Well, the Large Hadron Collider has not destroyed the world yet, a fact which many are looking upon with disappointment. We’ve all seen movies; the apocalypse always looks so awesome. But for now, the scientists working at CERN seem to be the only ones who really get to enjoy the LHC.
Not anymore. The folks over [...]

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This article was linked to on Digg recently, and there has been some misunderstanding of its content. It concerns a discovery of a new catalyst that could make it possible to use sunlight to directly split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This might turn out to be quite important in the future (if we start [...]

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It seems every other day that someone comes up with a way to extract useful chemical energy from water. The fact that it’s physically impossible is less important than the fact that one can always find gullible people to fork over large quantities of money for these so-called “inventions”.
But this guy is really taking it [...]

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Now on the BBC
I can’t help but think that whoever wrote this article had their tongue firmly planted in their cheek. It’s the picture captions that really do it for me. “A flying saucer” succinctly describes a very obviously computer-rendered scene (including the obligatory Photoshop lens flare), and “UFO over house” underscores a picture of [...]

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1037471/Apollo-14-astronaut-claims-aliens-HAVE-contact–covered-60-years.html
And not only have they made contact, this has been going on for at least the past 60 years! They have been consorting with various governments who have conspired to keep it a secret for this long. But now, the word is out. Unbelievable, you say? Well, I have proof. Hard evidence. I have… wait, [...]

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If there’s one thing I hate, it’s when people take science and corrupt it for their own political ends. In recent years, global warming has been - pardon the pun - a rather hot topic; hardly a day goes by when you don’t hear about it in one form or another. The environmentalists have championed [...]

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A little while ago I was talking with my friends, and the subject of asshole drivers on the highway came up. I jokingly suggested that this was due to velocity having a negative effect on human IQ. This would explain why the stupidest drivers always seem to be the ones going the fastest. I was [...]

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Sometimes, due to my silly and naive notion that humans are mostly decent and good, I let myself think that 9/11 conspiracy theorists are well-intentioned (despite how deluded they are).
This article which I stumbled upon is good evidence to the contrary: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06218/711239-85.stm
Accusing a faceless “government” of conspiring against its own people for whatever ends is [...]

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Another post on Digg that caught my eye:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/26/atheist.soldier.ap/
Some select quotes that are rather disturbing
Known as “the atheist guy,” Hall has been called immoral, a devil worshipper and — just as severe to some soldiers — gay, none of which, he says, is true.
I see that ignorant people continue to be ignorant.
The issue came to a [...]

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Digg had a link to this video on youtube which seemed like prime material for discussion on here:
I don’t know how unbiased this is; obviously we’re only seeing one side of the story, but if her refusal to teach creationism was even part of the reason for termination then it’s cause enough for outrage.
Regardless, bravo [...]

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