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CHINA INSULTS OBAMA - A sculpture by Chinese artist Liu Bolin titled "Burning Man Obama"

Chinese await 'Oba Mao' with T-shirts, flaming statue

Well once again I spluttered in my early morning coffee, Obama in a redguard uniform and Obama in flames, lol You just got to read this story especial about the artist that wants to give the US president a warm...

created by Babel-Fish | 1 wk ago
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Humble sticky tape emits powerful X-rays

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Humble sticky tape emits powerful X-rays

"Peeling ordinary sticky tape can generate bursts of X-rays intense enough to produce an image of the bones in your fingers."

created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Videos on Demand: Mass Evacuation Underway in China

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Videos on Demand: Mass Evacuation Underway in China

"A total of 158,000 people (in about 30 towns) have now been evacuated from potentially vulnerable areas downstream from Tangjiashan lake. The lake's water level is rising by more than one metre pre day. It...

created by steve468 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Bush Celebrates Israel's Birthday Amid Rocket Fire

President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine. I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP)...

created by Phil Skipper | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Paper battery offers future power

"Flexible paper batteries could meet the energy demands of the next generation of gadgets, says a team of researchers. They have produced a sample slightly larger than a postage stamp that can release about 2.3 volts, enough to illuminate a small light. But the ambition is to...

created by Zlender | 2 years ago
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Blogging: A Burstable Bubble?

I was gonna post this on my blog, but I kinda don't feel like it.But seriously, I think that blogging as a zeitgeist will definitely have a shelf-life, but purpose-based blogs and serially-updated watchdog sites will live on: basically, blogs with no reason to live will...

created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago
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Phony cops stage mass abduction in Baghdad

"BAGHDAD -- Gunmen in police uniforms and official-looking vehicles stormed the city's central marketplace this morning, kidnapping between at least 21 and as many as 60 storekeepers and buyers amid bursts of automatic weapon-fire and panic, police and witnesses said. The...