Weekly World News on Google Books
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By , on December 29th, 2009 2 comments   Reviews   , , ,  

I’m back from a productive trip to Ireland to work with colleagues there and then a nice Christmas break with the family on the Mississippi River in Illinois. So regular posting will now resume! I found this gem in my reader this morning courtesy of Boing Boing and subsequently wasted about 1.25 hrs of my . . . → Read More: Weekly World News on Google Books

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Around the net…
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By , on May 11th, 2009 Leave a comment   Art, Microbes, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , ,  

Bloom carbon won’t sink Scientists studying the fate of carbon particles originating in Southern Ocean plankton blooms find that the carbon never reaches the deep seafloor. This delivers another blow to iron fertilization experiments hoping to sequester carbon in the deep-sea. Deep-sea robotic laboratory The first-ever robotic deep-ocean DNA laboratory was deployed at 640 m . . . → Read More: Around the net…

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Wanna Be A Mermaid?
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By , on February 25th, 2009 3 comments   Gadgets & Gear, Opinion & Editorial   , , ,  

Nadya Vessey's prosthetic tail is mostly constructed from wetsuit fabric and plastic molds, and covered in a digitally printed sock. (Credit: stuff.co.nz) From CNET… Good: double amputee gets prosthetic legs so she can walk. Better: double amputee gets realistic-looking mermaid tail so she can swim. Awesome: it’s developed and built by Weta, the special-effects company . . . → Read More: Wanna Be A Mermaid?

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