900th post

scientists discover the area of the brain that makes us spiritual

interesting... but I'm still more interested in the genes that code for religious fantaticism

Discovery crew prepare to launch into orbit for mission to crank space station to full power

the UK prepares for the first computational knowledge engine

Sometimes I use cuil.com, because they keep saying it's better... but 99% of the time I still just google, which has become synonymous with search the internet.

COPENHAGEN, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s climate change panel may be severely underestimating the sea-level rise caused by global warming, climate scientists said on Monday, calling for swift cuts in greenhouse emissions.

you know, I keep having this strange feeling that my neighborhood, just 6 blocks from the beach, will probably soon be under water...

NASA's Kepler spacecraft hurtles past moon's orbit

searching the galaxy for the goldilocks spot, an area that's "just right" for the evolution of lyfe (according to our definitions of life)

Although humans could perhaps find analogs of the current definitions of life somewhere else in the galaxy, I think the silicon based life-form theory is still the most sound, as well as the most likely reality in this galaxy, or other parts of the universe.