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Planet Earth, Cubed

10 Oct

The Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast has some pretty awesome fans, including graphic artist Robert McLaren, who took it on himself to create this amazing interpretation of a cubical planet Earth after listening to an episode on the topic (which you can grab off iTunes, Zune and the RSS feed).

The concept itself makes for an amazing physics-based thought experiment. How would the shape alter gravity as we experience it? How would it affect global climate and the shape of our oceans? You can find some of these answers here.

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Nasa Kepler telescope finds planet orbiting two suns

15 Sep

A planet orbiting two suns – the first confirmed alien world of its kind – has been found by Nasa’s Kepler telescope, the US space agency announced. (more…)

Going Bananas

15 Sep

A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression “going bananas” is from the effects of bananas on the brain.

After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again. (more…)

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

4 Aug



Somalis waste away as insurgents block escape from Famine

3 Aug

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory.

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Murdoch shuts down News of the World

7 Jul

News Corp. is closing its controversial British tabloid News of the World in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

This coming Sunday’s edition will be the final run for the tabloid, News Corporation executive James Murdoch told staff on Thursday.

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Midsummer night’s dream

20 Jun

Pakistan’s secret dirty war

15 Jun

In Balochistan, mutilated corpses bearing the signs of torture keep turning up, among them lawyers, students and farm workers. Why is no one investigating and what have they got to do with the bloody battle for Pakistan’s largest province?

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Headlines

8 Jun

Thought of you

19 May

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