Media bias, is it fixable?
While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper’s news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the [...]

Space Elevator
The project is a “space elevator,” and some experts now believe that the concept is well within the bounds of possibility — maybe even within our lifetimes. (Pics)
 

 
 
Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence is due to circulatory or psychiatric problems or for surgery, concludes a study on the British Medical Journal website.

 
Mini Microscope Watches Mouse Brain Cell Activity
A microscope small enough to be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse makes it possible to watch brain cell activity and whole animal behavior simultaneously in mice. The device offers researchers a new way to study of human diseases using transgenic mice. (Videos after the jump)

 
Funny Stuff

Twitter. Funny word for the latest trend in online social networking. There are a ton of posts, articles, videos and more on twitter. Here are two I particularly enjoyed. Also, the Twitter Boot Camp will take place on Oct 11th.

 
 Zeemote
If those XL-sized fingers of yours have given you sores while gaming and forced you to tearfully bid farewell to this hobby, the Zeemote joystick could offer some respite. Designed specifically for mobile phone gamers, the Bluetooth-enabled controller offers you a “console-style gaming experience.” Ergonomically designed to snuggle into your closed palm, the Zeemote is [...]

 Researchers at Battelle used off-the-shelf optical telecommunication
components to create a faster millimeter-wave device.
There’s no shortage of demand for faster wireless, but today’s fastest technologies–Wi-Fi, 3G cellular networks, and even the upcoming WiMax–max out at tens or hundreds of megabits per second. So far, no commercial wireless system can beat the raw speed of optical fiber, [...]

 
Like so many groggy morning commuters, Debra Moss likes to begin her day at a Starbucks. Got to get that energy boost for the slog into work, after all.

 
Consider a natural alternative the next time you reach for that cupcake or soda as an afternoon snack. This snack leaves you feeling full, gives you energy, and simultaneously fights “bad”-LDL-cholesterol.

 
 Deep Flight Challenger
Unbeknownst to most of the world, the late super rich adventurer Steve Fossett had started work on an amazing flying submersible that would one day theoretically touch the stars. More importantly, however, was that the design would have allowed adventurers and scientists alike (and most importantly Fossett himself, of course) to venture into [...]

 In Kenya, the name of the game translates roughly into “who gets to be the speedbump”
Along life’s journey we must contend with many unusual experiences that take us far outside of our comfort zone. But comfort zones were meant to be pierced, mangled, crushed, flavored with spicy oils, and burned to the ground. Something like [...]