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"Proton Smaller than Thought"
Just came across this headline, announcing the correction that mathematicians have made to the size of protons.
No, it doesn't mean that they are smaller than human thought.
Google Streetview Captures Alien
It was only a matter of time. Aliens have been walking Earth for thousands of years. Their images have been recorded on Sumerian steles and Mayan codices. Now Google Streetview can go down in history as a kind of candid camera for extraterrestrials.
Celebrating the Life of a Scholar
One of the greatest scholars of our time has passed his body, Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (10 May 1942 - 19 June 2010) of the Nyingma tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Artificial Life
Life is a miracle. It is also a great mystery. There is no reason to supplant it with artificial life. But that is what we have now done.
Giving More than Time
Every once in a while, we see celebrities stepping up and helping people in need. Drawing attention to terrible situations, donating money, saving children, making political statements. It is a noble thing, even when it is only a gesture. But how many of them stay?
Sean Penn is still in Haiti.
Intelligent Life
Prof. Stephen Hawking has come on record saying that aliens likely exist, but that humans should do everything possible to avoid making contact with them. "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet."
Bolivian Alternative Climate Summit
Bolivia is on the front lines of climate change. Melting glaciers in the Andes threaten traditional ways of life. Over the next few days, there will be an alternative climate summit in Cochabamba (Bolivia's third largest city).
Mind Reading Computers
But think how helpful it will be when we don't even have to type anymore! Intel is working hard on a solution: computers that can pull the thoughts right out of our heads!
Hacking the Buddha
Or, to be exact, "Hacking a Bodhisattva". Avalokiteshvara (a.k.a. Chenrezi, a.k.a. H.H. the Dalai Lama) has been the target of hackers.
Exorcist Changes Tune
A noted exorcist in the Catholic church -- Fr. Gabriele Amorth -- recently published memoirs stating that members of Satanic sects can be found in the Vatican. He went on to clarify, "There are priests, monsignors and also cardinals!"
Starlets Go Without Shoes
In a radical move, two of Hollywood's leading ladies have declared that they will go not wear shoes for a day.
Universe Continues to Expand
It just keeps getting bigger and bigger!
And scientists are saying that the expansion is accelerating.
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