Even the top medical centers in the country get crazy doctors on staff from time to time ( Read more... )

After much difficulty, I finally managed to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu today ( Read more... )

OK, so it's not really popularity contests, it's just an interesting job trends graph I built:


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It seems that the terrorists digging tunnels between Gaza and Egypt have been having too many fatal accidents, so now a Gazan human rights group is demanding that Hamas step in and impose safety standards and health care for those digging and working in the smuggling tunnels.

And to add insult to injury, they complain, other than the gasoline, ( Read more... )

Having given up on Windows in favor of Linux years ago (other than running Windows in a virtual machine when absolutely forced to), I found the follow three ad spoofs quite entertaining...

The first video is really just an intro to the rest of the series...

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Despite a minimum bid of only $500 dollars, over 80% of 9,000 Detroit homes up for auction had no takers...

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I finally have vindication that I'm not crazy.  Yet another study shows that people who are "Night Owls" are such due to genetics, that it is very difficult for them to change, and this is due to the coinciding of increased motor cortex and spinal cord excitability in the evening.

From a different article than the one behind the cut, it states: " ( Read more... )

I keep hearing about parents who are suffering terribly from empty nest syndrome ( Read more... )

Finland is the first country to make it a legal right to have access to high speed internet, having previously declared internet access a human right !

France's highest court has also declared access to the internet a human right!! Estonia and Greece have previously taken similar measures,

Additionally, the UN is attempting to pass a resolution ( Read more... )

In order to understand what had me laughing out of control for the first time in a long time, let me give you the background that preceded the trigger...

In the October 2nd issue of Science, a major revolution in paleontology was announced in 11 papers.

You can read a summary newspaper article here, or see the full set of downloaded articles here ( Read more... )