It's the end of the world as we know it

cue the 80's flashbacks



Want to know what's going to happen when the Large Hadron Collider at CERN brings about the apocalypse when it starts up next month?
Just watch this informational video and find out!

Note: Successful trials already under way on the LHC have yet to cause the world to end. Lesser folks than myself may be tempted to doubt the coming armageddon, but I am mentally staying the course, and holding firm in my beliefs despite alleged evidence to the contrary.

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die... at least according to this wingnut

Pencil it in your calendars, folks, the doomsday cometh tomorrow, June 12th.

On a totally different note, happy 98th birthday to Jacques Cousteau!

Paper Planes in Space?

Researchers at University of Toyko "are testing prototypes of a paper plane designed by the Japan Origami Airplane Association. The association approached the professor for help in getting their design into space."



"So far the planes have resisted wind speeds of up to Mach 7, seven times the speed of sound. They have also endured temperatures of around 300 degrees Celsius."

On a very sad note...

It is horrifying and depressing that attitudes like this are still around in modern times. For a judge to state that a 10 year old girl "probably agreed to have sex with all of you" when the 9 defendants had already pleaded guilty to rape and then to give them 6 months prison time or 12 months on probation is utterly absurd.

Another Aspect which the US has Backwards

China has now launched a safe-sex ad campaign featuring Jackie Chan and other Chinese celebrities promoting condom use to prevent AIDS/HIV. Unlike our current administration's policy of promoting abstinence only and covering their ears going "nanananan na, I can't hear you." to all the studies that show those programs don't work, and are likely fueling recent increases in teen pregnacy and STD's.

We are alone

Australia has ratified the Kyoto protocol, leaving the US alone among industrialised nations in not signing. It won't actually make much difference in Australia's emissions since so many concessions were made that they can actually increase their emissions rather than cut them, though by less than expected if they were to do nothing.

Council of Europe to vote on creationism

Resolution opposes the teaching of creationism in school science classes. "saying attacks on the theory of evolution were rooted "in forms of religious extremism" and amounted to a dangerous assault on science and human rights" including ID