We also knew that pears have a much lower amount of void spaces inside because pears sink to the bottom if you drop them in water whereas apples float, which indicates that one has more air than the other one.
August 26, 2008
Pears sink while apples float
August 25, 2008
The BIG cat who likes getting wet and wild
Go tiger! This Big Cat seems as comfortable in the water as on land
August 22, 2008
Which is worse ignorance or apathy?
I don’t know and I don’t care.
August 21, 2008
The internet is still very young
After working on the internet for more than three decades, I’m more optimistic about its promise than ever. It has the potential to change unexpected parts of our lives: from surfboards that let you surf the web while you wait for the next wave to refrigerators that can email you suggested recipes based on the food you already have.
August 20, 2008
FOX News caught using NLP Neuro-linguistic programming
NLP is a sort of mental hypnosis or seed planting used by magicians such as Derren Brown. If done correctly the NLP operator can use hand gestures or word patterns to make you believe anything they want.
August 19, 2008
Mikheil Saakashvili
“Unfortunately, today we are looking evil directly in the eye. And today this evil is very strong, very nasty and very dangerous, for everybody, not only for us.”
August 18, 2008
Useless Body Parts
WISDOM TEETH
Early humans had to chew a lot of plants to get enough calories to survive, making another row of molars helpful. Only about 5 percent of the population has a healthy set of these third molars.
https://notes.utk.edu/Bio/greenberg.nsf/0/0765bb50d404455385256f0000680854?OpenDocument&Click=/
August 15, 2008
Daisy Bell
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I’m half crazy all for the love of you. It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage. But you’ll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.
August 14, 2008
Karl Rove: Powerful, egotistical and dirty
As people do better, they start voting like republicans – unless they have too much education and vote democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
August 13, 2008
US stocks surge on ‘watershed’ dollar jump
“This is the watershed week for the US dollar,” said Marc Chandler, currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman. “The magnitude of the dollar’s moves and the breaking of key technical levels suggest that a major shift in the outlook towards the dollar is occurring as massive positions are adjusted.” Other analysts described the widespread buying of dollars as “capitulation”.
