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Top news on 14 September 2009 |
Study Confirms Link Between CO2 & Antarctic Ice Sheets
A team of scientists from Cardiff, Bristol and Texas A&M universities braved the lions and hyenas of a small East African village to extract microfossils in samples of rocks which show the level of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere at the time of the formation of the ice-cap.
10 Game-Changing Tech Ideas That Didn't Change The Game
Back in the early '90s, virtual reality seemed like the greatest thing ever. By simply bolting a ton of electronics to your head, dosing up on motion sickness pills and looking utterly ridiculous as you waved your arms around and tried to get used to the feeling of your eyes seeing movement but your legs being locked to the ground, you could enter
10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy
More than 1 billion photos are uploaded every month by the users, over 70% of whom use applications like games and quizzes in Facebook. Unfortunately, most users don?t know the implications of entering personal information, making friends, and playing games on Facebook.
Sex in Space Could be the Key to the Survival of Humanity
Floating in microgravity might make sex more tricky. And incidentally, the size of a man's penis is said to decrease slightly in microgravity due to the decrease in his blood pressure in space. Even more serious is the fact that fertilization and embryo implantation has evolved here on Earth: Getting it to work in space is a major problem.
Top Ten - Most Overhyped Games Ever
Part 1 covers console generations 1-5 all the way from Atari 2600 to the PS1, and the PC games of the time.
New Extrasolar System Allows Planetary ?X-Ray?
The discovery of two extrasolar planets orbiting the star HAT-P-13 will allow scientists to use one of them to ?x-ray? the other to determine if it?s got a rocky core.
Airport Security Snags Insanely Weird Illegal Carry-on Items
Passengers tried to get through security with a live baby alligator, a gassed-up chain saw and a 6-foot-long African spear....
Man Finds an Anti-tank Grenade buried in his Yard
Paul Davies, 32, found the undetonated bomb and thought it was part of an old lawn mower or machine.
Israeli MPAA Goes After Premier Subtitling Site
ALIS, Israel?s answer to the MPAA, has moved aggressively against a site which provides translated subtitles for movies and TV shows. Three individuals who work to provide free subtitles on Qsubs, one of Israel?s most prominent subtitle providers, have been ordered by ALIS to pay $264,000 each in damages and issue a public apology.
Man Arrested for Statutory Rape After He Prank Calls 911
An 18-year-old man who police say made a prank phone call about a shooting has been arrested for statutory rape.
Penis Removing Woman Awaits Her Fate (she chopped it off)
A woman accused of cutting off her lover's penis must wait while a court determines whether his re-attached penis still functions.
Ohio teen killed attempting to stop fight
A 15-year-old girl in West Chester Township, Ohio, was fatally stabbed while trying to stop a fight involving dozens of teens.
Heads up Apple, the Intel Netbook is unstoppable
The Netbook is not going away. It simply has too much marketing momentum. Not to mention that consumers like the price.
The Football Hero Who Couldn't Walk
Bill Sauer Field was the core of public life in Logan.The town, population 7,300, gravitated to the old stadium on Friday nights in autumns to watch the high school team, the Chieftains, play their games.And who was Bill Sauer?A self-made millionaire from the community who had bestowed the stadium upon the town? A prominent local politician? No.
Father of the Green Revolution Dies at 95
Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolution" who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger, has died.
Astronomers search for habitable moons
Moons capable of supporting life like those portrayed in the popular Star Wars films could be scattered all over our galaxy, according to astronomers.
LucasArts Unveils Lucidity, "Creative"
LucasArts has stated that it's going back to what made them so famous in the first place, creativity. And there's nothing more creative then their newest title, Lucidity.
CBS to Launch Last.fm HD Radio Stations in Top 4 US Markets
CBS is set to roll out over-the-air HD radio channels in the nation?s top four markets powered by the crowdsourced programming of Last.fm. Starting Oct. 5 it makes good on the initiative with the launch of an over-the-air Last.fm HD Radio channel in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco.
6 Opera-10 Stand Out Features vs. Firefox & Safari
Opera, one of the oldest names in the browser world, has just released its latest version. There must be something that enabled Opera to survive for so long.
How Iconic Movie Characters Would Deal with a Zombie Attack
There's not a movie on Earth that wouldn't be drastically improved by the addition of zombies. To demonstrate this principle, we've hired a team of elite screenwriting geniuses who, using the finest Pentium computers available, are busy rewriting the classic movies of our age to include zombies.
