Not quite as long running is the Illinois Long-term Selection Experiment, which started in 1896. It's the "longest running continuous genetics experiment in higher plants".
Heretics! Those of us in the Old True Faith know that God created the Internet in 1969, then populated it with all manner of Protocols - telnet, ftp, nntp, smtp, ntp, and so many more. Online discussions started, and flamewars and spam soon followed, tempered only be the anger of the SysAdmin (praise be the SysAdmin) and the distant frowns of the ARPANET overlords. This was a time of purity, before the worms and viruses came. But this was also a time of soundless darkness, for images, sound, and movies could only be found in the corners of the world. Archie, Veronica, and Gopher sustained us in that net until Mosaic brought us to the new land of HTTP and HTML that the prophet Berners-Lee created. Now, alas, our old faith is crumbling, forgotten, overwhelmed.
A place to enact one's inner Saruman! Practically speaking, the winds on that balcony will make it mostly unusable. Few plants survive on high-rise balconies because of the wind (which also dries things out faster) and temperature extremes. Outdoor furniture will need to be fastened - don't want lawn chairs falling down 500 feet.
The researcher says "seeing actual human bodies may set a more realistic point of comparison than photoshopped bodies presented in mass media". I can't find the paper to see if it factored in that some of the people in the drawing class might have a good idea of what 'actual human bodies' look like. For examples, the beach, the changing room at a gym or pool, or someone who works as a massage therapist or nurse/caretaker. I would also like to know how the anxiety of being a new student in a new subject, knowing there would be a nude model, vs. the relief and pleasure of having succeeded in doing the class, was a factor.
"I suppose you know then, that Hollywood is planning a feature film about Radioactive Man."/ "Who's gonna play Radioactive Man?"/"I will tell you in exactly seven minutes."/"Okay, here we are, alt dot nerd dot obsessive. Need know star RM pic."
How we've advanced! What once took Comic Book Guy 7 minutes is something we expect to find on IMDB and Wikipedia.
It say the start of the Pledge is impolite, in red, and suggests a rewrite to "I plege allegience to the emblem of the united states of america." While it considers the start of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to be polite, it suggest the alternate "Four nota and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on africa a new nation."
It suggests using the microwave to pre-heat water to boil it. I suggest getting a water kettle instead. Those boil water faster and are more energy efficient than a microwave. They also turn off automatically once the water has boiled.
The advice to "De-germ your icky sponges by zapping them in the microwave for a few seconds" is wrong. It's two minutes, and make sure to moisten the sponge first as it could be a fire hazard. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6293735.stm .
Using a potato to remove salt from water is often repeated, but also wrong. Osmosis doesn't work that way. And it were true, raw potato slices would be used to turn salt water into fresh water. http://cookingwithjack.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-remove-too-much-salt.html is an example of someone who tried the technique, only to have it fail.
How we've advanced! What once took Comic Book Guy 7 minutes is something we expect to find on IMDB and Wikipedia.
The advice to "De-germ your icky sponges by zapping them in the microwave for a few seconds" is wrong. It's two minutes, and make sure to moisten the sponge first as it could be a fire hazard. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6293735.stm .
Using a potato to remove salt from water is often repeated, but also wrong. Osmosis doesn't work that way. And it were true, raw potato slices would be used to turn salt water into fresh water. http://cookingwithjack.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-remove-too-much-salt.html is an example of someone who tried the technique, only to have it fail.