AskGaming: What would a genuinely realistic space combat sim look like?
A poster on Reddit named Nodisc asked: Let’s assume our technology continues along a predictable path and let’s assume that simply existing in space is still the...
5 Sci-Fi Medical Procedures We’ll Have in Our Lifetime | Cracked.com
As I know a number of people who suffer from various types of depression, this one sounds especially promising. Although I have to wonder what other tricks...
Chinese Rural Substitute Teachers Earn Little & See No Future – chinaSMACK
For all those local teachers here in London, Ontario who think the job market here sucks- take a look at what it’s like in China. I really...
Computer virus hits U.S. Drone Fleet
Everyone who didn’t see this coming, raise you hand? When you computerize everything, you also make it all vulnerable to infection, especially a networked operation. The only...
Subtly shaded map of moon reveals titanium treasure troves
Looks like we might have a reason to stick some colonies up on the moon after all, or at least cloned workers who think they’re the original…...
BBC News – Today – The future: Personalised stem cells?
There has been a major development in stem cell research in which it may now be possible for stem cells to be created with your own genes...
Pop Didn’t Eat Itself: Why Piracy Didn’t Destroy the Music Industry
…the US music industry is making less than half of what it made at its 1999 peak of $14.4 billion. It currently makes about $6.3 billion. Why...
Who was the rhetorical worst person in history before Hitler?
Today, the Führer is universally recognized as the embodiment of evil and the most convenient example of a truly terrible human being. Before World War II, who...
Still think Climate Change is a Hoax?
The only real question is, how long before we open port cities in the Northwest Territories, and how much will jobs there pay? Probably pretty well, actually!...
Best Funny Student Analogies
Found online: Annual English Teachers’ awards for best student metaphors/analogies found in actual student papers: His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants...