<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Humor for nerds - Cockeyed.com : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Humor for nerds - Cockeyed.com : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor for nerds - Cockeyed.com]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/59316/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Home of &quot;How Much Is Inside?&quot;  Ever curious about exactly HOW MUCH ramen is in a brick?  Me neither!  But these guys were, and they went to great lengths to find out.  Tons of other &quot;How Much&quot; adventures are available for your time-wasting pleasure. Science projects like, &quot;What is the best way to prevent backwash in your drink?&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homebrewed Science]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/38015/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A fellow Plimate, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/members/Snocrash/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Snocrash</a>, has a website called Homebrewed Science that you might find interesting.<br/>It is a new community that encourages discussion and experimentation on science projects you can do at home. Read it for enjoyment, read it for education, check it out today.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Facts]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/8579/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Check out some unique science facts about different areas of science.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could You Pass 8th Grade Science?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55204/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Think you know a thing or two about science? Take our short quiz to determine if you'd pass an 8th grade science test.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New legal threat to school science in the US]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68194/1/</link><description><![CDATA[On the 28 June, The Science Education Act was passed as law in the State of Louisiana. This piece of legislature now allows teachers in this US state to present non-scientific alternatives to evolution, global warming and cloning &#8211; including ideas related to intelligent design. Opponents fear that Louisiana teachers are now free to present evolution and other targeted topics as matters of debate rather than broadly accepted science, and could have national implications.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resuscitation Science: Is There a Third State of Being?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49341/1/</link><description><![CDATA[They call it resuscitation science. It's a new area of research at the University of Pennsylvania, where a Center for Resuscitation Science opened less than a year ago, and where the line between life and death is shifting.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Top 10 Craziest Science Stuff you didn&#8217;t know]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/11610/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Do you know you can Hypnotize Chickens, you can have an erection once dead?...Stuff you may not have known about science and some of the crazy things you can do, things your body is capable of doing that you may not have known.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basic Concepts in Science]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/48407/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A regularly updated list of blog entries explaining the basics of science and mathematics. 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Fans can help each other find the most interesting science fiction news and views.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Leads To Killing People!]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60410/1/</link><description><![CDATA[In an interview with the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Ben Stein had these insane things to say:<br/><br/>Stein:  [...]I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed <br/><br/>...Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[MythBuster Adam Savage: 3 Ways to Fix U.S. Science Education]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/74245/1/</link><description><![CDATA[By 2010, Asia will have 90 percent of the world&#8217;s Ph.D. scientists and engineers. 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Has anybody out there read any of these?]]></description></item></channel></rss>