Will Einstein Have Nightmares?
Harvard Physicist Plays Magician With the Speed of Light
Lene Vestergaard Hau can stop a pulse of light in midflight, start it up again at 0.13 miles per hour, and then make it appear in a completely different location. “It’s like a little magic trick,” says Hau, a Harvard physicist.
Original Sin and Thermodynamics
Did you know, for example, that Adam is responsible not only for the fall of man, but also for the creation of venom? It didn’t exist in the Garden of Eden, because, well. Why would it? Weeds? Adam’s fault. Carnivorous animals (and, one assumes, the occasional carnivorous plant)? Adam again. Entropy? You guessed it: Adam. Think about that, won’t you; eat one piece of fruit and suddenly you’re responsible for the inevitable heat death of the universe. God’s kind of mean.
Drugs, Ferrets And Poop
To me some of the recommendations mentioned in the following article are a bit unsound, but at least the American Ferret Association is delighted.
The poop on where to hide your old pills
The Food and Drug Administration recommends flushing some of the most dangerous ones down the toilet, including the strong, addictive painkillers oxycodone and fentanyl and stimulants such as methylphenidate. … “The U.S. government declares ferret poop to be an effective weapon against drug abuse,” the group said in a statement.
Be It Only Because Of The Heading
But I could not pass it by: What says Christmas like a serial killer?
A German advent calendar for children has become a hot seller since word got out it has a picture of a notorious serial killer on it.
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