Monthly Archives: February 2005

Is Nothing Sacred?

The Looney Tunes characters – six in all – have been "reimagined" (in studio parlance) for a new series called "Loonatics," which is set to air next fall on WPIX/Channel 11 as part of the Saturday morning Kids’ WB program … Continue reading

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Is Nothing Sacred?

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Life in Martian Caves

WASHINGTON — A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by pockets … Continue reading

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Collision Search Attacks

This story was first broken last night by Wikinews! We have a feeling we’ll be hearing a lot more out of Chinese computer scientists (and Wikinews) in the next few years… Security experts are warning that a security flaw has … Continue reading

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Nulla Dies Sinelinea

An excellent column in the Boston Globe by elegant literary stylist Donald M. Murray, who writes with penetrating insight and gentle humor about many things, including the art of growing old. He recently lost his wife of 50 years, Minnie … Continue reading

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Art Should Be Viewed from a Distance

Our respect for Cristo as a concept has always been heightened by the fact that Cristo as an artist has left us lukewarm at best. Scale and scope are elements to be reckoned with, but are no substitute for content … Continue reading

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But Do They Feel Fear?

(AP) A new study out of Norway concludes that it’s unlikely lobsters feel pain, stirring up a long-simmering debate over whether the valuable seafood suffers when it’s being cooked. Animal activists for years have claimed that lobsters feel excruciating agony … Continue reading

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American Nun Killed for Defending Indians

American nun Dorothy Stang was killed yesterday, shot three times in the back and once in the head, in the Northern Brazilian Amazon basin. Stang was 74. She is the latest casualty in the 500-year Indian wars, for control of … Continue reading

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US denies patent for part-human hybrid

WASHINGTON — A New York scientist’s seven-year effort to win a patent on a laboratory-conceived creature that is part human and part animal ended in failure Friday, closing a historic and somewhat ghoulish chapter in US intellectual property law. The … Continue reading

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Bob Marley Widow Should Be Stoned (Duh)

NINE MILE, Jamaica – Mingling with the pungent wafts of ganja smoke and the bobbing pulse of Jamaica’s surrogate national anthem, "One Love," a jarring note of discord is messing with the mellow vibe of this remote village. Rita Marley, … Continue reading

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Now, Where Did That Go? Just Follow the Glow…

WASHINGTON — A container of radioactive equipment turned up at a shipping facility in Chelsea this week, prompting a Massachusetts congressman to call for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep better track of materials that terrorists could use to launch … Continue reading

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Next Generation Hypertext

Why shouldn’t every word in every document online be a hotlink to dictionary, Wikipedia, image and  Google search results for itself, and any other database or information source you desire? Technically, while this ideal presents problems, they are not insurmountable. A … Continue reading

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