Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Sunspots 253

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:

Humor:(or something) According to CNN the new health care bill puts a 10% tax on use of tanning beds, immediately. Who knew? I guess this isn't funny to people who use tanning beds, or to the operators.

Science:Wired reports, and shows photos, of some very old trees. Some clonal groups of trees may be as much as 80,000 years old, or more.

The New York Times reviews a book that argues that genius is not nearly so much an accident of heredity as the result of dedicated work.




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