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CONGER CUDDLING

Every summer, the people of Lyme Regis, Dorset, gather on the town’s harbour to take part in the game of conger cuddling.
Like a scene from Monty Python, where two characters slap each other with dead fish, the event involves contestants knocking one another off blocks using a 5ft dead conger eel suspended from a rope. […]

HAPPY S.A.A.D.

If you can read this, thank your sysadmin. [video]

MUTANT SPACE SEEDS!

The country’s first satellite specially designed for seed breeding in space will be launched into orbit in early September, it was announced over the weekend.
The satellite will be in orbit for two weeks before returning to Earth, space officials said at a conference in Beijing on Saturday.
Shijian-8 is expected to carry at least 2,000 varieties […]

I THOUGHT THE SECOND ONE WAS HILARIOUS

Then again, I’m often partial toward cacophany cacophony…depending on the situation.*
Edited OBVIOUS AWFUL TYPO, which I have just spotted. Had to. (Cripes.)

If you’re a typical nonmusician, you will probably notice some sort of difference between the two excerpts. Maybe one seems to be played at a different tempo, or with different instrumentation, or is a […]

AIKIDO IN ACTION

A short tale about using aikido in a conflict on a train (Terry Dobson, via Metafilter)
Bonus videos, mined from the MeFi comments:[lovely aikido demo] [monkey vs tigers]

NINJA CHEF…IN…SPACE…

Choose a Ninja Burger Career at the Ninja Burger website.

HANDS OFF MY PUPA COOKIES

A newly developed space cookie made of silkworm pupa powder is set to add more taste to astronauts’ diet. Masamichi Yamashita, a JAXA researcher, released a recipe for the pupa cookies during the 36th scientific assembly of the Committee on Space Research.
The recipe comprises three to six grams of silkworm pupa powder, 200 grams of […]

VISUAL POLLUTION

Graffiti fights back (Stay Free!)

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

‘Zombie dancers’ spend their weekend in lockup

I READ ABOUT THIS IN A SCIENCE FICTION STORY

…and now it’s news. Funny how that keeps happening.
Christopher Reeve and Bruce Lee, the two late action stars, may be seen on the silver screen once more should the government’s “digital actor” plan pan out.
Headed by Science-Technology Minister Kim Woo-sik, the nation’s 16 science-related ministers decided Thursday to funnel 15 billion won ($15.7 million) to […]