We’re still here. Has CERN’s Large Hadron Collider destroyed the earth yet? Click here for updates:
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CERN’s 17-mile long atom smasher was just turned on and we’re awaiting reports on how the tests have gone. The Large Hadron Collider did experience “small electrical problems” overnight, but the world did not blow up.
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Map of countries that have not implemented the metric system
All countries across the globe have officially adopted the metric system except the United States of America, Liberia and Burma (Myanmar).
Feet, yards, inches, miles, gallons, ounces, these may mean something to some people around the world, while others struggle with online converters or, worse, software designed to convert these values, that are not reliable most [...]
Stop Trying To ‘Save’ Africa
Via Uzodinma Iweala and the The Washington Post comes this article. Iweala claims that the West, consumed by guilt at the political and humanitarian crisis it is creating and has created in the Middle East, has now turned to Africa to clear its conscience. Writes Iweala:
This is the West’s new image of itself: a sexy, [...]
Andrew J. Bacevich: I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose
A must-read article from Andrew J. Bacevich—a writer and vocal critic of the war—who lost his son in Iraq. The article is from the Washington Post, discovered via digg.com.
From the article:
Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.’s life is priceless. Don’t believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns to a soldier’s [...]
