1   | The European Extremely Large Telescope will be built on a 3064m high mountain located in the Chilean |
The telescope’s “eye” will be almost half the length of a soccer pitch in diameter and will gather 15 times more light than the largest optical telescopes operating today. Such a telescope may, eventually, revolutionise our perception of the Universe, much as Galileo’s telescope did, 400 years ago.
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1 | Charles Darwin's unique ecological experiment on Ascension Island (200 years ago) |
The amazing story of how the architect of evolution Charles Darwin, Kew Gardens and the Royal Navy conspired to build a fully functioning, but totally artificial ecosystem. By a bizarre twist, this great imperial experiment may hold the key to the future colonisation of Mars.
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1 | Stephen Hawking: The universe arises from scientific processes, not God + documentary "Master of the |
Hold the front page: the big bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics. Or indeed, as the front page of the London Times put it: “Hawking: God did not create universe”. Media furore over Stephen Hawking’s new book, The Grand Design, has made it the biggest science news story of the day. But it’s not like Hawking has suddenly given up a religious belief – l...
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1 | Adornoism - first generation of Critical Theory + Theodor W. Adorno musical study |
Theodor W. Adorno was one of the most important philosophers and social critics in Germany after World War II. Although less well known among anglophone philosophers than his contemporary Hans-Georg Gadamer, Adorno had even greater influence on scholars and intellectuals in postwar Germany. Adornos work as a composer by far not so good as his theoretical, but it is an interesting experience.
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1 | The NATO command in Afghanistan has fired a staff officer for Anti-PowerPoint Rant -+video |
The NATO command in Afghanistan has fired a staff officer who publicly criticized its interminable briefings, its over-reliance on Microsoft’s slide-show program, and what he considered its crushing bureaucracy. See video
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1 | 10 Search Engines to Explore the Invisible Web |
The Invisible Web refers to the part of the WWW that’s not indexed by the search engines. Most of us think that that search powerhouses like Google and Bing are like the Great Oracle…they see everything. Unfortunately, they can’t because they aren’t divine at all; they are just web spiders who index pages by following one hyperlink after the other
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1 | Electric Cannabis Car From Canada |
Hemp grown by Innovates Technology Futures (AITF) ends up on a production line, where it is turned into a composite material that has the impact resistance of fiberglass. But unlike fiberglass, the hemp bio-composite is cheaper to produce and has fewer health risks connected with its manufacture. It is also significantly lighter than glass-based composites traditionally used in racing cars.
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1 | "The Raven": Demon of Despair - article on Edgar Allen Poe, death, and despair |
A very tangible manifestation of black-winged demon of despair and his influence is described by Edgar Allan Poe in his uncannily beautiful poem, “The Raven.” Making masterful use of his gift for consonance and cadence, Poe has, within seventeen stanzas, depicted as powerful a description of a descent into the pit as to be found outside Dante’s Inferno.
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1 | Saddam makes racist remarks at hanging-caught on cellphone |
A guard’s cellphone captured this video of Saddam losing it right before he is hung. His remarks have been subtitled so english-speakers can witness the most shocking video since Michael Richards.
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1 | Armless Chinese Man Wows Audiences By Playing Piano With Toes |
The 23-year-old, whose arms were amputated after a childhood accident, plays the piano with his toes. Liu was thrust into the limelight earlier this month when he performed on “China’s Got Talent,” the Chinese version of the TV show that helped make Britain’s Susan Boyle a singing star.
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