This is kind of creepy: Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually […]

Well, bacon-flavored salt at least.  Because everyone knows that bacon is nature’s candy.

http://baconsalt.com/

And he rocks!

RAF fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept two Russian planes on course for British airspace, it emerged yesterday.
The incident marked the latest escalation of tensions in the standoff between London and Moscow.
As Moscow hesitated in its response to Britain’s expulsion of four Russian diplomats, two Tornado fighters raced to meet the Tu95 “Bear” […]

Well, not Google Earth itself, but how it can (fictionally) be used for EVIL!  (insert cackle here)
PS, if you think the premise of the movie is a bit far-fetched, well, ya.  Join the club.   But just wait until we get auto-updating and current Google Maps.
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The city with the world’s worst air pollution (no, not Los Angeles) has created business opportunities in the field of pollution mining.
Home to the largest nickel deposits in the world, the smelters in Norilsk, Russia produce 1/5 of the nickel in the world. The smelting is directly responsible for severe pollution, generally acid rain […]

Why? Were heinous plots uncovered? Have new turrist cells been identified? Nah, we just like fucking with ya.
Chertoff said there are not enough indications of an imminent plot to raise the current threat levels nationwide. And he indicated that his remarks were based on “a gut feeling” formed by past seasonal […]

Owie

One of the most interesting – if unexpected – side-effects of global climate change is that the Alps are growing taller.
According to New Scientist, warmer temperatures have been causing those mountains to “shed the weight of their glaciers,” with the result that “the unburdened crust beneath them is rebounding, causing the […]

Great stuff (I think).