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Intentionally putting botulism toxin in your body can kill you.

I know.
I'm as shocked as you are.

NASA to beam Beatles song to North Star

From the article:

"The song, written by McCartney and John Lennon, may have a ticket to ride and will be flying at the speed of light. But it will take 431 years along a long and winding road to reach its final destination. That's because Polaris is 2.5 quadrillion miles away."

Death goes digital: The electronic tombstone

1. Feds OK drought deal letting Georgia keep more water

2. The Picture Of Conformity: In a Watched Society, More Security Comes With Tempered Actions

3. Slideshow: Steampunk, Past and Present

4. Religious scholars mull Flying Spaghetti Monster

5. Members of a doomsday cult are refusing to leave their hideout in a cave in southern Russia in ( Read more... )

It was on this day in 2000 that Rival scientific teams completed the first rough map of the human genome. Among the things we learned from the genome is that the entire 6 billion-member human species goes back 7,000 generations to an original population of about 60,000 people.
Our species has only a modest amount of genetic variation - the DNA of ( Read more... )

The Patent and Trademark Office is starting a pilot project that will not only post patent applications on the Web and invite comments but also use a community rating system designed to push the most respected comments to the top of the file, for serious consideration by the agency's examiners.

(information courtesy of The Washington Post)

Episode 66: Concrete Glider/Train Suction

Myth statement: The vortex from a passing train can suck a person onto the tracks. Kari, Grant and Tori go to amazing lengths to find out just how dangerous it is to stand too close to the edge of a train platform.

The train they used for the test? The New Mexico Rail Runner Express! I done seen it with ( Read more... )

FDA Is Set To Approve Milk, Meat From Clones
Mandatory Anthrax Shots to Return

I know these are two unrelated articles, but I couldn't help but chuckle when I read them one right after the other.

Alphabetic List of Specific Diseases/Disorders

When the Machines Talk, They Talk About You
A sample:

"My Xbox 360 has a blog, and it's starting to get on my nerves ( Read more... )