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08
Nov
2009
The Death of Curiosity

2 hours ago by admin

It seems absurd to think about it now, but what happens when that day come when we know everything? The human body, demystified. The earth, revealed. The universe, decoded. Everything is known. Will knowing everything be the death of curiosity? The past century: an explosion of revelations in scienc ...

That's Just Plum Dumb - thatsjustplumdumb.com

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Harrumph.... BWAHAHAHAHA~!

14 hours ago by Serr8d

Seen at and stolen from The Green Room.

Serr8d's Cutting Edge - serr8d.blogspot.com · Rank: 39,475 · 74 references

07
Nov
2009
The World’s Best Universities (PHOTOS & POLL)

1 day ago by haplifnet

This week, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) published its 2009 list of the best 500 universities. The annual ranking, which is in its seventh year, began at Shanghai Jiao Tong University as an attempt to measure the performance of Chinese post-secondary education relative to the res ...

INTERNATIONAL HAPLIFNET - haplifnet.wordpress.com · Rank: 28,157 · 1 reference

Pacquiao on TIME cover

1 day ago by benjie

Manny Pacquiao appears on TIME magazine’s cover in its issue that will hit the stands this coming week. He is the only Filipino to be on its cover after the late President and democracy icon Cory C. Aquino. Never in Manny’s wildest dreams that he would have all these accolades. The magazine’s front ...

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11-07 Sadie Hawkins Day

1 day ago by debbie

Sadie Hawkins Day: (excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Hawkins_Day) Original story In Li’l Abner, Sadie Hawkins was the daughter of one of Dogpatch’s earliest settlers, Hekzebiah Hawkins. The “homeliest gal in all them hills”, she grew frantic waiting for suitors to come a-courtin’. W ...

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06
Nov
2009
The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clézio

1 day ago by Chiron

My second read by the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature has as many peculiarities as Onitsha, which I read last year. I have little interest in detective novels or murder mysteries, but that does not mean I do not enjoy a good puzzler. Le Clézio has provided me with a mysterious story of ...

RabbitReader - rabbitreader.blogspot.com · 9 references

Earning the Award

1 day ago by Steve Conger

A few weeks ago, President Barak Obama was awarded one of the highest honors that can be given to a person. He was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. This is an honor that only three other United States Presidents have ever won. Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter have all been honored by ...

Wrestling With God - smconger.blogspot.com · 5 references

Weekly Insider (Noble Nobels)

1 day ago by Josh Wolfe

We’ve got some amazing upcoming interviews to share with you--all of whom happen to be part of my Lux Capital partner Larry Bock’s USA Science Festival. In the past week, I’ve sat down with Nobel Prize winning chemist Karry Mullis who invented PCR (polymerase chain reaction for amplifying DNA sequen ...

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My Response to Mr. Joe Klein’s “No Peace, No Prize” on President ...

2 days ago by Mikyung Lim

I re-post my previous comment to Mr. Joe Klein’s blog of October 9, 2009 at TIME Swampland, “No Peace, No Prize” here. Mr. Klein, I wish you to have focused more on the positive sides of the winning, if you really cared for the impact of this Award in the world and US. The priority of this award sho ...

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Flax and Cheese

2 days ago by Mark

Flax seed oil “Honey, I’m home!” Fred Bakelite was in his late forties, tennis fit and looked young for his age. His polyester leopard-skin suit was still immaculate, even after a hard day at DuBridge Industries. “Where aaaarrree yoooouu, sweety?” “Right here, light of my life, floater of my boat, c ...

Grumpy Old Man - markwiddicombe.wordpress.com · 1 reference

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