Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. Watch for the cranky pranksters at Discovery Institute to come out with a debunk paper any time now.
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David and I have enjoyed some great audio science fiction over the years – usually by stumbling on it by accident. I think we should… I don’t know… seek out and find new broadcasts, new podcasts! StarShipSofa science fiction podcast – Boing Boing StarShipSofa is a weekly podcast that has started to put out Hugo Winning audio stories for free. Last week we put up David Brin’s 1985 Hugo winning story “The Crystal Spheres.” This week we put up Bruce Sterling’s 1989 story “We See Things Differently.” Other narrated stories include 2007 Hugo nominee Peter Watts and Michael Moorcock.A host…
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… because the Captiva (Audiencia) screen reported that Ralph Nader was thinking of running for President again. Don’t run, Ralph! Don’t screw this up for the rest of the country again! He’s baaaacccckkk….Nader forms presidential exploratory committee – Tales from the Trail: 2008
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They can’t raise as much money as the Dems, they sense that they’re going to have a tough election season, and they’re quitting or resigning in order to give the gloss of incumbency to some poor schmuck the party slated to run for their old seat. Gee, this gives me hope. G.O.P. Faces Challenge in Efforts to Reclaim House – New York Times
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This might offend some people, but it might make others go “BWAAAAAHHH” and spit-take milk out their noses.
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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/tySJTPJJc1Y" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] Tom Cat – Unmasked « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures – I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Crap, I have to fax press releases to at least one local news organization for the “big visit” at Holy Moly this Sunday, as emailed releases aren’t accepted. Crapcrapcrap. I’ll have to do this from work tomorrow on break. Crapcrapcrap In the event of breaking news, please call (312) 750-7070. ABC7 News DOES NOT accept press releases and media advisories via email . We ask that these be faxed directly to our news desk at (312) 899-8019. Thank you!
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It’s been another busy week for me – not in physically running around… no, wait, there was some of that – or in being cold all the time (just most of the time). At work, they’ve implemented a pretty much required cross-train, cross-skilled policy, and basically with next to no training we’re taking “online” calls – these are calls in regard to existing reservations that were booked using the various online booking tools we have for corporate clients. So they occasionally require a little human intervention in the case of cancellations and changes. In some ways, I actually like talking…
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Mythbusters just got LOLcatted: moar funny pictures [tags]LOLcat, Mythbusters[/tags]
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WorldRider: Journey of Adventure & Discovery Worldrider Allan Karl is in Africa, and having left his BMW “Doc” at the shop, he’s on safari. Photos like this are typical – his blog WorldRider has amazing stuff all the time about travel, food, new friends, and scenic wonders. This one is particularly stunning, and as he helpfully notes, “note the rhino.” [tags]WorldRider, rhino[/tags]