26 December 2007

Hardest game ever? - Snotr

Hardest game ever? - Snotr: "A very frustrating Japanese Mario-like game."

25 December 2007

Top 10 Color Classical Reproductions - The List Universe

Top 10 Color Classical Reproductions - The List Universe: "The Vatican Museum has recently put on an exhibition of some of the most famous antiquities from the era with reproductions painted as close to the originals as they can - this is possible because many statues contain trace amounts of pigment from their original coats of paint. This is a list of ten spectacular reproduction statues from the Classical Period."

24 December 2007

Heal thyself: One doctor's experiment - Cancer- msnbc.com

Heal thyself: One doctor's experiment - Cancer- msnbc.com: "I believed the best thing to do was attack the cancer from multiple angles at once, using a range of drugs. But in order to do that, I needed to find an oncologist who was willing to push the envelope with me."

Large Hadron Collider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Large Hadron Collider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator and collider located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland ( [show location on an interactive map] 46°14′N, 6°03′E). Currently under construction, the LHC is scheduled to begin operation in May 2008.[1] The LHC is expected to become the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. The LHC is being funded and built in collaboration with over two thousand physicists from thirty-four countries, universities and laboratories."

21 December 2007

Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians

Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians: "Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers baffled as they finally reach the end of a tail-back to find no visible cause for their delay."

19 December 2007

Time is running out - literally, says scientist - Telegraph

Time is running out - literally, says scientist - Telegraph: "The idea that time itself could cease to be in billions of years - and everything will grind to a halt - has been set out by Professor José Senovilla, Marc Mars and Raül Vera of the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, and Univerisity of Salamanca, Spain."

05 December 2007

When Insults Had Class

When Insults Had Class: "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than illumination."