Christine Ward's Darfur Project Helping Refugees in Sudan
With its fate linked to Wall Street, the Darfur Project wants to make a difference in Sudan, and reinvent the way finance gives
5 Facts About Woodstock The Hippies Don't Want You to Know
A funny website filled with funny videos, funny pics, articles and a whole bunch of other funny stuff. Cracked.com, celebrating 50 years of humor and blowing other so called funny websites out of the water.
Rodney King Beats Cop in Celebrity Boxing Match
The 44-year old Rodney King, whose beating at the hands of white LAPD officers who were later acquitted sparked deadly race riots in Los Angeles nearly two decades ago was the unanimous winner in a celebrity boxing match outside of Philadelphia. "This is a new chapter in my life," King said after the fight. "I am sober, fit and now a winner."
Windows 7 Ad Kills With Cuteness [Video]
Microsoft has experienced mixed results with its ad campaigns. A Seinfeld-Gates pairing was panned in the tech press, but its ?Laptop Hunters? series had a positive impact on consumers? value perception of Microsoft products (even if Apple did insist that one ad be changed).
ABC: Rally Size in Tens of Thousands, Not 1M to 1.5M Claimed
Conservative activists erroneously attribute crowd size figure to ABC News, which reported the rally size in Tens of Thousands, not 1M to 1.5M as activist claimed. At no time did ABC News, or its affiliates, report a number anywhere near as large.
"Fancy Going for a Meal?" Chimpanzees Exchange Meat for Sex
Seems we aren't so far removed from our ancestors as we thought!
Cool Bamboo Clock Uses Dirt as a Natural Energy Source
Nothing gets kids up in the morning like the thought of going to school ? not! If your youngsters are anything like others around the world, they need something interesting to get them out of bed, and this living Bamboo Soil Clock is fascinating enough to fit the bill.
Disney Confirms 'Tron Legacy' Game in Work
According to The Latino Review, Disney producer Steven Lisberger confirmed that a video game is being developed for release with next winter's long-awaited release of Tron Legacy
When the Yankees Were Not Ready for Willie Mays
Because their front office was not interested in minority players, the Yankees never responded to tips about the top star in the Negro Leagues.
Google to Turn Over Identities of Anonymous Gmail Users
Think you can be anonymous online? Most people simply have no idea how easy it is for law enforcement officials -- and other litigants, like someone suing you -- to gain access to personal email, Google searches, and other online information users think is "theirs."The latest ominous evidence of this fact comes from our friends to the north....
Australia Overtakes US as Biggest Per Capita Polluter
Australians have overtaken Americans as the world's biggest individual producers of carbon dioxide, which is blamed for global warming, a risk consultancy says.
Bruce Campbell Verifies "Major" Role In Spider-Man 4
Campbell made memorable cameos in the first three ?Spider-Man? films. However, he may have a bigger role this time around. He's been told he has a major part -- but doesn?t yet know anything about his character. Could he indeed be playing villain Mysterio, the master of illusion?
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Calif. Energy Bill
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will veto legislation that would have given California the nation's most ambitious renewable energy standards.
FiveThirtyEight: Size Matters; So Do Lies
yesterday, someone told a real whopper. ABC News, citing the DC fire department, reported that between 60,000 and 70,000 people had attended the tea party rally at the Capitol. By the time this figure reached Michelle Malkin, however, it had been blown up to 2,000,000.
Computers Are Better at Lip-reading Than Humans
Researchers found that an automated system significantly outperformed human lip-readers -- scoring a recognition rate of 80 per cent, compared with only 32 per cent for human viewers on the same task. Findings Could Lead To Improved Lip-reading Training For The Deaf And Hard-of-hearing.
The Truth About T-Rex (COMIC)
You know what they say, small arms....
ABC fights back against Tea Party protest size falsehoods
ABC News has released a news report saying it was "misquoted" on the size of the Tea Party protest that took place Saturday in Washington, DC. The head of the organization that organized the demonstration -- stood before the crowd and announced that ABC News had said the crowd at the protest was between one million and 1.5 million people...
Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost to Health
In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But the vast majority of polluters have escaped punishment.
Stars of new TV show may die on air
Many of those featured in a new Australian prime-time medical show could be dead by the time it reaches the screen. Last Chance Surgery, features people whose only hope of survival is radical and dangerous surgery, and we had difficulty in finding a Last Chance Surgery survivor to photograph for this article.
Healthcare Crisis: Healthcare Timeline
President Richard Nixon renames prepaid group health care plans as health maintenance organizations (HMOs), with legislation that provides federal endorsement, certification, and assistance. Healthcare costs are escalating rapidly, partially due to unexpectedly high Medicare expenditures, rapid inflation in the economy, expansion of hospital....
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