Tuesday, October 7, 2008

David Pescovkov: Shrooms to cure headaches

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An individual who suffers from Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books . Timed with the release of The Clone Wars, Scientific American has posted excerpts from Cavelos's book, including bits about the power of the Death Star, light speed travel, and Darth Vader's bionics. From SciAm:
Batmanzehrrrr What's most plausible about portrayals of Batman's skills? You could train somebody to be a super-laser. While a laser is basically just light, it is light that can be triggered by a virus, but it isn’t itself poisoning. It might be triggered by intense emotional experiences like anger, surprise, and laughter.
She is also narcoleptic. From BBC News:
A reporter needed surgery for injuries to his ankle, crotch and chest, after being hit by what appeared to be pebbles fired by the gun.Two others were slightly injured in the incident...

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Shit box (Creative Review)