A hardy life form called cyanobacteria can grow in otherwise inhospitable lunar soil, new experiments suggest. Future colonists on the Moon might be able to use the cyanobacteria to extract resources from the soil that could be used to make rocket fuel and fertiliser for crops. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

When Ronald Reagan began courting the religious right in his bid to win the Presidency, I doubt he knew he was spelling death to the lean tenets of Goldwater conservatism. Yet soon afterward, under the thumb of right-wing religion, the Republican party became a bloated fool, stuffed with hypocrisy, greed, and anti-intellectualism. In 2008, the price is being paid through lost elections and a loss ... read full post picked by muppet 1 week ago

The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''

Or something like that. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Miss Jones interviews the Real American Gangster Frank Lucas picked by Bilb0 12 months ago

A handful of soil is a lot like a banana, strawberry and apple smoothie: Blended all together, it is hard to tell what's in there, especially if you have never tasted the fruits before. But when you look at soil's organic carbon closely, it has an incredible variety of known compounds. And looking closely is exactly what Cornell researchers have done for the first time -- at a scale of 50 nanomete... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The mash-up album American Edit, whose creators Party Ben and team9 took the shared alias Dean Gray, pays tribute to the acclaimed Green Day album American Idiot, and was acclaimed as a landmark release in its own genre.
Wiki picked by LatueOfStiberty 2 years ago

Would you believe it’s possible to narrow the reasons we won’t miss Bush down to 42? No, but it’s a start. We all know the penalty for forgetting history - after all, we’ve been through two Bushes! ( picked by singletrack 10 months ago

Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:

• Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys
  
• Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths
  
• Lack of accountability

picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago