3 Ideas That Are Pushing the Edge of Science - 1: Spermobots. 2: Fusion On Tap. 3: Two-Time Physics.

What Is A Species?

itty bitty kitty committee: teeny tiny bloggy about itty bitty kitties.

Michael Johnson talks about his decision - to hand back his 4x400m gold medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A team mate on the relay team has recently admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs during that time.

Eat Something Bendy. (metacafe video, via metachat)

First Contact, The Zoo Hypothesis And The Prime Directive 'You've probably seen the incredible photographs the Brazilian government recently released of an uncontacted tribe deep in the heart of the Amazon... A connection exists between this story and the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence...' more inside

No mo' Bo.

"That picture has obviously been photoshopped!" That's the rallying cry of the forum nerd for whom any evidence is suspect, and who apparently has intuitive image analysis abilities beyond those of the average viewer. Well, here's how the experts determine a photo is fake.

First day of the week; 6 letters: Four Bad Cases of the Mondays more inside

Kindergarten court Florida kindergartener kicked out of his classroom by a class vote

Yves Saint Laurent est mort.

Stories from the last Chinese earthquake. Warning: some of these will rip your heart out. (via Reddit)

Johnnie Worker Red Labial Oh dear.

Caring or cruel? Inside the primate laboratory. "The Guardian, given rare access to an animal research facility, talks to scientists about their experiments on monkeys." [Via]

Worst Album Covers EVAR - selected by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via FMH). Theys pretty dang ugly, alright. *spits* I reckon number 21 gets my vote. How's about yeew?

McClatchy to Scott McLellan - here's what happened.

WWII Vet Vs. Right Wing Blogger Smackdown. A WWII veteran responds to a blogger who contacted him in search of dirt on Barack Obama's great-uncle. The story becomes even funnier when the blogger in question turns out to be a homophobic furry with a cigar fetish. Oh dear. [Via MeFi and MeTa.]

Another poopie link (probably NSFW) Taiwanes restaurant innovation (let's blame China). [pics and video lifted from www.moderntoilet.com.tw/ but much easier to digest.]

Unofficial Euro 2008 thread. Same rules as before -- spoiler-heavy thread, stay away if you have to save the drinking/misery for later. (For ease of reference, the Guardian's play-by-play ticker should be here.) Anyone willing to make a prediction?

R.I.P. Harvey Korman. What a guy. more inside