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Lichens = fungus+alga+...yeast?
Just to prove life is full of surprises, even life you thought you knew about pretty well...
Lichens aren't quite what we thought, shocked scientists discover
New yeasts found to be secret partners with known fungi and algae
By Emily Chung, CBC News Posted: Jul 21, 2016 2:35 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 22, 2016 8:42 AM ET
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One for the Cyberpunk in modern life file...
Thank you, Krypton Radio!
Sony Files Patent for Contact Lenses That Shoot Video, Take PicturesKrypton Radio May 2, 2016Sci / Tech, Science Fiction / Fantasy / Steampunk ( Read more... ) -
Zootopia fans...
We both went to see Zootopia when it came out, it was great! Nicolai enjoyed it so much he's started writing Zootopia fanfic - if you want to see his efforts he's on fanfiction.net as Nick48654. An introductory tale A Week in the Life followed by a procedural in process involving our two favorite ZPD officers, Another Step on the Path. -
Marvel Does Doctor Strange at the movies...
And it would appear we have an upcoming Doc Strange movie (origin story). I just hope Benedict Cumberbach is better than I am at saying "I summon the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!" with a straight face... :) -
Iceland upset much?
First off, check out this article on the Panama Papers if you need some background on this. Amongst the reams of data on offshore monetary sneakiness was some really pertinent stuff on the current (and probably about to be ex) PM of Iceland. As one might imagine, the population of same are understandably even MORE pissed after the endrun around ( Read more... ) -
Boggled again - long live Hare Link
About seven years ago I went over to Hare Link to check some stuff, and noticed my entire allotment had gone up from 5G to 10G. The other day I did it again and discovered it is now 100G. Meanwhile I'm using something like 1G last I checked, this with three websites and a lot of photos and stuff (and it'd be about half that much if I didn't have ( Read more... ) -
Zootopia
Just realized I forgot to mention Nicolai and I went to see Zootopia recently. Too lazy to do a review, other than it's cool and if you haven't already, go and see it yourselves! -
Far, far away...
OK, yesterday Nicolai and I finally went out to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens (yes, it can still be found in theaters, locally), in the same theater I saw the latest Jurassic Park movie (why don't they just give up, declare the velociraptors sapient and write stories about THEM ( Read more... ) -
Now this is more like it.
Rolling Stones article about what happened in Gainsburgh Florida,, actually, here's the title, you can read the rest of it on their site, complete with video! Long live the Officer Whites of the policing world!
Cool Cop Responds to Hoops Noise Complaint With Savage Dunk
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The 40,000 mile long volcano
Can't think of a better title for this entry than the title of the article that brought it to my attention. My thanks to the New York Times
The 40,000 mile long volcanoby William J. Broad ( Read more... )
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