I got through fine. It looks like a nice addition to the house. Not sure how they will maintain a "living wall" inside, but kudos for the innovation.

An airtight plastic ball into which children can be sealed. What could possibly go wrong?

"...lowered air pressure forces bodily fluids upwards..."

What does that mean?

But in 1836 one didn't have to put the critters in a BOX. Just attach a label and postage.

Thank you for finding and posting this, John.

What do you consider not safe for work?

Here's one detailed and complicated explanation from an Australian physicist:

http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~dkoks/Faq/General/hot_water.html

Oh, yes, I'm old enough - but I had never noticed the eyes before. I guess putting "disconjugate" in the search last night is also why I didn't find it then.
You live and learn.

Never mind - I found it. Several references to President Kennedy having exhibited "lazy eye" (presumably exotropia).

Was JFK known to have had a disconjugate gaze? Or am I misreading the image?

@Edward, that's the point of adding the tent, which allows the rear hatch to be raised, thus adding several inches to the horizontal distance for lying down.

@Patty O'Heater, why do you say that ownership of a tent makes one look like a complete prat??

I was hoping you'd work in a pun about "Greeced lightning."

I would vote for the "keeping the discourse civil" option.

A laboratory has now confirmed that the "rocks" were phosphorus, and that the material would almost certainly have been man-made. "Trestles, the beach where the family gathered the rocks, is near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and the Camp Pendleton Marine base."

http://www.khou.com/news/national/156373375.html

If one wants to have one's leg pulled, one doesn't go to the New England Journal of Medicine (try the British Medical Journal at Christmas). The man does exhibit some facial asymmetry, but it is not suggestive of a stroke.

Nice find, John, and very instructive photo to show to young people.

Skeptics can laugh, but there actually are times when size is not as important as efficacy. BMW even makes a firefighting motorcycle that can get through traffic more quickly than conventional vehicles.

I thought it was clever of you to start the post with a pleonasm:

The word is new to me: pleonasm, a phrase that uses more words than necessary [to get a point across].

No Mary Tyler Moore law? Minnesotans will be disappointed.

I have been unable to track down the funding for this study, and whether it has been published in a peer-reviewed journal. If anyone knows either answer, please leave a comment here. Tx.

Butterflies are also attracted to human sweat. And some moths are lachryphagous.

It seems to me that if your foot caught on the surface, that you would be pitched forward - no??

The ultimate in airborn penguins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4

@Jasper - your link seems to be generating a 503. Perhaps you could condense it with tinyURL.

@Kazi - why sad?

Very interesting, especially the use of log data rather than simple origin-to-destination lines.

Holy cow! Just when you think you've seen everything...

Typo - his name appears to be Christopher Hill(S). (0:33)

Excellent find, John!

This is a nice example of an "exclave" (the Northwest Angle in Minnesota is another one).

Thanks for blogging this, John.

I don't have reference material to back this up, but I suspect that the key to the success of the Greenlandic technique lies in the climate.

If meat were left to rot in temperate or hot climates, it would be a breeding ground for bacteria and their toxins. In a cold climate, it may be possible that the meat autolyzes, breaking the tough muscle fibers and making the flesh easier to digest - especially in ancient times when flames and fire might not have been available to do the same thing.

I'll see what I can find out.