An odd, greenish backward-flying comet is zipping by Earth this month, as it takes its only trip toward the sun from the farthest edges of the solar system. The comet is called Lulin, and there’s a chance it can be seen with the naked eye – far from city lights, astronomers say. But you’ll most [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Backward Green Comet Makes One-Time Only Visit
Posted: 18th February 2009 by The Dude in Mother Nature, Oddly EnoughTags: backward, comet, green, Lulin, NASA
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Freedom to Criticize Islam in Europe in Jeopardy
Posted: 18th February 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: Britain, criticize, Dutch, Europe, freedom, Geert Wilders, islam, radical
Critics say the freedom to criticize Islam in Europe has been put in jeopardy after Dutch politician Geert Wilders was banned last week from entering Britain because of his attacks on Islam. But while the controversial politician may have failed to enter the United Kingdom, the Dutch public has rallied around Wilders, and support for [...]
What, Shaq attempted to set a free throw record?
Posted: 18th February 2009 by Jay Sleeps in Entertainment, Oddly Enough, SportsTags: NBA All-Star 2009, Shaq and Billips, Shaq Free Throw, World Record
The NBA All-Star Weekend seemed extra special this year for some reason. There are tons of exciting video on the web. Here is one you might have missed. If you missed Shaq dancing with the Jabawakees, or Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson Slam Dunk Show Down, or the Opening Ceremony as a whole, [...]
Lance Armstrong Twittered for help finding his Bike.
Posted: 18th February 2009 by Jay Sleeps in Science | Technology, SportsTags: Lance Armstrong, Stolen Bike, Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong is calling on legions of Twitter users to track down a one-of-a-kind bicycle stolen from a northern California racing venue. Armstrong sent out a rallying cry to the more than 128,000 Twitter members who have signed up to receive the brieftext messages he routinely fires off on the popular micro-blogging service. [...]
Trend of the Present, a New $8 Billion Fraud
Posted: 17th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | FinanceTags: allen stanford, billion, cricket, false, financial, fraud, scheme, SEC
Texan billionaire and cricket promoter Sir Allen Stanford has been charged over a $8bn (£5.6bn) investment fraud, US financial regulators say. The Securities and Exchange Commission said the financier had orchestrated “a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme”. The SEC said the fraud was “based on false promises and fabricated historical return data”. English cricket bosses [...]
FAA says Texas fireball was meteor, not a UFO
Posted: 17th February 2009 by Jay Sleeps in Mother Nature, Oddly EnoughTags: Meteor Falling, Texas Fireball, Texas UFO
DALLAS – The fireball that streaked across the sky and alarmed numerous Texas residents was likely just a big meteor and not wreckage from colliding satellites, experts said Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration said the fireball appeared to be a natural phenomenon, and a University of North Texas astronomer said more specifically that it was [...]
Florida Couple Pays $150,000 to Clone Dead Dog
Posted: 17th February 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: clone, dna, dog, puppy
Retaining its status for easy contention, the divisive world of cloning has once again hit the headlines after a Florida couple successfully took receipt of a brand new puppy cloned from the preserved DNA of a previous pet that died in 2008. Edgar and Nina Otto of Boca Raton became the proud owners of the [...]
Canada releases UFO X-Files to the World
Posted: 17th February 2009 by The Dude in Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: canada, UFO, x-files
The Canadian Government has authorized open public access to thousands of federal government documents concerning UFOs. A total of 9500 digitized documents spanning the years 1947 to the early 1980s have been made available. Click here to access the Canadian X-Files Click here to continue reading the article
Phelps won’t face pot charge after photo ordeal
Posted: 17th February 2009 by The Dude in Lifestyle, SportsTags: Crime, marijuana, Michael Phelps, Olympian, photo, pipe, swimming
Michael Phelps hardly emerged unscathed after a photo surfaced showing him smoking from a marijuana pipe: It cost him a major endorsement (Kellogg’s) and a three-month competition suspension. But the Olympian said he’s focused on swimming again now that he won’t face drug charges. A South Carolina sheriff said Monday that there wasn’t enough physical [...]
“Killing Fields” torturer on trial in Cambodia
Posted: 17th February 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: Cambodia, chief, Khmer Rough, Killing Fields, regime, torturer, trial
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – The chief Khmer Rouge torturer went on trial for crimes against humanity on Tuesday, the first case involving a senior Pol Pot cadre three decades after the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia. Duch, now a born-again Christian, expressed remorse on the eve of his trial [...]
Alien Life Might be Thriving Here on Earth
Posted: 16th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Mother NatureTags: alien, arsenic, bio, Earth, life, lifeform, ocean, toxic, water
“We don’t have to go to other planets to find weird life.” Never mind Mars, alien life may be thriving right here on Earth, a major science conference has heard. Our planet may harbour forms of “weird life” unrelated to life as we know it, according to Professor Paul Davies, a physicist at Arizona State [...]