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Evolution Proteins Discovered

The theory of evolution just got a bit less theory-ish.  Though some still think humanity is 6000 years old.  

The Post-Election Blues

Worried your guy isn’t gonna win the presidency?  Fret not, psycology says it won’t be as bad as you think.

Palin: Dinosaurs & Humans Coexisted

You read that right.  The Republican vice presidential candidate believes that the Flintstones really existed.

Orbital Trash Tracker

Forget all those lovely images of a shiny Earth floating in space -it’s surrounded by floating, yucky trash.

Biology Determines Your Politics?

Your reaction to alarming images & sounds can predict your political affiliation + GOPers get scared easily.

Gustav Coverage: FOX News Only Channel Not to Show Sign Language

Fox News disappoints again

It isn’t as if I have a high opinion of Fox News to begin with, but when it comes to saving people’s lives you would think their producers could join the grown ups.

Flipping between different media coverage of the press conference on hurricane Gustav with Lousiana Gov. Piyush Jindal and Sec. of Homeland Security Chertoff, there was one outstanding difference between that of Fox, CNN and MSNBC.  Fox was the only network not showing the sign language interpreter.

To the right above you can see CNN’s coverage.  Below you can see the coverage of Fox News.  The interpreter’s right arm could be seen moving, but that’s all.  And that’s disgraceful.

Partisanship aside, Fox News has a responsibility to cover pertinent information to the American public, especially in an emergency.  Why purposefully edit out the interpreter who could potentially help save lives?  At the same time Gov. Jindal was urging those in his state to evacuate, Fox chose to center on the GOP governor, instead of focusing on BOTH people on stage communicating with the televised audience.

This is not nitpicking, it is another example of how Fox News just doesn’t get it, putting aesthetics ahead of vital information.

Even in an emergency, Fox News disappoints again.

Images:http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=6584&from=hp_main_tab2, cnn.com, foxnews.com

Rocket Scientist: We’ll Never Reach Stars

No stellar travel for us?  Bah!  What does NASA, the U.S. Air Force and academia know? I’ve seen Star Trek.

N Korea Develops Anti-Hunger Noodles

The latest threat from North Korea: Noodles of Mass Digestion!  And I thought noodles were already filling.

Pres. Election Decided - In Your Mind

According to WIRED, undecided voters aren’t really undecided.  They’ve already voted in their subconscious.

Sci-Fi Rejection Letter Mocks Society

Truth is stranger than fiction.  The man with the best tagline on the internet pens a faux-rejection letter.