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LG unveils flexible e-paper display  LG has announced it has started mass production of its electronic paper display (EPD) product, with...

For some reason, I particularly enjoyed James Lilek's most recent bleat , looking at a couple of old American advertising characters. ...

Puberty Before Age 10 - A New ‘Normal’? - NYTimes.com I didn't care for the start of this long article (telling of a mother trying out...

James Cameron’s deep-sea dive: What’s it feel like to go so deep underwater? - Slate Magazine Director James Cameron successfully comp...

Decommissioning the Space Shuttles - In Focus - The Atlantic There are some eye-catching photos here of the process of decommissioning the...

Self-immolation in India: Frighteningly common | The Economist This talks about the increasing cases of self-immolation to make a politica...

* there was an election on Saturday in Queensland. Labor lost. * some physicists have been working on what it would feel like on Earth if...

The friendly possum under the deck has been coming back a lot lately. He (or she) likes to be fed, and this photo came out looking like I w...

Madagascar mystery of how small group of Indonesian women colonised island So it seems Madagascar has an odd anthropological history, with D...

Wine and kids: Is it OK to let them try it? - Slate Magazine This article notes that the French method of a gradual introduction to alcoho...

James Cameron’s Rocket Plunge to the Planet’s Deepest Recess - NYTimes.com I don't care for James Cameron or his films, but I suppose ...

Mandalay is one of the nicest sounding city names, isn't it? Not sure why; it just is. This is mentioned because Foreign Correspondent ...

Hedley Thomas is, predictably, crowing about the finding of the Queensland Flood Inquiry that the Wivenhoe Dam was not operated in accordan...

It's not a volcano, it's a limnic eruption, with lots of dead animals below the carbon dioxide emitting crater lake in Africa. (Year...

In previous years, when Getaway used to be on Channel 9 on Thursday nights, watching attractive people have good holidays in beautiful parts...

Controversial study promoting psychic ability debunked I'm sure I have posted here about the precognition study that has now failed to...

* Weightlessness may not be so good for the eyes and brain. * Jupiter is good protection for Earth against some comets, but new simu...

Rats match humans in decision-making that involves combining different sensory cues: study Here at the Dominion of Opinion, we* like to no...

Nuclear power: The dream that failed | The Economist In any country independent regulation is harder when the industry being regulated exis...

I don't read Ace of Spades, although a lot of right wingnut types seem to. But I do check in on Michael Prescott, and he noted this entr...