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British scientists have created an embryo with the genetic material of three people. This opens up a whole new area of bioethics questions.
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A fifth-grader who belongs in the NBA. Or maybe the Harlem Globetrotters!
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100 things you can do with Google Maps. There are mashups for purposes from looking up zip codes to finding a public toilet.
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The Silk Rope and the Golden Cage. A look at the brutal lives of the mad sultans of the Ottoman Empire, including weird Ibrahim, fratricidal Murad IV, and the women who pulled the strings behind the throne.
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A chemist chef gives a glimpse of cooking seen as a series of chemical reactions. Once you know exactly how your processes happen, you can control them. Yes, he unboiled an egg.
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What happens when a bored bumblebee finds an electric razor? This is just bizarre enough that you’ll want to swallow your coffee before you look.
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The 10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities. Would it have been so hard to make them look like the actors who played the parts?
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I posted my first article here at mental_floss one year ago today: Periodic Tableware, about the periodic table of elements and how adaptable it is for other things.
Comments (8)
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Re the shaved bumblebee, I don’t know why, but it always disturbs me when I see cartoons or caricatures of insects that have only 4 limbs.
posted by Lisa on 2-6-2008 at 7:01 am
Re: the bee
I knew all that acid dropped in the sixties would have long term consequences.
HR Giger meets TS Geisel.
posted by Tom on 2-6-2008 at 8:34 am
I loved the one about the golden cage and silk rope
Awesome stuff !!!
posted by Wreckless on 2-6-2008 at 9:18 am
Thank you for better versing me in the Ottoman Empire.
posted by beth on 2-6-2008 at 9:29 am
The Star Wars action figure link was too funny. Especially the Leia/Christian Bale action figure. The next time I’m at a mega-mart toy section I’m so going to check out the latest Star Wars action figures.
posted by gwendy on 2-6-2008 at 9:31 am
I was gifted with the Herve This book. It is one of the worst books, self indulgent, poorly researched, and full of hooey. Surely the French are smarter than to revere this buffoon.
posted by Alice on 2-6-2008 at 10:48 am
Congrats on your one year anni here at mental floss Miss C!! I always love your posts and I love your website and i am amazed at how much different stuff you come up with on the sites you work on!
posted by rob on 2-6-2008 at 3:58 pm
Thank you, rob!
posted by Miss Cellania on 2-6-2008 at 4:58 pm