Headlines from May 28, 2008
- On McCain's crusade against lobbyist influence in Washington, and his staff full of former lobbyists who continue to benefit from it.
- For the same cost as the Iraq war, NASA could launch an expedition to colonize Mars.
- Google builds online map out of images from Phoenix Mars Lander, showing a "barren landscape that is kind of lumpy."
- Plumbing proves more difficult than rocket science for space station astronauts.
- Taipei embeds microchips in subway tokens; China embeds microchips in Olympic tickets.
- When to idle your car at intersections (never) and when to turn it off (always, except where it's illegal).
- As ethanol made from cane continues to boom, Brazilian farmers face giving up business, tradition.
- "When you're in the bathroom in the morning and you can see something good come of that..." Sweden turns sewage into car fuel.
- Explaining the appeal of web comic xkcd, including how it's pronounced.
- Famous 10-year-old stowaway is apprehended trying to board another plane.
- Profile of a 98-year-old whose literary career has just begun.
- My respondents seemed to identify criticism with the act of passing judgment. But for a true critic, judgment is the burden you start out with.
- Analyzing Ana Ivanovic's 124.9 mph tennis serve.
- In China, bereaved parents abandon caution, confront officials over poor construction of schools.
- After a decade-long civil war, Maoists in Nepal abolish monarchy in favor of multi-party democracy.
- Scott McClellan's new book pours some bad juice for his ex-boss, other former White House cronies.
- See also: "McClellan at Home" by John Warner.
- Backlashing the meme that says if Clinton doesn't win, there won't be another woman candidate for a generation to come.
- The world's largest self-portrait is a hoax.
- Spam scammers switch tactics, push renewable energy instead of Nigerian oil.
- Programming a computer simulation to explain the origins of religion.
- The debate on whether the Gospel of Judas exonerates or proves his guilt.
- Recognize the Stonehenge vandalizers? Report them here.
- Prolific tagger is arrested in L.A. after police spot him in action on YouTube.
- Interview with "Pork and Beans" director on what happens when internet memes hang out together.
- An encyclopedia of hybrid big cats, from ligers to jaguleps.
- Then again, I'm not sure if I'd know what to do if I saw a 14-year-old amusement park princess go into convulsions, either. Working as an amusement-park Cinderella is no fairy tale.