As long as I'm on a rant, I might as well come to the defense of a couple of child molesters. Apparently the law in Utah considers young children who have sex with other young children to be the victims of a sex offense and the perpetrators of a sex offense. Utah Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday that they were struggling to wrap their minds around the concept that … [Read more...] about The Youngest Sex Offenders
News From the (Drug) War Zone
It's been a big week in news of the War on Drugs. Last year I wrote about Richard Paey, who was sentenced to 25 years in jail for (at worst) forging prescriptions for his pain medication (click the link for the whole story, which is even worse than it sounds.). Now the Court of Appeal in Florida has rejected his claim that this was cruel and unusual punishment. Judge James … [Read more...] about News From the (Drug) War Zone
Your Cell Phone Is Not Killing You
I know a lot of people (you know who you are) who will be happy to hear this: More than a decade's use of mobile phones does not increase the risk of brain cancer, according to one of the largest studies yet conducted into the link. ... The latest study published in the US Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is a follow up to a study in 2001. It extends to an average of … [Read more...] about Your Cell Phone Is Not Killing You
When Your Camera Does Not Matter
Ken Rockwell compares the picture quality from a $150 camera to that of a $5000 camera. As you'd expect, if you pixel-peep, the $5000 camera is better. If you examine the photos at a reasonable resolution, however, the cameras take similar pictures. They'd look the same in 8x10" prints too. The differences between the cameras are not as important as variations in how you … [Read more...] about When Your Camera Does Not Matter
Who Needs Aliens When the Sea is Full of Creatures Like This?
Here's a cool and slightly freaky video of an octopus escaping from a box through a 1 inch hole. … [Read more...] about Who Needs Aliens When the Sea is Full of Creatures Like This?