end with -caine coincidently. I would think...

"Senior administration officials have acknowledged to me that they are considering alternatives other than democracy. Everybody in the administration is being quite circumspect, but you can sense their own concern that this is drifting away from democracy."...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-endtimes22jun22,0,7902314.story?coll=la-home-headlines Excerpt: Jews, Xians, and Muslims, all laying the groundwork for their messiah. Is it just me, or will at least two (probably all three, but who's counting) of these groups at some point be sorely...

From this link. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/25/invisibility.cloak.ap/index.html Bit late for April Fool? :D

In the current issue of Mental Floss (a magazine, for those who don't know) there is an article on stem cell research with a sidebar with the same title as this thread. It says in part: I a little confused. Will his blood have one DNA type (XX) and his sperm another (XY)? Would this affect...

Well the tensions mount over Hans Island :) http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122288891895_37/?hub=Canada Is there any possible rational reason for either country to bother sending people to place flags on this frozen bit of ice?

Whenever we discuss prohibition of drugs, some (often me) beings up the obvious comparison of the harmful effect of drugs and fast food. Well fast food is not being prohibited (yet) but the move is afoot to tax the hell out of it...

Home PC's will be able to render CGI Movie Quality games? What I mean by that is, how much longer it be before home pc's or consoles will be able to render in real time ultra high end graphics in games that are on par with movies like Final Fantasy Advent Children or Final Fantasy Spirits...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40839-2004Dec6.html Great... this ought to keep America a global science power...

The craft has been racing through space for five years to get itself into a position on Friday where it will be within 300 km of the "dirty ice-ball". Stardust will photograph the object and grab particles streaming away from its nucleus for return to Earth in 2006. Scientists believe the...

Has anybody here read this? I received the audio version on CD, and wonder whether it's any good (i.e., should I return it?) The description sounds quite interesting. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0842384065/qid=1072665434/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-3230370-7635061

An asteroid just missed us recently. It came within about 55,000 miles of earth. This is an astronomical drop in the bucket. A comrad I know also heard the story. He said what's REALLY scary is that he heard it's supposed to return in about 6 years. It seems like 'the stars are lining up' for...

Interesting moon feature we don't often get a chance to see from earth. mare orientale viewing

For the upcoming elections in Ontario, I plan on spending a few hours next sunday online looking carefully at each party's position on things, and then make a decision. One thing, though, is for sure: I am not voting for the Tories. For those of you who are not in ontario, the tory party has...