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What the frak? Faux curse sweeps geek nation

Actually the article is about how it is moving on from the fans to other areas of popular culture.

Current Mood: fraked!

FSM is being discussed at the American Academy of Religion's annual conference:
Pasta monster gets academic attention

An article about a chemistry professor, who upon discovering that a paper he wrote in 1955 was both flawed and being used as pseudo-scientific proof, withdrew his published paper. A morality lesson that my budding scientist will definitely hear about.
'55 'Origin of Life' Paper is Retracted

Sorry for the spam, but that last one deserved a post all its own. Here's a few more interesting links:

Science

Fermilab physicists discover "triple-scoop" baryon Whee for exotic particles!
Subcommittee Stops Human Mars Mission Spending Another episode in the continuing saga of stupidity in government.

Society

Is video-game addiction a mental disorder?
Oldest? You might be smartest too As the oldest of three, I could have told you that :P

I am still amazed that this place even exists.

Ars Technica has taken a field trip to the creation museum in Kentucky.

Including pictures. And if you look at no other, please view the Jesus Horse.

I've been so busy I haven't been able to do these in a while. Even if you aren't interested in particle physics, the comparison between the two science stories I have below is very telling about the state of American corporate media, in my opinion.

Gaming

The Ten Best RPG Characters in Film, TV and Literature This would make a good meme. Jayne's in his list.

Just For Fun

Great expectations? That's right, a Charles Dickens themed amusement park.
West rises in China's back yard An article about how the latest building trend in Chinese suburbs is modeling them after Western cities.

Movies

Science

Big Bang at the atomic lab after scienctists get their maths wrong

Compare this to: Timeline for particle collider in doubt Notice anything different about the European and American stories?

Results from Fermilab expirement resolve long-standing neutrino question

Society

Wiccan symbols okay for soldier's graves Follow up to an article I previously linked.

Linguistics

Dead Indian language brought back to life

Science

Society

Med School Owes Its Existence To Many Bodies of Knowledge If you read no other link (or if you usually skip them), READ THIS ONE! Fascinating article that includes a woman attempting to sell a mummy on eBay, the early foundations of anatomy in the U.S., and graverobbing.
Mother loses bid to ban Harry Potter books
Musical copyright terms 'to stay' Copyright on musical recordings in the UK is 20 years, so some early rock n' roll will soon be public.
Wiccan war widow dedicates plaque Follow up to an article I previously linked.

Technology

Current Mood: busy

I haven't posted in a while (busy at work) so to save space I'm putting some of these up without comments, but they are all worthy of peek, even the funny sounding ones.

Movies/Television

Fraggle Rock Returns
Jackson Loses the Hobbit
New Line decides to shop this around after a contract dispute. Can they be that dense?

Politics

Military faces battles over religion (Specifically Wiccan symbols on military headstones)

Science

Going for a blast into the real past (An actual time-travel expirement proposed)
Moon's Magnetic Umbrella Seen as Safe Haven for Explorers
NASA Studies Manned Asteroid Mission
NASA Weighs U.S. Strategy for Moon Exploration
Sharpest cut from nanotube sword (The secret of wootz?)
Space mirror could create Earth-like haven on Mars

Society

Room for gay penguins in school libraries? (Hey, we have this book!)
U.S. mint pushes new $1 coin with images of past presidents

Technology

Exploring the Online Gaming World
Excellent audio interview discussing virtual economies with author Julian Dibbell.
Physics promises wireless power (Yay, no more power adapters!)
Shakespeare coming to a virtual world
What do Paris Hilton and Second Life have in common?
I've posted several links that extol Second Life, but this one has an opposite and interesting view. I also saw yesterday someone introduced a worm to Second Life that caused shining rings to appear in the game. The more characters attempted to interact with the rings, the more they spawned. They are calling it "grey goo". :))

Current Mood: busy

Science

Probe crashes on moon just as planned
A followup to an article from last week.

Society

612 Lawns
Also another followup, this article is discussing what happened when someone defrauded other players in an online world: is it a crime or not?
Being an Atheist in America Isn't Easy
Very interesting article about three authors and their support for agnosticism and atheism.
For Today's School Kids, Pressure Start Early
This article details how the earliest school grades have changed and how some parents are coping with the advanced expectations for these littlest students.

Technology

Microsoft tries to patent system "for selecting and conjugating a verb"
Next they plan to patent breathing.

Television

Buffy deconstructed
Detailing how Buffy continues to be popular, and indeed is growing as a body of work worth studying in academic circles.

Politics
- Anti-Bush shirt OK in school
  I can only imagine what Colbert will have to say about this one.
Science
- Europe’s 1st lunar mission set to land
  Or, more appropriately, crash.
- Who will build the shuttle’s successor?
  Whatever happened to the space plane?
Society
- I dreamed a school nightmare
  A very interesting article about The Dream, which I know C still has. Unfortunately (or maybe not), I sleep like the dead and hardly ever remember my dreams.
- Online “banker” runs off with cash, avatars cry foul
  An interesting dilemma. In this case, the money is only in the game. But what about Second Life, where "real" dollars and game dollars are traded? Is this theft (and therefore prosecutable), or just part of the game?
- Star Trek's a thesis
  How much do I wish I had done this.
- Studying ‘Buffy’
  Continuing the theme of academic study of popular television from above. I hope more universities start to offer this class!

Gaming
- PacManhattan
  The rules for the live version of PacMan.
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade preview
  New dungeons, changes to raid system, complete reworking of PvP, gryphon bombs, Exodar and Silvermoon (two banks and auction houses each!), jewelcrafting, new abilities for paladins and shamans: changes for everyone!
Science
- Can woolly mammoths be resurrected?
  With all the talk of dinosaurs, I wondered when they would return to the more recently departed mammals.
Serenity
- Wake for Hoban Washburne
  If you are going to Dragon*Con, you should attend!
Society
- Diversity growing across U.S.
  If only tolerance and equality would grow proportionally.
- No brats allowed!
  OMG, you couldn't get any work done in first class! My heart bleeds for you!
Technology

Websites that changed the world
A pretty good list.

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Pastafarians Get Recognition

"I am deeply embarrased to have been the originator of such misstatements"

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