There is no analogy, metaphor or correlation a politician somewhere cannot make – a debt limit increase, says Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), is a lot like the Emancipation Proclamation. You’ve heard of that, right? Where Lincoln freed the slaves. He didn’t wait on no stinking Congressional vote. “I’ve said time and time again, if the President gets up to August 2nd,...
read moreJust as some flowers use bright colors to attract insect pollinators, other plants may use sound to lure in nectar-eating bats. One rain-forest vine has a dish-shaped leaf located above a cluster of flowers that appears to help bats find them (and the plant's tasty nectar) by reflecting back the calls the flying mammals send out, new research indicates. While there is other evidence...
read moreHeavy metals emit low-energy electrons when exposed to X-rays at specific energies, researchers have found, which raises the possibility that implants made of gold or platinum could allow doctors to destroy tumors with low-energy electrons, while exposing healthy tissue to far less radiation than is possible today. A prototype device shows that specific X-ray frequencies can free...
read moreA NASA satellite has caught a stunning, yet eerie, video of a huge plasma twister rising up from the surface of the sun. The video, taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a plasma eruption that swirls up like a tornado to a dizzying height of up to 93,206 miles (150,000 kilometers) above the solar surface. "Its height is roughly between 10 to 12 Earths," solar astrophysicist C. Alex...
read moreI have long objected to health mullahs and their war on what we want to eat. Their rationale is that people are really, really stupid and are solely educated by advertising so it needs to be controlled – or foods banned entirely. I disagree we are really, really stupid and instead submit we are really, [...]
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