Delicious LiveJournal Links for 11-17-2010

[andrewducker]

• Scientists engineer a bacteria that burrows into cracks in concrete and 'glues' them back together.
  (tags: bacteria architecture biology nanotech bioengineering concrete)
• Maxim's Tips For Curing Feminists
  (tags: feminism women patriarchy)
• A scientist explains why the arts and humanities are vital
  (tags: education science humanities university)
• Unemployed English Girl to Wed Soldier from Welfare Family
  (tags: uk news royalty wedding)
• The Sound of Silence - can John Cage sue the Royal British Legion over their single of the two minute silence?
  (tags: music law)
• The age at which people in the U.K. are coming out has gone from 37 to 17 in about two generations
  (tags: uk lgbt society)
• Movie soundtracks mimic primordial sounds of animal distress
  (tags: nature movies sounds)
• Smart people are nocturnal. I knew it!
  (tags: sleep intelligence iq psychology health)
• British Government settles with ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees. Out of court, of course.
  (tags: government torture guantanamo uk)
• Police get anti-police blog taken down. Streisand Effect kicks in instantly. Do they never learn?
  (tags: police censorship uk EpicFail)

Comments

[randomchris.livejournal.com]

Two-minute silence: first observed 1919.
4'33": premiered in 1952.

If anyone's got copyright it's not John Cage.

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Where can I find tips on converting a Maxim girl back to an unshaved feminist?? (I'll pass on the vegan activist bits though.)

Urban dictionary is drawing a blank on 'buttered chin' though. Do I dare ask?

[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

I used to have a couple of clippings that both suggested late risers were smarter. And I remember a TV item following George Bush II's first election win in which they interviewed one of the office staff about what it's like to work for the new administration. She said it wasn't too good, as they were all larks while she was a night-owl. Enough said...

[anef.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting the open letter from Petsko. What he said.