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By Leander Kahney Well, not really, but this is a funny gag piece.

So I was looking at a map of the US aquifer system. More details here. The Ogallala Aquifer that serves Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska is nicely outlined. That’s draining quickly. Another generation or two...

The World Trade Organization, in its first decision on an Internet-related dispute, has ignited a political, cultural and legal tinderbox by ruling that the U.S. policy prohibiting online gambling violates its obligations under international...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair met Thursday with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and said after the historic talks that the former pariah state could become an important partner in the war on terror …...

This is a pretty funny review of the two top grossing zombie movies this week… Earlier here.

Hot on the heels that Coca-Cola advertised their Dasani water as “Bottled Spunk” (“Jism” or sperm for USians) comes the revelation that they also managed to pollute the hyper-expensive tap water with carcinogenic chemicals....

The top counter-terrorism advisor, Clarke was briefing the highest government officials, including President Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in the aftermath of 9/11. “Rumsfeld was saying we needed to bomb Iraq….We all...

Researchers found that populations of 71 percent of the butterfly species have decreased over the last 20 years, compared to 56 percent for birds and 28 percent for plants. Two butterfly species (3.4 percent...

Paul sent me this amazing web page that describes a “popular” technique in 1980s UK of embedding Sinclair Spectrum computer code into the locked grooves of vinyl records.

Buried in this LA Times puff piece, I noticed a reference that John Kerry and former IRA Chief of Staff Martin McGuinness are apparently such good buddies that they hang out together at the...