How would the unprotected human body react to the vacuum of outer space?
There are experts who think about these things who have the answer to this question. Hint: you don't quickly puff up like a balloon, which is what I had assumed.
Violence in Iraq is systematically being under-reported
Think Progress contrasts Laura Bush's recent argument that the media are failing to report all of the good things that are happening to this excerpt from the Iraq Study Group: In addition, there is significant underreporting of the violence in Iraq. The standard for recording attacks acts as a filter…
Christmas cards in Great Britain rarely contain religious images
According to this article from the Boston Globe, Christianity is fading in Western Europe: Nearly 99 percent of Christmas cards sold in Great Britain contain no religious message or imagery. Traditional pictures such as angels blowing trumpets over a stable, Jesus in his manger, the shepherds and three wise men…
Full screen maps
Up to a few years ago, internet map programs offered map views that were too small to be easily used to plan trips. That's all changed not. Google Maps and Microsoft's Live Search offer full screen maps that you can slide around (your cursor turns into a small hand. Lots…
Little drummer
OK. You all think you're such good table drummers . . . But could you do this when you were four years old?