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The brainiacs at Princeton University have conducted a study which conclusively shows that men are attracted to women in bikinis.

Finally, finally, finally…. the mobile phone companies have agreed on a standard-sized adapter/charger which will work on all mobile phones: The group agreed that by the January 2012, most mobile phones will support the universal charger, according to the GSM Association, which is leading the initiative. Not only will it make life easier, but it is good for the environment.

Psych.

The universe as we know it…. …is just a hologram.  Oh, and it's shaped like a Pringle's potato chip, too.  So says scientists at Fermilab's Center for Particle Astrophysics. Okay.  Carry on.

Yes: Love has no secrets from neurologists armed with an MRI brain scanner. What they have found contradicts the cynics: there is such a thing as everlasting love. Researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have shown that the traditionally sorry path of sexual love – a downward spiral from lust to indifference over the space of a decade … Read More

The headline: Milky Way 50 Percent Larger, Astronomers Discover Total bullcrap.  I went into a convenience store this evening.  They're totally the same size.

The top 500 worst passwords of all time, not considering character case. If you use any of these, you better change it, because a hacker can easily write a program to feed this in and get at your… whatever. NO Top 1-100 Top 101–200 Top 201–300 Top 301–400 Top 401–500 1 123456 porsche firebird prince rosebud 2 password guitar butter … Read More

Amazing photos, especially when you read the entertaining words that accompany (and explain) them.   Above are two pictures of gamma-ray bursts which are, essentially, stars collapsing and creating an explosion. But not just your run-of-the-mill explosion.  Mega-huge explosions.  Even though these explosions lasted mere seconds, each one puts out more energy in their explosions in those few seconds than the entire … Read More

…meaning, their taste buds are more sensitive to the sensations of sweet, bitter, etc. What did you think I meant?

Interesting story in Wired about 26-year-old computer consultant named Dan Kaminsky.  The slightly overweight balding geek found a flaw in the Internet's DNS (Domain Naming System).  The DNS is the internet-wide protocol which translates readable website text (like www.cnn.com) into machine-accessible addresses like 208.67.108.220. The article describes the point at which Kaminsky discovered the security hole: This was far more … Read More

Seems llike every time a new president gets elected, UFO buffs come out of their parents' basements and demand that the new president release classified documents showing the proof of UFOs, the goverment cover-up, etc. This year is no exception. I'm not particularly confident such "X-files" exist, but it would be cool to know.

Did you read a couple of days ago how that space shuttle astronaut was working outside the space station, and she lost a bag of tools? Supposedly, if you know where to look, you can see the bag of tools orbiting the earth.  (I'm a little skeptical of this, but I read it in the newspaper, so it must be true.) … Read More