Lots of normal people would pay $23 for a book. But $23.7 million (plus $3.99 shipping) for a scientific book about flies!?
Amazon seller lists book at $23,698,655.93 – plus shipping
| May 8, 2011
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Gulf oil spill one year later – The Big Picture
| May 7, 2011
What is the cost of spilling almost five million barrels of oil into the ocean? How do you measure that cost? In GDP reduction? In lives affected? In environmental impact? And how do you measure the cost when long-term effects are impossible to calculate yet, and when a significant portion of the spilled oil is still unaccounted for? One year since the Deepwater Horizon platform exploded, killing 11 workers, there are measurable effects, and many more unknowns.
Are we there yet? Family travels the world for 11 years
| May 6, 2011
Imagine traveling around the world with your family, by car, for 11 years straight. For some it would be like a dream come true. For others, it would get old pretty quickly. But Herman and Candelaria Zapp, along with their four children — all born on the road — are living the dream.
On the Edge of the Earth
| May 6, 2011
No way I would ever do this, I’ve slipped and fallen on flat surfaces.
Gut instinct: We can identify criminals on sight, study finds
| May 6, 2011
This anecdote prompted three Cornell researchers to reopen a “long and sordid” history of research and debate about whether we can determine who is a criminal by looking at his face.
Their finding: We can. Read more…
That awkward moment:
| May 5, 2011
