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Teacher texts the cops for weed

Found this interesting story about a teacher who was trying to buy marijuana. It seems that she was trying to set up a meeting with her dealer but got the number wrong. instead of her dealers number, she ended up messaging the cell phone of an offduty cop. The cop thought the messages were a [ READ MORE ]

Bacteria used to protect against earthquakes

When earthquakes happen sandy soil can turn into a liquid-like state that can be disastrous to buildings built over it. Suddenly the stable ground that you built your house on, is not so stable. This is especially a concern in coastal cities. Now scientists think they can turn that sandy soil into rock, just by [ READ MORE ]

Chinese pigeon cyborgs

A group of Chinese scientists is reporting that they have found a way to control pigeons in flight. they accomplished this by implanting electrodes into the pigeons brain. By sending signals to those electrodes, they can remote control the pigeons while they are flying. The scientists say they have no idea what this technology might [ READ MORE ]

Jesus’ Tomb

There is a big story floating around the Internet right now about Jesus’ tomb. Director James Cameron has just finished a documentary in which he claims to have found Jesus’ tomb and his immediate family. Furthermore, he claims that Jesus is still in the tomb along with his alleged wife, Mary Magdalene, and son Judah.What [ READ MORE ]

Speaking english is bad for your heart?

Someone sent me the following in an email. I thought it was pretty funny, so I posted it here. HERE’S THE FINAL WORD ON NUTRITION AND HEALTH. IT’S A RELIEF TO KNOW THETRUTH AFTER ALL THOSE CONFLICTING MEDICAL STUDIES!!! The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than theBritish or Americans. The French eat a [ READ MORE ]

Robert Hanssen FBI spy

I went and saw Breach last night. It was actually a pretty good movie. Breach is based on the true story of Robert Hanssen. Hanssen is an FBI agent that started spying for the Russians in 1985. He was caught in 2001 and is currently serving a life sentence in solitary confinement. His story is [ READ MORE ]

Giant Sinkhole opens in Guatemala

A giant sinkhole opened up in a poor neighborhood in Guatemala city. The sinkhole is over 300 feet deep. Several houses and a truck were sucked into the hole when it opened. The bodies of two of people have already been found and a third person is still missing. I don’t think I have ever seen [ READ MORE ]

Mars rovers get an update

The mars rovers just recently got an update to their software that should allow them to keep from getting confused by large rocks that are in the way. Since the lag time between earth and mars is about 20 minutes, the rovers often have to act in a semi-independent fashion. The scientists will tell the [ READ MORE ]

Metalic sculptures

I ran across this interesting site that sells Metal art sculptures. I’m really not sure how to describe them. Look at the picture I posted and you will see what I mean. The cool thing about these art pieces is that they are all designed using a computer and complex math. Pretty cool stuff. Check [ READ MORE ]

ITunes discovers Pianists fraud

Check out this article. It looks like a concert pianist passed off recordings from other pianists as her own recordings and no one found out for years. Itunes does a bunch of calculations on CDs when it plays them to try to find a match in its database. It does that so that it can [ READ MORE ]