News - Powered by Yahoo NewsThis Map Shatters Childhood Dreams Of Digging A Hole Straight To Chin
The childhood myth of digging a hole straight to China is only possible from Argentina. This Google map shows a location's antipode : the diametric opposite. In other words, if you picked a location and drew a line straight through the Earth, you would end up at the antipode.
Mon, 07 May 2012 09:07:40 -0700 -
Zombies remind us that death is socia
Paradoxical as it may sound, but the one thing that each us of must do alone - namely die - is the most social of all acts. That is because we construct our lives so that they will have meaning after our death, and we depend on others to sustain that meaning.
Mon, 14 May 2012 01:35:15 -0700 -
News Analysis: A New French President Predestined To Disappoin
During his campaign, François Hollande promised to be a different president than Nicolas Sarkozy. But economic realities will make it difficult for him to fulfill that pledge, and many of his supporters are likely to be bitterly disappointed. His road ahead is filled with potential pitfalls.
Mon, 07 May 2012 00:23:39 -0700 -
Love and death on the Springsteen tou
Everyone knows that Bruce Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball" tour is on one level a months-long traveling memorial service for saxophone player and Springsteen muse Clarence Clemons , who died last June, and organist Danny Federici, who succumbed to melanoma in 2008. Springsteen has said that he hopes the tour lets the E Street Nation mourn together. It wasn't until I saw the show a second time ? and ...
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:05:51 -0700 -