A fruit fly trapped in a holodeck illusion
You can read New Scientist’s associated article here.
2012
Lighthouses > Churches – Dinosaurs & Douchbags
Dinosaurs Are Awesome Associate Professor John Hayman, a pathologist at University of Melbourne, published a new analysis of Ichthyosarians in the science journal, Naturwissenschaften (original PDF here). His research is […]
You know you’re a geek when…
…watching an episode of one of the many Star Trek series, you have no problem accepting transporter technology, but you question how they determine what orientation to beam people at, […]
Getting high on what?
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Atheist Nomads Episode 8 – Foxhole Atheists with Justin Griffith and Christopher Herr
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Horrible symbols
The cross is an instrument of torture and execution from the classical era, the fact that Christians have embraced it as their symbol is odd. It would be like the […]
Atheist Nomads Episode 7 – The Atheist Pig puts some STANK on it with Mike Sieber
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3-D printing and assistive technology
I’ve you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you know I’m a huge fan of assistive technology. You may even remember my post about the first time my nephew […]
Lighthouses > Churches – The French Ain’t so Bad
Better Left Dead The French Catholic Church will resuscitate a tradition that I think is best left in the distant past. King Louis XIII started a forced prayer on August […]
Curiosity has landed!
Last night Curiosity touched down on the surface of Mars and NASA has already received images.