Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Recommended Reading

President Nixon had a speech prepared in 1969 to use in the event that the Apollo 11 astronauts were marooned on the moon. Or on the sound stage where the moon landing was faked.

Every scientific post should begin with a fun little quiz like this one. Then continue with a lesson on how some people have an amazing ability to recognize faces.

My Students. My Cellphone. My Ordeal. A teacher who was investigating "sexting" students preserved the evidence on orders from his boss and was charged with possessing child pornography. (via Boing Boing)

Josephine Cochrane was tired of her servants breaking dishes, so she invented the dishwasher. I always thought that what kids are for.

Two new extrasolar planets have been found that resemble Earth in some ways. In other ways, they are very different.

How to Spend Less and Get More. Seriously reorganizing your household can save you big bucks over time -and now is the time to do it.

The Tallest People Around. 15 videos of really tall folks who are alive today, including a dozen over seven feet!

The Frank Lloyd Wright Ax Murders. The architect's lover and six others were killed while trying to flee a fire.

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