This Ex-Astronaut Is Stalking Asteroids to Save Civilization
Transnistria: A land in limbo
CNN’s Karl Penhaul gets a rare look inside Transnistria, a self-declared country sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine.
More time for saunas? Sweden tries cutting working day to 6 hours!
The local government of Gothenburg, Sweden, is to begin a yearlong experiment to see if cutting the working week to 30 hours will be more efficient. It is hoped working less hours […]
Scientists grow viable vaginas from girls’ own cells
Four young women born with abnormal or missing vaginas were implanted with lab-grown versions made from their own cells, the latest success in creating replacement organs that have so far included tracheas, […]
Korean Air celebrating spring
Cabin crew of Korean Air present plant growing kits to children in front of the airline’s office in Seosomun, downtown Seoul, on April 2. The company offered similar plant growing kits to […]
Stephen Colbert will take over from David Letterman
We should collectively pay the open-source volunteers
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Today in History: A U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarine sank at sea
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The subway in Tokyo is so clean you can eat in it…literally!
The photo is from a local IKEA opening promotion. [via Bryan Black]
Great movie poster: The Dark Knight (2008)