http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/944048.html
The fertility rate in the Haredi community of Beitar Illit dropped
from 8.9 children per woman in 2001 to 7.7 children in 2006, a
decrease of 13.5 percent.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/
Animal cams.
http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2010/02/pentagon-synthetic-organism-splice.php
This is going to end badly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qK9ZZPdPrM
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/os-seaworld-orlando-shamu-injury-20100224,0,5560011.story
Shamu! Shamu! Shamu!
http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/02/26/norway-skater-blames-excessive-porn-watching-for-silver-finish/
The Internet claims another victim.
[Warning: Adult Content]
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1963522,00.html
You know why Priuses don't make any noise? Because they'll only
talk to other Priuses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/garden/25fix.html?pagewanted=all
The tape, which is reusable, was so strong, Mr. Autumn said, that
when they tested it, he was able to stick his 50-pound, 8-year-old
daughter to a window with it.
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride.php
No, elemental fluorine has commanded respect since well before
anyone managed to isolate it, a process that took a good fifty years
to work out in the 1800s. (The list of people who were blown up or
poisoned while trying to do so is impressive).
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1003.bobelian.html
In Puckett’s case the actual chance of a false match is a
staggering one in three, according to the formula endorsed by the
FBI’s DNA advisory board and the National Research Council, a body
created by Congress to advise the government and the public on
scientific issues. But the jury that decided Puckett’s fate never
heard that figure. In fact, his lawyers were explicitly barred from
bringing it up.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,679980-5,00.html
For several years now, Airbus has offered its customers a special
safety program - called "Buss" -- at a cost of €300,000 per aircraft.
If the airspeed indicator fails, this software shows pilots the angle
at which they must point the plane.
Up to now, Air France has chosen not to invest in this optional
extra for its fleet.
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