Week 3 News

The World's Strangest Clock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7625815.stm
The most distant gamma ray burst we've ever seen: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7626532.stm
A discussion of the usefulness of mechanical things to remember for us-- and some that already exist: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7625260.stm
Scientists want to study out-of-body experiences with postcards on high shelves: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/09/21/scientists-to-prove-out-of-body-experiences-with-postcards/
Fish had fingerbones before coming on land: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24381533-5016574,00.html
An engineering student wants to save earth from asteroids using mylar and solar power: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24224477-5016574,00.html
Plans to go back to the Moon to stay: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24050515-5016574,00.html
Virtual dating as a networking site in Japan: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/20/webkare-a-girls-only-combination-of-social-network-and-dating-game-from-japan/
Full individual genome sequencing for the price of an ipod!: http://io9.com/5052840/10-amusing-things-to-do-with-your-genome
DNA-based jewelry: http://www.perpetua.us/life_jewel_dna_pendant.htm
Nearly-instant DNA scanners: http://io9.com/5049979/instant-dna-scan-is-smrt-i-mean-s+m+a+r+t


The top SciFi shows not on (region 1) DVD: http://io9.com/5052896/science-fiction-tv-classics-youre-not-allowed-to-own-on-dvd

Farscape continues in comic form (much like Buffy): http://io9.com/5053363/farscape-comes-to-comics-with-a-boom
RTD turned down writing the live-action Starwars. That might have been really fun. :http://io9.com/5053360/doctor-whos-davies-says-no-to-george-lucas
This is about the coolest real scientific discovery I've seen in ages: http://io9.com/5054000/astronomers-find-dark-flow-sucking-matter-out-of-the-universe And also: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080923-dark-flows.html

a really thought provoking take on faeminism-- thought zombies: http://io9.com/5053881/zombie-feminism
China starts work on a new em-drive for space: http://io9.com/5054441/chinese-create-first-warp-drive
conservative dystopias: http://io9.com/5053970/future-dystopias-where-conservatives-have-won

Doctor Who pumpkin carving templates!: http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/09/23/free-pumpkin-carving-template-doctor-who-and-tardis/
A new History Channel Show I may need to add to the lineup: http://io9.com/5054877/cool-new-science-show-recreates-teslas-high-voltage-inventions
New scifi books for October: http://io9.com/5054889/zombies-posthumans-voids-and-monsters-for-your-october-bookshelf

Hyposprays are real!: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080925-needle-video-ap.html?source=rss

Watery Mars has lasted longer than thought!: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080926-mars-water.html?source=rss
A space cold war?: http://io9.com/5055455/will-the-chinese-spacewalk-lead-to-a-space-cold-war