The warfare on drugs has a Modern front , and so far it is likely a losing one . celluloid mimicker of marijuana , dissociative drugs and stimulants – such as the “ tub salts”allegedly squander by Randy Eugene , the Florida man shot after a horrific face - rust ravishment – are growing in popularity and voiceless to check . Every time a chemical compound is banned , overseas chemists synthesise a newfangled version pick off just enough to evade a law ’s letter ....

With the drop semester approaching , incoming freshmen have a difficult choice : keep using the same backpack from in high spirits school or take that first tenuous step towards duty with substantial backpack . Sorry , JanSport . I ’ve moved on to Hex . Hex , thethe iPod Nano check shoulder strap sept , have expanded their selection to admit functional haversack , laptop sleeve , and messenger bags for the big kids ....

Interplanetary locomotion is pitched to us as a skilful thing . Explorers will visit other major planet , which settler will then colonise . But colonization on our own satellite led to the genocide and displacement of culture and the great unwashed , economic unfairness , and the devastation of environments . What moral from Earth ’s colonialist tragedies can we apply to our interplanetary future ? Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos pour money into their space geographic expedition labor — some of which really do seek toestablish Martian colonies ....

I ’ll echo Boing Boing ’s thought on this narrative : This is no joke . plain a series of preventative polymeric water absorbent dams ( the diaper - like fabric ) have been ineffectual to terminate radioactive water supply from leak into the Pacific Ocean around Fukushima . The situation sounds disastrous , with little if any of the contaminated piddle being engulf by the super - absorbant material :...

I estimate Disney ’s pretty happy with the The Jungle Book , which comes out this hebdomad , because they ’re already work on a sequel . Varietyreports that Disney is already in talks to get director Jon Favreau and writer Justin Marks to return for Jungle Book 2 . I kind of Leslie Townes Hope they fast track this affair so much that it can come out on the same twenty-four hours as Warner Bros....

So , ok , everyone makes a mistake sometimes , but few of us have ever dropped a bomb from our fighter jet by accident , as happened late last week in Tulsa . as luck would have it , it was a dummy practice dud , filled with nothing more exciting than a smoke accusation , and apparently it was n’t the pilot ’s fault . But it did still drop flop through one guy ’s flat ....

In the modern world , we are constantly surrounded by little particles of pollution and chemical molecules – even in our home plate . Some people habituate artificial air filters and purifier , but what if there was – quite literally – a greener root ? Scientists at the University of Washington have make out to genetically modify a common houseplant , devil ’s ivy ( Epipremnum aureum ) , so that it breaks down unwanted chemicals in the atmosphere ....

hold a moral from Digg and standardised sites , Google Labs is test out a new reader response interface for search results ( with only a select few user for a circumscribed sentence ) . basically , your normal hunt results are enhance with “ like it ” and “ do n’t care it ” button that would tweak the order of say results on your list . And you’re able to also add up universal resource locator results that you would have like to receive yield your search premise ....

We ’ve launched probes all over the place . We ’ve snapped and beamed back pictures of every spot in thesolar organization . Except Pluto . Call it a major planet . Call it a gnome major planet . Either direction , it ’s the last stranger . Not for long . New Horizons ‘ January 2006 launching beat Pluto ’s extremely controversial downgrade later that year . But even if it had n’t , the mission , despite sounding like a dating service , is of great grandness to our agreement of our trivial nook of the galaxy ....

As fairs and amusement commons begin to re - open in Japan at the end of May , park wheeler dealer concord on aset of guidelinesto assistance prevent the spread of transmission at their site . As well as chink for temperatures and asking invitee towear masks , people should be “ press to abstain from shouting / screaming ” on rollercoasters , thedocumentread whentranslatedinto English . At Fuji - Q Highland , an entertainment common west of Tokyo , guests have reportedly been incur this a struggle ....

Most of the time , when gnawer make themselves bang in New York , they ’re not on the button fete — Pizza Ratnotwithstanding . But when a beaverappeared in the Bronx in 2007 , biologists were thrilled . The subaquatic gnawer , once fabulously populous in the country , had disappeared for two centuries , the dupe of rabid trappers and unwelcoming aquatic conditions in the Bronx River ....

A routine ofmedia outletshave been arrive at claim about the breakthrough of Antony and Cleopatra ’s grave during a late project at Taposiris Magna , Egypt . regrettably , it looks like many of these newspaper headline are a bit exaggerated . The tomb of the infamous fan has notyetbeen found – although that could shortly change . Dr Zahi Hawass , an archaeologist and former Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs , has substantiate that many of the news floor surrounding the undertaking are false ....

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