Tuesday, June 8, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)
(1)- ALLEN GINSBERG -- Eager to capture "certain moments in eternity," as he wrote, he kept his camera by his side when he was at home or traveling around the world. For years Ginsberg's photographs languished among his papers. Here they are.

(2)- BEFORE THE QUAKE -- This film was filmed only four days before the'06 S.F.quake. None of the people in it knew that four days later, all that's in this film would be burned-out shells or empty lots where they once stood.

(3)- ANTS CONSIDERED -- Smithsonian scientist Mark Moffett talks about the insects' social structure, their methods of making war, and why much of California is just one big ant colony.

(4)- SURVIVIAL STORIES -- British backpacker Jamie Neale was found after surviving 11 days in the Australian bush. Here we bring you stories of ten other great escapes from nature.

(5)- WHAT’S OUT THERE? -- NASA reports an unknown object approaching the Earth from deep space is almost certainly artificial in origin, not an asteroid. The object’s spectral characteristics did not match any of the known asteroid types.

(6)- TOMATO ROOTS -- Scientists want to restore the supermarket tomato to something that tastes more like a tomato than a piece of cardboard.It will take a combination of psychology and genetics to accomplish this goal.

(7)- ANTARTICA – Australian scientists identify a dome at least 50 kilometres in diameter, buried under the Timor Sea created by a giant asteroid that collided with Earth around 35 million years ago and could have created Antarctica.

(8)- DATA -- The National Bureau of Economic Research found scientific publications increase at 5.5% a year in the U.S., and it means our own current knowledge decreases by the same amount.

(9)- KEEP BRUSHING -- People who don't brush their teeth twice a day are more likely to die from heart disease than those who do, according to a new study of 11,000 people in who were asked about their lifestyle and oral hygiene.

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