Here’s a really interesting story of a set of conjoined twins that seem to share part of their brain. The thalamus specifically, which is somehow involved in sensation and consciousness.
It seems that when one girl takes a drink, the other girl can feel it.
Thanks for the link rob.
Looks like the rapture didn’t happen yesterday. Or maybe it did, and we’re in a perfect replacement universe.
Click for more bad slides. Thanks for the link dean.
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A local (oakland) wackjob Harold Camping predicts the end of the wold on May 21, 2011.
I like Richard Dawkin’s Reply:
Q. Family Radio evangelist Harold Camping believes that he has calculated the exact date of the rapture: May 21, 2011. While many are laughing at the suggestion, Camping’s followers are taking him seriously, bringing his message of impending doom to billboards and public spaces around the country. What does your tradition teach about the end of the world? How does end time theology impact real world behavior?
A. Why is a serious newspaper like the Washington Post giving space to a raving loon? I suppose the answer must be that, unlike the average loon, this one has managed to raise enough money to launch a radio station and pay for billboards. I don’t know where he gets the money, but it would be no surprise to discover that it is contributed by gullible followers – gullible enough, we may guess, to go along with him when he will inevitably explain, on May 22nd, that there must have been some error in the calculation, the rapture is postponed to . . . and please send more money to pay for updated billboards.
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Kepler-11 solar system
The Kepler mission recently found a really wild solar system with 6 transiting planets. The 5 innermost planets orbit within mercury’s orbit. These ain’t Earths, but they are really neat nonetheless.
Nasa released two powerpoint presentations that are really interesting. I converted these to PDF to make them more accessible.
Here’s quite an amazing video of a worker climbing to the top of a 1768 foot tower. Via Richard Wiseman’s blog.
I just saw this 30 Rock last night.
Dang, that’s a great show.
Heh, I finally got to updating my older Android phone with Android 2.2. Pretty nice so far. I think it’s faster — it’s supposed to be with the Java JIT compiler.
I now have wifi tethering — my phone acts as an access point for my computer. That’s really cool. In addition, I’ve got 2mbps download speed, and 200kbps up. That’s *way* faster than I imagined. My DSL is only 3mbps down and 300kbps up. Maybe I should just punt on AT&T and get another android phone 
Not very safe for work.
Fight over beer leads to arrest of former KKK leader, son. Click the image to go to the original article and read the rest of the details.
A report from my friend Rob’s hometown in Florida. His comments: “Where i grew up, It ain’t a real redneck weekend without a fight over who gets to drink the budweiser, domestic abuse, klu klux klan hats, and awesome police mug shots”
A fight over who gets to drink the “good beer” led to the arrest of a former Ku Klux Klan leader and his son in rural east Osceola County, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Troy Hixon, 45, his girlfriend, another woman and his father, George Hixon, 73, were drinking Wednesday night when Troy Hixon threw his girlfriend down and began shooting into the ground near her, a sheriff’s report states.
