http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/modis_wonderglobe_lrg.jpg
The full-res (link) is huge!
Not sure about the details for this one. . .
Enjoy while I find the correct caption
Seeing how i feel pretty sick today…im home from work, and well…what else is there to do but figure out and find more ways to make dangerous things? 
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so, here is how you can take a maglite and a dvd burner, combine the two with a bit of tweaking and get yourself a laser on par with a Spyder laser. Check it out on instructables. Keep in mind never to point this thing at ANYone, or even point it where there could possibly be a person. also….don’t point it at an aircraft unless you want the FAA and possibly the FBI after you ;P
mmm, apparently….potato chip flavoring can increase the life of concrete.Sadly, its just one of the components…, sodium acetate. It waterproofs concrete by taking water’s place, then shrinking when dried. Interesting….maybe we should just cover the roads with potato chips. (NO)
Check it out on Physorg
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Just a few of the changes made to Endeavour (first flown in 1992)
-Flatscreen LCDs replacing many gages and old CRT monitors
-New GPS computers allowing it to land a almost any large airport, instead of the limited number of airstrips its cleared for in the US
-New power systems allowing it to stay docked to the ISS for up to 12 days (50% more then it could before)
-New engine sensors that could help avert another disaster on takeoff
-150 miles of wire thats been inspected
-14 thousand safety checks that have have been completed
Read more about it here
http://www.flatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/NEWS02/708070347
Thank you MIT……for giving us, fearless mice. Apparently, MIT biochemists identified the molecular mechanism that creates fear, and somehow cured it from mice. Well….now, we have mice that will probably bite the cat. Woot. If they can do this in mice…..mmmmm……this is getting slightly dangerous, eh?
No pictures of fearless mice, but…you can read the entire description of them: Cure for fear.
While I find something to actually post here, enjoy this vid for a while. . . .
Depending on who you ask, the internet weights “About two ounces (60 grams), or perhaps 0.2 millionths of an ounce (6
micrograms), depending which method you use to calculate the weight of
the active electrons necessary to sustain the global network.”
Not a whole lot, is it?
Well, it’s not really the weight of the entire internet. It’s not the weight of all the wires, cables, computers, and servers. Just the electricity that makes em all go.
Still pretty amazing….
Read more about it here
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2096636,00.html
Okay, this is kinda interesting, but random.
Experts say that the internet weighs “About two ounces (60 grams), or perhaps 0.2 millionths of an ounce (6
micrograms), depending which method you use to calculate the weight of
the active electrons necessary to sustain the global network.”
Not much, is it?. . .
Read more about the details, and the discrepancies of the two numbers here
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2096636,00.html
You ever heard of Matlab, or Mathmatica? Well, they do math for ya 
Here are some awesome open source/free software that can do all that those paid programs can do!
wxMaxima: GUI for Maxima which is an algebra manipulation program.
Use wxMaxima, to use Maxima….which is the actual program.
For numerical computations, instead of algebra…use Scilab. (nough said…)
Finally, for statistical computations…use R.
Slightly more complicated, there are several GUI’s that you can use to simplify it.
“A Cornish man says he has broken the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and nights.”
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Hardest part
Weary Mr Wright told BBC News: “I feel pretty good, It’s been a bit of a slog, but I got there.”
He said that his ‘Stone Age’ diet of raw food helped parts of his brain to stay awake and remain functional for long periods.
He said: “It makes it much easier to switch from one side of the brain which is really tired, to the other.”
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During the record attempt, Mr Wright noticed his speech becoming incomprehensible at times and colours appearing very bright.
A webcam and CCTV cameras monitored him 24-hours a day.
The attempt was part of Mr Wright’s research into the body’s relationship to sleep.
He argues that parts of the human brain require a
different amount of sleep and it is possible to stay awake and remain
functional for long periods.”
Read the full article here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6689999.stm