In what may be the most extreme drunk driving case ever, an Oregon woman was arrested with a .72 blood alcohol level–nine times the state’s legal limit. Terri Comer, 42, was arrested after she was discovered unconscious in her car, which sheriff’s deputies found running and in a snow bank on a highway in Klamath [...]
November 3, 2009
Everyone now knows that processed and fast foods are not the bastions of nutrition, but that shouldn’t make these ingredients found inside them any less revolting. This list sends a clear message: when a packaged food contains more than five ingredients and includes some that are difficult to pronounce, stay away. Make a b-line straight [...]
October 30, 2009
Musicians intent on rock stardom can now turn to a simple file scan that uses an algorithm to improve odds at scoring a chart-topper. That’s the idea behind Music Intelligence Solutions’ Hit Song Science (HSS) technology located on uPlaya.com. The technology mathematically analyzes the underlying patterns in a track, including harmony, chord progression and lyrics. [...]
October 27, 2009
INDONESIA — Picture this: A 10-meter wide asteroid hits Earth and explodes in the atmosphere with the energy of a small atomic bomb. Frightened by thunderous sounds and shaking walls, people rush out of their homes, thinking that an earthquake is in progress. All they see is a twisting trail of debris in the mid-day [...]
October 21, 2009
The maker of a life-saving radiation therapy device has patched a software bug that could cause the system’s emergency stop button to fail to stop, following an incident at a Cleveland hospital in which medical staff had to physically pull a patient from the maw of the machine. The bug affected the Gamma Knife, a [...]
October 17, 2009
In an odd attempt at improving public relations between the police and the populace, the highway policemen in Bangkok, Thailand patrol the city wearing anti-pollution masks with bright red grins painted upon them. “For our highway policemen, we have the policy that the police must be friendly and smiling all the time, but the problem [...]
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