Cursing makes you feel better when hurt: study
• Kase Wickman via The Raw StoryResearchers at Keele University released findings showing that letting loose a string of expletives actually has the effect of dulling the sensation of pain.
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Cursing makes you feel better when hurt: study
• RawStory.comEver hear someone scolded for their curse-laden language when they hurt themselves? Those finger-waggers who say cursing doesn't help now should bite their tongues, then perhaps cuss to make it better.
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
• http://titanians.org/“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” “Gravitation is not responsible fo
Growing up without a cell phone!
Thomas CostanzoAre over the hill or getting there, you'll think this is hilarious! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to schoo
Pictures of the day: 7 April 2011
• The TelegraphThis is the terrifying moment a wildlife photographer came face to face with a polar bear. The huge predator wandered up to Tom Leeson's truck and placed its large paws on the passenger window to peer inside, pressing its face against his car window
HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY ERNEST!
Donna HancockErnest Hancock, Publisher of FreedomsPhoenix, is turning 50 today. Click thru to see some pictures of the birthday party we had on Saturday....
April Fools Day Pranks
• www.longislandpress.comBest April Fools Pranks for the Office
Publisher of Freedom's Phoenix, Ernest Hancock, to turn 50....
Donna Hancockand we invite you to...A PARTY! Click thru to view details for Ernie's 'Top of the Hill' Party
Spitzer Telescope Sees Busy Galactic Center In a New Light
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comThe center of the Milky Way is hard to see in visible light, because interstellar dust blocks our view. But the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared vision can penetrate the dust and see through to our galaxy’s jam-packed core.
Downhill bike race in Chile is insanity at its finest
• www.gadling.comI have seen insanity and it happens on the streets of Valparaiso, Chile. The Valparaiso Cerro Abajo Race is a legendary urban bike race and is more extreme than skydiving out of an exploding F-18 piloted by Charlie Sheen - while chugging a 2 liter of
Raging Grannies say 'I Do'
• Brenna GothLocal women’s groups host mock-marriage to protest corporation rights. Several Tucson women's organizations celebrated Valentine's Day by performing a mock wedding between brides and corporations on the UA Mall. About 15 women and a single man pa
‘Dolphin Man’ Cheats His Way to World Record
• wired.comDespite what Hill Taylor says, the world record for the 50-meter backstroke is 24.04, but the 23-year-old phenom from the University of Texas will tell you it’s actually a second below that.
Growing up without a cell phone!
Sierra Hancock13 reasons why this generation has it so easy!
How to Achieve Anything in 2011
Sierra HancockWhat do you want to get done? And have you made plans yet to accomplish it?
Video: Smartest Dog Ever Can Pick Out 1,022 Toys By Name
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comA border collie named Chaser has learned the names of 1,022 individual items — more than any other animal, even the legendary Alex the parrot.
SciMall Gift Guide: 15 Science Supply Items For Your Holiday Experiments
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comSure, you can buy a flying car from Hammacher Schlemmer. But for truly bizarre catalog collections, turn to America’s laboratory supply companies. It’s a fair bet your favorite holiday catalog will not include a small-animal guillotine, for instance.
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PARTY FOR THE ACTIVISTS AT HANCOCK'S JAN 1ST
• Meetup.com/Donna HancockErnest and Donna Hancock would like to have a party for all the activists that have been working hard to promote liberty. This is to thank you for all your past efforts, and to help inspire and plan for the future. Saturday, January 1st, 7 p.m.
You thought the German Autobahn was wild? Try commuting through Moscow traffic on a rice-rocket!
• www.youtube.comTake a 1000cc fuel-injected Yamaha R1, add one crazy rider named Black Devil, mix with Moscow traffic and film with a helmet cam. This is better than the movies!
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What You Need to Know When Buying a Web-Connected TV
• James Lee via WIRED.comWith seriously large amounts of content online from YouTube to Hulu to Vimeo, there’s never been a better time to get a TV that can access online content. But there are pitfalls:
FYI: What Would Happen If Every Element On The Periodic Table Came Into Contact Simultaneously?
• Bjorn Carey via PopSci.comThere are two ways to go about testing this, neither of which are practical. One requires the energy of dozens of Large Hadron Colliders. The other could yield a cauldron-full of flaming plutonium.
WOW - This is cool......
• YouTubeTake 3 minutes to enjoy this young boy play Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson. Anyone who plays guitar knows this style of playing is very difficult, but he does it with ease. It will quiet your soul (at least for a few minutes)....
How Science Is Changing Your Thanksgiving Feast
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comThanks to biotechnology and widespread genetic modification, the meal you'll enjoy tomorrow certainly isn't your grandma's feast
Tron’s Triumphant Return to Cyberspace
• Adam Rogers via WIRED.comYou will like Tron: Legacy. It’s a command. Don’t even try to fight it. Come December 17, when the movie comes out, your butt will be in a seat and your head will be plugged into migraine-inducing Urkel goggles like everybody else
15 Cars We Really, Really Want to Drive
• Keith Barry via WIRED.comSure, the Los Angeles Auto Show had its share of sweet cars. We love the Fiat 500. We'd gladly drive a Porsche Cayman R home. But nothing in L.A. can compare with these 15 legendary cars.
5 Things Harry Potter Fans Will Fight Over in Deathly Hallows Film
• Chris Kohler via WIRED.comWands at the ready, Harry Potter fans. It’s time to duel again.
Japanese TSA also out of control
• www.youtube.comSome things are universal.
Fermilab is Building A 'Holometer' to Determine Whether Reality Is Just an Illusion
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comResearchers at Fermilab are building a “holometer” so they can disprove everything you thought you knew about the universe. More specifically, they are trying to either prove or disprove the somewhat mind-bending notion that the third dimension
Gray Matter: In Which I Set Myself On Fire
• Theodore Gray via PopSci.comAny scientist can tell you how people catch fire in the movies. Only our columnist sets himself ablaze
This Picture of a Mosquito Heart Is The Year's Best Microphotograph
• Julie Beck via PopSci.comOur friends at PopPhoto have compiled a gallery of the winners of Nikon's Small World photomicrography competition. Included are close-ups of a mosquito heart (above), a wasp's nest and more, in breathtaking detail. Check out the gallery and prepare
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