"A powerful Nasa space telescope launched in June has unveiled its first results - including an image of the sky viewed through "gamma-ray glasses". Nasa also revealed a new name; the Gamma-ray Large Area Space...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 244 views | 8 recommendations | 3 comments
"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...
This is an intriquing study, one of many done by MediaCurves. I've written about them on and off for quite awhile now. Their studies are cutting edge in many ways, and are far above just a phone poll...
created by PEP | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 424 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The...
created by renovatio | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 370 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, who was scheduled to visiting Gaza this summer, has had to cancel the trip because of unspecified threats on hsi life. It would have been the highest level diplomatic visit since the militant Group Hamas was elected to leadership in the...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 98 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier...
The wife of a major theater operator talks about her bitter divorce battle on YouTube during divorce hearing after her millionaire husband threatened to leave her penniless. "A British actress who found YouTube...
created by Obi-Akpere | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 461 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
"For decades,scientists have viewed octopuses as unromantic loners, with matinghabits nearly devoid of complex behavior. But new research from theUniversity of California, Berkeley, has found that at least one speciesof octopus engages in such sophisticated lovemaking tactics...
created by kate | 1 year ago 2278 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
The state Department is admitting to Improperly Accessing Candidates Passport Data. Two employees fired due to, "Snooping" Obamas Records"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The passport files of presidential candidates Sen....
After reading my little rant about Yahoo losing its mojo, James Whitley over at GoLifeMoble.com wrote a very thoughtful riff on it.
“What caught my attention [about Mattis’ rant],” says Whitley, “was
the all-too-familiar telltale signs of an organization that had...
"A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years...
created by Obi-Akpere | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 681 views | 2 recommendations | 8 comments
"Over the next few days, we will hear a great deal about the meaning of the Iowa Caucuses, as pundits and bloggers will sift through the demographic data to interpret trends, and voter preferences. There were two obvious winners. There were several losers.
The Big Loser...
The user consuming side of user generated content:"Wikipedia is "The Free Encyclopedia." What's on the mind of Wikipedia its readers? Here are the top ten most viewed pages on Wikipedia:
1. Main Page [30,090,900]
2. Wiki [904,800]
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly...
created by mtippett | 2 years ago 857 views | 5 recommendations | 5 comments
Another attempt by Democrats to micro manage the war has failed. The Democrats who have been claiming the war is lost and trying to legislate a withdraw from Iraq find themselves defeated by the Commander of...
created by gmony714 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 404 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Yesterday, the WSJ reported that Norman Hsu, prominent fundraiser for embattled Dem frontrunner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, had apparently Fed-Exed a suicide not to several people and organizations just after jumping bail.
Today’s twist in the Hillary Clinton-Norman Hsu...