Scientists Build First Synthetic Life Form Laced With James Joyce Quotes
Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute have just created an entirely new synthetic life form in a laboratory, marking a watershed moment that could radically alter the way humans interact with nature. As Wired reports, the achievement is a culmination of over two-years' worth of research, numerous failed attempts and millions of dollars. In March, however, the team injected over a million ...
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In modern Western cultures, death is not something easily embraced. Most of us live in either fear or denial of the inevitable. But, as our society becomes more open and, for better or worse, turns us into a generation of over-sharers, death has crept into our public discourse in ways normally reserved for works of high art. The era of social networking and blogs has given anyone with ...
Google continues its march towards organizing all the world's information. Just what has it done this time? Google worked with LIFE magazine to digitize and distribute LIFE's enormous archive of photographs, which span over a century and countless cultural, political, scientific sporting, and other historical moments. Since this was released, we've spent far too much time browsing the archives, ...
What we're watching tonight:
NBC (1080i) has the season premiere of 'Chuck' at 8 p.m., 'Heroes' at 9 p.m. and season premiere of 'Life' at 10 p.m.
CBS (1080i) lines up 'The Big Bang Theory' at 8 p.m., followed by 'How I Met Your Mother', 'Two and a Half Men', 'Worst Week' and 'CSI: Miami'
ABC (720p) has 'Dancing with the Stars' at 8 p.m. and 'Boston Legal' at 10:01 p.m.
Fox (720p) ...
We've seen some interesting and unique eBay auctions in our day, but this one is certainly the most bizarre. Ian Usher, a resident of Perth, Australia is auctioning off his entire life. Following a messy divorce, the 44 year-old decided it was time for a fresh start. The prospect of selling off his possessions one-by-one seemed too daunting, so Usher packed up all of his possessions into one ...








