Friday Links: Nov 6

Hey Jude flow chart. [link]

New pictures from the moon show the Apollo 17 landing site and the flag they planted. [link]

Size comparison of small objects from a coffee bean to a carbon atom. [link]

Alcohol and brain drink. [link]

Not terribly long ago the results of a 20+ year experiment were announced. In this experiment E. coli bacteria were sealed in a low sugar but high citrus environment. Three mutations occurred that first allowed the bacteria to metabolize the citrus and then enhance that ability. This was another proof of the ability of life forms to have useful mutations that aid in their ability to survive and thrive. However, some religious deniers of evolution with no particular scientific understand, equipment, or skills made demands that he turn over not only his full notes, but samples from the cultures collected every few hundred generations. I followed the exchange of letters at the time and just finished rereading them. It is a long read, so I just point you to a final jab that Lenski makes at the end of his final letter. [link]

An article about successful cartoonists that got their start in the University of Maryland newspaper. I mention it because it says that Frank Cho, one of my all time favorite cartoonists, is working with Sony to make an animated TV series out of his comic strip "Liberty Meadows". WOO! [link]

This, right here, is why you ban prayer in school. Sure, you can opt out, but they're gonna come get you.

Joss Whedon offers $10,000 for the badly abused Terminator franchise. [link]

Fruit bats give blow jobs. [link]

Game: Exploit - puzzle game where you figure out how to trip a series of triggers in the right order. [link]

Very odd short film called "Between". [link]

The story of one Scientology official who wanted out. [link]

Game: Picma - A Nonogram puzzle game. [link]

Game: Power Pinball - a pinball game. [link]