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Date: May 17th, 2002

How to be A Blogging Pundit

17 May, 2002 (23:11) | Humor | 1 comment

This is just waaaaaay too droll. Way to go Norman.
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Do you Know Your Bushisms

17 May, 2002 (21:30) | Humor | No comments

ROAR! Check this out. I got 8 out of 10 correct
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Bad News for Modern Snake Oil Salesmen

17 May, 2002 (20:00) | Science | No comments

A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) effort to develop standard reference materials (SRMs) for a number of popular botanical dietary supplements will provide tools that manufacturers can use to improve quality control during production, that researchers can use to ensure that their laboratory analyses of test substances are accurate, and that the [...]

The Music of the Sphere’s

17 May, 2002 (19:36) | Science | No comments

…an international group of astronomers [1] has found that the giant star xi Hya (”xi” is the small greek letter [2]; “Hya” is an abbreviation of “Hydrae”) behaves like a giant sub-ultra-bass instrument. This star is located in the constellation Hydra (the Water-Monster) at a distance of 130 light-years, it has a radius about 10 [...]

Proof Cosmic Irony Exists

17 May, 2002 (19:28) | Science | No comments

We’re all pretty certain that the dinosaurs were wiped out by giant asteroid strike but what is truly ironic is that it was a similar meteor strike that allowed the dinosaurs to arise in the first place.
See this article for more information
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Showering Increases the Risk of Cancer

17 May, 2002 (19:19) | Science | No comments

Well as someone who hates baths, indeed hates water that comes up over his knees, but who loves long hot showers this report was the last thing I needed to hear.
CHAPEL HILL — Trihalomethanes — byproducts of interaction between chlorine used to disinfect water and organic matter found in raw water — increase significantly in [...]

Your Stolen Art? I Threw It Away, Dear

17 May, 2002 (07:21) | Miscellaneous | No comments

A real tragedy for art lovers.
ARIS, May 16 ? For years Stephane Breitwieser, a youthful-looking Frenchman, traveled through Europe working as a waiter, and in his off hours visited out-of-the-way museums where he looked for opportunities to walk off with what he liked. He stashed stolen oil paintings, rare musical instruments and other art objects [...]

 

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