February 20th, 2010 | 
The January 19, 2010 assassination of Hamas’ military wing commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel has turned into a remarkable PR opportunity for the local police. In just a few days, the investigative authorities of the UAE’s glitziest emirate were able to piece together the 19-hour-long chain of events that led to the killing, resulting in this riveting 30′ video that tells us a few […]
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While we may be tempted to look at humans as merely an evolutionary link from good mammals to greater artificial intelligence, one question remains, what’s our place in the post-Singularity […] September 1917. World War I has been ravaging Europe for three years when a 36-year old infantry medic by the name of Teilhard de Chardin takes part in the battle of Douaumont, France. There, knee-deep in the cold mud, exhausted from months spent on the battlefront, starved from weeks of short supplies, hundreds of thousands of men from both sides are waging the most epic and bloody battle of the Great War. 300,000 will lose their lives on this killing field over a matter of days, in a frenzy of deafening noise, blinding light and burning shrapnel. […] I killed 341 people tonight. The first officer was a thirty-something I had never flown with before. He was a skinny guy with acne scars on his face – not quite the handsome type that would catch the stewardesses’ attention. With my salt-and-pepper hair neatly trimmed under my captain cap, the plain navy uniform that I […] As an atheist, I have often run across theists (believers) who had misconceptions about atheism; some believe that it is a dogma, just like any other faith. Others believe it is nihilism or even satanism under a different name. Most are just genuinely confused as to why someone would willfully choose not to believe in any deity. After several such encounters, I decided to put together an FAQ to answer their very valid […] Unless you have been spending the past week spelunking in a deep, uncharted cave, you most likely heard about a 33-year-old Southern California mother of 6, Nadya Suleman, who thought it would be smart to have six additional Most people are concerned about getting older. They rightfully associate old age with the betrayal of the body, which gradually fails at supporting once vigorous physical and intellectual functions. These people usually wish they could slow down this bodily decay and remain young (or at least pretend to) just a tad bit longer. Hence the market for Botox, Corvette cars, and little blue pills. As for me, well, I’m concerned about not growing old fast enough to keep up with my […] |
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