Open access means that scientific publications on the results of research supported by public and public-private funds must be freely accessible to everyone. That is not yet the case. The results of publicly funded research are currently not accessible to people outside universities and knowledge institutions. As a result, teachers, doctors and entrepreneurs do not Read more about All European scientific articles to be freely accessible by 2020[…]

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The following map is a gridded cartogram visualisation of global flight tracks taken from the OpenFlights database. The map distorts the land area by the number of flights that pass a certain space Source: Air Spaces: Where the Planes Fly – Views of the World

To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time UTC TIME STEP on the 1st of July 2015 A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2015. The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: 2015 June 30, 23h 59m 59s 2015 June 30, 23h 59m 60s Read more about We get an extra second on june 30th 2015[…]

There were a lot of controversies generated at the Indian Science Congress earlier this month, including claims of ancient aircraft in India, the use of plastic surgery there, and ways to divine underground water sources using herbal paste on the feet. One argument that could be tested using some form of evidence was the assertion Read more about Indian Science Congress doing well.[…]

It’s a comb like structure, which means the hairs can be washed out easily Tiya convenient floor drain – 2014 | concept | Red Dot Award: Design Concept.

The University of Illinois has put together a comprehensive list of stain solutions. Each solution contains the supplies you will need and the preferred method for cleaning the stain via Stain Solutions | U of I Extension.

Let’s say you need to sign up for a mailing list that interests you, but you’re afraid spammers might get your address. We’ll call the list “exoticflowers”. Sign up with the list using the address “johndoe+exoticflowers@gmail.com”. Email to that address will still come to your “johndoe@gmail.com” address even though the “To:” will include that “+exoticflowers” Read more about Instant disposable Gmail addresses[…]

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How to Light a Fire with Your Pee.

Well, that’s hardly a surprise is it? BitTorrent usage increases in Europe, following the blockade of The Pirate Bay | ExtremeTech.

An obscure EU Committee has slammed the introduction of body scanners, raising concerns over the health and human rights risks of the technology. via EU bottoms up committee slates body scanners • The Register.

Some refer to these as “ADE-651 bomb detectors,” but those people are crooks, like Jim McCormick, the head of the British company that sold them. He was arrested last year for fraud (but is currently out on bail). What he sold the Iraqis, and many others, was – literally – a plastic handle with a Read more about Iraqi Treasury Gets Partial Refund on Magic Wands[…]

Man captures rare ice rainbow optical phenomenon on his camera in Gloucestershire | Mail Online.

Open a Bottle of Wine with Your Shoe – Drinks – Lifehacker.

Well… not technically the first: they used to sell cocaine in Harrods, but the only one open now! It’s called Route 36 and it moves from location to location in La Paz, Bolivia The world’s first cocaine bar | World news | The Guardian.

How to Buy a Mattress: Advice from a Mattress Salesman – Saving Money – Lifehacker. More advice from Nestmaven.com

Oddly enough, it turns out that eBay has helped reduce the amount of tomb raiding. This is because there has apparently never been that much money in it for the actual tomb raiders looking for artifacts: the high cost of artifacts has to do with middlemen: fences, transport, bribes, authenticators, etc. So it’s cheaper (and Read more about how eBay stops Graverobbers[…]

A law professor explains why you should never, ever talk to the police. Don’t talk to the cops. Part I .. and then a police officer explains why he’s absolutely right. Don’t talk to the cops. Part II

A judge has demanded a Darth Vader impersonator be dragged before him after he succumbed to the Dark Side, attacked two Jedi with a metal crutch, and failed to show up for the resulting court appearance on an assault rap. According to the Telegraph, Arwel Wynne Jones interrupted an outdoors TV interview* with brothers Barney Read more about Judge issues arrest warrant for Darth Vader[…]

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Someone has registered donotreply.com and has a catchall email adress. The mails he receives come from everywhere, including pdf files detailing with computers in banks are unpatched and for what vulnerabilities; from the government; TSA; etc etc. He posts a few of them and some excerpts on the website.