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Typewriters Morph Into Creepy Sci-Fi Creatures |
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| Topic: Arts |
5:01 am EDT, Sep 2, 2008 |
Jeremy Mayer collects antique typewriters, but he doesn't display them in a curio cabinet. Instead, he tears them apart, then turns the components into sleek, sci-fi-inspired bugs, skeletons and anatomically correct human figures.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fruit under the microscope |
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| Topic: Science |
5:59 pm EDT, Sep 1, 2008 |
Sweet mouth-watering fruits provide us with a healthy source of food, but that is not the reason why plants produce them. Fruit, and the seeds they protect, are crucial to species' survival. A new book - written by two experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - reveals the ingenious and often devious strategies which plants have developed to help ensure their continued existence. Here, with the help of colourful close up images, Kew's seed morphologist Wolfgang Stuppy explains some of the tactics:
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Fruit under the microscope |
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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Putin says US was behind conflict |
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| Topic: Current Events |
12:08 pm EDT, Aug 28, 2008 |
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia, possibly for domestic election purposes.
hahaha BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Putin says US was behind conflict |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
7:17 am EDT, Aug 28, 2008 |
On August 23rd, a computer reported finding a new Mersenne prime to the server! Because I was on vacation, verification did not begin until the 26th. Two verification runs are in progress. Estimated completion is September 12th and September 16th. Check back here for updates!
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huge and important news: free licenses upheld (Lessig Blog) |
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5:34 am EDT, Aug 15, 2008 |
So for non-lawgeeks, this won't seem important. But trust me, this is huge. I am very proud to report today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (THE "IP" court in the US) has upheld a free (ok, they call them "open source") copyright license, explicitly pointing to the work of Creative Commons and others. (The specific license at issue was the Artistic License.) This is a very important victory, and I am very very happy that the Stanford Center for Internet and Society played a key role in securing it. Congratulations especially to Chris Ridder and Anthony Falzone at the Center.
huge and important news: free licenses upheld (Lessig Blog) |
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