News Briefs 09-10-2008

“Will brief news for food” 🙁

• Quetzalcóatl has returned! And in the form of… a house?? (More pics here)
• “LSD cured my headache, man!”
• This year’s Nobel prize in Medicine opened old wounds —pardon the pun— and in Chemistry, scientist were awarded for their brilliant discoveries.
• Forensic analysis suggests Bach’s wife may have written some of his music. With Einstein, that makes two who prove that REAL geniuses know how to relegate obligations 😉
• Leading geneticist says human evolution has stopped. And now we go backwards to the tune of “Whip It”.
• “One of these days, Chandrayaan-I: POW! to the Moon!!”
• McCain might hate planetaria, but the Bad Astronomer hearts them.
• Scientists meet for alien summit. Vulcan ears and Vader helmets are NOT welcome, though.
• Metallic vapor behind noctilucent reflectivity? ‘Noctilucent’. Now THERE’S a word to write down, all you Scrabble fans out there.
• Incoming Reticulan vessel *implant activating* I mean, asteroid! exploded over Africa.
• Mother and son watched cow rise in golden-orange beam to disc. Poor, poor Bessie…
• Cattle mutilations is NOT a phenomenon exclusive to the U.S.A., you know.
• Deepest! Fish! Ever! Filmed!
• Ice Age people in Florida (video)? Come on, Nat Geo! Those retired folks are not *that* old 😉
• The fight to save Ireland’s sacred Hill of Tara from a freeway could end in a draw.
• You remember that ‘uncontacted tribe’ that was mentioned all over the web last year? Well, I’ve got some bad news for you…
• Now, Google wants to prevent drunk e-mailing—if suddenly I stop posting my weekly news briefs, you’ll know why.
• Wikipedia: the answer to the prayers of lazy—and manipulative!— journalists all over the globe.
• Man in frenzied attack on priest after watching The Da Vinci Code. Perhaps the priest looked like Tom Hanks? 😛
• ‘Miracolo!’. Italian plumbing bungle turns water into wine.
• Rating the paranormal TV shows.
• “Fosset. Steve Fosset.” Take a look at the adventurer/millionaire’s (RIP) super-secret flying submersible spaceship prototype —hot female side-kick not included.
• I haven’t met Jay Walker, but because of his library, he’s now my BFFL (Best Friend For Life).

Big thanks to Rick, Kat & Greg

Quote of the Day:

(On the defense of Oil companies):“Many people talk about loving the planet, but how many of them actually PENETRATE it”

Stephen Colbert