This image (three combined frames) shows the last total solar eclipse, March 29, 2006. The next one takes place tomorrow. The Exploratorium will Webcast the event live from China. From Science News: This particular eclipse will sweep across the planet in a slim path that begins in Nunavut, a northern province of Canada, and ends …

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The “Telemegaphone Dale” by Magnus Torstensson and Erik Sandelin is a loudspeaker post on top of Bergkletten in Dale, Norway. To use the project, just call it with your cell phone and your voice is amplified and played out the hilltop speaker. The project officially opens on August 2nd and is part of a larger …

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Fast Food Apartheid: The Los Angeles City Council has placed a one-year moratorium on the opening of fast-food restaurants in sections of the city with low-income residents. The council says it’s meant to encourage healthy fare in locations that lack ready access to supermarkets and healthy restaurant. This columnist calls it “fast food apartheid.” We’re …

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Better Living with the Batman & Joker Supersquad. Respect. Heavy Lifting. Bike Safety. UV Protection. Taking Time for Play. Herpes. Sexual Harassment.

Sysco : whether it’s Wendy’s, Applebee’s, the local diner, a fancy restaurant, the cafeteria, or Guantanamo Bay, it’s what you eat. Serving over 400,000 businesses, the “Wal-Mart of Food Service” has all the bases covered, from “Unique 3-D technology gives you the look and texture of a solid muscle chicken breast, at a fraction of …

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In the Dark Knight Returns, Batman had to go toe to toe with Superman. Because of his intimacy with the role from the new Batman Film, Christian Bale gives a unique perspective on that epic fight.

The Will It Blend? host, [Tom Dickson], is at it again. This time, he blends the new Apple iPhone 3G. We’re completely in awe of how efficient the blender is at the destruction of electronics, and this time, it’s no different. Watch in fascination (or horror) as [Dickson] turns the latest iPhone into ashes.

Urine Trouble – Part I Urine Trouble – Part II

Because you insisted, here’s the unedited screaming version. I also added video from a minute before the lightning struck so you can get an idea of how hard it was raining. From what i understand, it went through my left hand holding the camera, crossed my back and exited out of my right hand holding …

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Strip searching 13 year old girls is bad mmmkay. Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in a 6-5 decision that students cannot be strip-searched based on the uncorroborated word of another student who is facing disciplinary punishment. In an even bigger twist, the court has found that the school official …

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