Evidence that the effects of fertility are detectable by men: A study shortly to be published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour found that lap dancers in their most fertile phase of the menstrual cycle earned much more than dancers in the least fertile phase. Read the whole story. … [Read more...] about Stripping for Science
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Win $20,000,000 From Google!
Want to win $20 million from Google? All you have to do is land a small spaceship on the moon and send back pictures. No, not in a video game. I'm talking about a real spaceship on the real moon. It's the Google Lunar X Prize. (Hat tip: Philipp Lenssen) … [Read more...] about Win $20,000,000 From Google!
Think I’ve Got Enough Disk Space?
2581.49 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 1198.79 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space Yeah, me neither. I think I'm going to buy another terabyte. … [Read more...] about Think I’ve Got Enough Disk Space?
Invasion!
They're baaaaaaaaack! Meet one of the Chicago area's least favorite forms of animal life, the cicada, Magicicada septendecim, also known as the 17-year locust. John Ruberry reports he's just beginning to see signs of them around his neighborhood, which is a few miles from where I live. However, when I went to visit my parents in the southwest suburbs, they were all over the … [Read more...] about Invasion!
Divine Sarah Meets the Wizard of Menlo Park
I'm pretty comfortable with technology, complacent even, but every once in a while some commonplace thing about our modern world just amazes me. One day about 120 years ago, French actress Sarah Bernhardt left the Broadway theater where she was performing and set out on a journey that took her over the Hudson River into New Jersey. She was the most famous actress in the world, … [Read more...] about Divine Sarah Meets the Wizard of Menlo Park