Michele Bachmann Expecting Divine Intervention to Win!!

An ABC report here explains … Michele Bachmann told ABC News she expects to defy her dismal poll numbers with a “miraculous” result in the Iowa caucuses. “We’re going to see an astounding result on Tuesday night — miraculous,” Bachmann told ABC News in an interview at her Iowa campaign headquarters surrounded by young supporters … Read more

Google Trends – Pakistan Still ranks No.1 for Porn

I do confess that I find it highly amusing that the god fearing no-infidels allowed holier-than-thou righteous nation of Pakistan still ranks No.1 in the world for Google searches for porn. Yep, you read that correctly, this Muslim nation that is notorious for conservatism, religious orthodoxy, and fanatical censorship seems to actually be the world’s forerunner … Read more

Atheists and Meaning

There is a letter in Yesterdays New York Times that merits some attention, not because I feel it has said something silly, but rather the complete opposite. It speaks for itself, so here it is … To the Editor: Re “The Believer’s Atheist” (column, Dec. 18): I appreciated Ross Douthat’s thoughtful column about the death … Read more

Imaging inside a single cell – Nanotechnology

An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring or damaging the cell, has been developed by researchers from Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley. The researchers  attached a tin-oxide nanowire waveguide to the tapered end of … Read more