Grey on Nov 21st, 2007The New Anti-Americanism
On Point recently did a show on the new Anti-Americanism. While Anti-Americanism has existed since the country emerged as the world’s only superpower, the program stresses the differences and dangers of the current situation.
Anti-Americanism could be brushed off in the past because it was a small, if vocal, group espousing the idea. The problem […]
Grey on Nov 19th, 2007Wear Science!
Jeremy Kalgreen, a self described slacker, former art student, and general ne’er-do-well, sells awesome T-Shirts with pro-science themes: hugging nuclear power plants, rocking out with robots and riding amoeba. Go buy one and promote the expansion of human knowledge!
[Click here to see T-Shirts from Wear Science]
Grey on Nov 16th, 2007Humans Launched From Medieval Trebuchet in Japan
Bless those crazy Japanese and what they do to get on TV. This YouTube clip shows humans getting flung by trebuchet. Looks exciting, if painful. Though I’m sure it would be a great experiment for my physics classes, somehow I don’t think the Health and Safety inspector would let me get away […]
Grey on Nov 14th, 2007The House of Steel
For the past 28 years Robert Bruno has been building his home out of 110 tons of Steel. “I’m not doing it to have a house,” says the architect, “I’m doing it to build something aesthetic.”
The house is a beautiful piece of steampunk architecture and Bruno expects to complete it within a year.
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