Bethesda blogger Nutgraf reports on the results of a four-month long experiment into the photodegradation of six-pack rings

He even has a handy Youtube video on what mostly-photodegraded six-pack rings look like after four months in the suburban Maryland sun:

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From the experiment:
The experiment ran from August 3 to December 6, so this is what ( Read more... )

This was a Slashdot post....eerily, it was immediately taken down. It would appear that the Administration's contempt for its scientific establishment continues. First there were NOAA scientists who were told not to speak to the public about ongoing climate research. Now records that were formerly public are now being withdrawn from public ( Read more... )

ESPN has an interesting article online that attempts to estimate the number of Barry Bonds’ homers that can be attributed to performance-enhancers. Everything hinges on the testimony of “Game of Shadows,” naturally. Using its reasoning, Bonds’ “juice-adjusted” numbers come down to a career HR total of 616 or so, no asterisk ( Read more... )