Religion in Star Trek

Religion seems to be largely absent from the futuristic and secular world of the Federation and in particular from human society. Star Trek's takes on religious topics are often critical, and they almost routinely close with a victory of science over faith. This is anything but a surprise, knowing that Gene Roddenberry was an active atheist who struggled against any form of religion.

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

In 1932, a forty-year study was launched by the Public Health Service in Macon County, Alabama, to examine cases of the bacterium Treponema palladium (syphilis) among a group of carefully selected African-American males.

Money in North American History

How did the United States develop into the world's richest and most powerful nation from an inauspicious beginning as a collection of colonies where currency was in such chronically short supply that all sorts of substitutes, e.g. tobacco and wampum, had to be used as money?

Sleep Paralysis

The disorder known as "sleep paralysis" occurs when the brain is awakened from a REM state into essentially a normal fully awake state, but with the bodily paralysis still occurring. This causes the person to be fully aware, but unable to move. In addition, this state is usually accompanied by certain specific kinds of hallucinations. This state usually lasts no more than two minutes before a person is able to either return to full REM sleep or to become fully awake.

I remember it happening once. I awoke to see a person covered in blood coming toward me. I couldn't move or scream or hide under the covers. It was very scary.

Mothering Instinct

Dog helps nurse pair of kittens.

It's a miracle!!!

Coalition to Prevent Assault Weapon Violence

The coalition was organized in the wake of the expiration of the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban that expired on September 13, 2004. It started when one of our founding members read a release by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence that AK47s and Uzis were coming to our neighborhood this summer.

Pathetic Fallacy

Pathetic Fallacy:
The mistake of attributing human aspirations, emotions, feelings, thoughts, or traits to events or inanimate objects which do not possess the capacity for such qualities.

Boeing Converts 737 Into Bomber

Picture the Boeing 737 -- the small, stocky jetliner that's the workhorse of hundreds of airlines around the world. Now picture the 737 with missiles slung under its wings and a bomb bay in its belly.

My New Diet

Too little sleep may make you fat.

Naughty Codes

Online stores send out discount codes to SELECT groups of customers, leaving the rest of us to pay full price! To that we say, NO! We find and list ALL of the coupon codes and promotional codes that can be found. If it's out there, we have it! Be naughty with us by using these codes for added discounts when shopping online.

RoboDump 1.0

RoboDump is a robot. Sort of. And it poops. Sort of. Forever. A horrible, never-ending bowel movement complete with straining grunts, horrific gas, splashes, and pee sounds.

What's that in dog years?

How did they figure that there are seven dog years to one human year?

Chocolate as cough remedy

It tastes better than cough medicine, and now researchers think it may be better at relieving coughs, too.

Born To Run

Natural selection favored early humans who had genetic mutations that accommodated running.

Tornadoes

How come tornadoes always seem to wreck mobile homes but never cities?

Chupacabra?

What are the grey, hairless, animals that people have seen - and shot ­ in Texas?

Weird Soda Flavors

Jones Soda Co. takes the idea of a liquid diet to a new low. How does Green Bean Casserole Soda strike you? And how about an aggressively buttery-smelling Mashed Potato Soda?

Sex-deprived Japanese women find help in squad of volunteers

Craving sex after repeated rejection by their partners, women who felt doomed to join Japan's growing ranks of the "sexless" are being offered a prescription: a squad of well-dressed men ready to assist free of charge. I'm moving to Japan.

This is not your father's birds and bees

Bar the doors and break out the chastity belts, boys, because girls of most species sleep around, and it's for their own good, if not yours.

Airport X-ray sees through clothes

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A new X-ray machine at London's Heathrow airport, which sees through passengers' clothes, has been attacked by civil liberties campaigners as a "voyeur's charter."

Crushing Fallujah Will Not End the Iraq War

There is no doubt that the US can recapture Fallujah, if only by blowing most of it up. But this is unlikely to have much of an effect on the guerrilla war in central and northern Iraq which continues to escalate.

Apply Current, Boost Brain Power

Sending a weak electrical impulse through the front of a person's head can boost verbal skills by as much as 20 percent, according to a new study by the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Sperm's solution to promiscuity

Nature is fighting back in response to female promiscuity by producing a biological 'sperm' chastity belt, say US scientists.

Myth of Christian America

It is historically inaccurate and intellectually dishonest to argue for a return to Christian America.

The Gods Must Be Crazy

"Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply felt religious faith--and I don't care what it is." Thus spoke the noted theologian Dwight Eisenhower on Flag Day in 1954. And though Ike's words may seem fatuous, they are in fact so pregnant with meaning that they deserve to be carefully parsed.

SCROTAL SAFETY COMMISSION

Your testicles are an invaluable source of pleasure to you, your loved ones, and your whole family!
But what do you know about your firm, pendulous bringers of life?

Al-Qaeda's Goal of al Khalifa

Last held by the Ottoman Prince abdul Mejid II, the Caliphate has been empty since its abolishment in 1924. Caliphate (khalifa) literally means "Successor of the Prophet", but the position of primary Caliphate is that of ruler of a unified Islamic nation. It is the goal of Al-Qaeda and the various terrorist organizations working either under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda or in concert with it to fill this void. And if Al-Qaeda has their way, the position will be filled by a Wahabbi Caliphate, Osama bin Laden.

X-ray This!

An X-RAY machine that sees through air passengers’ clothes has been deployed by security staff at London’s Heathrow airport for the first time.

Indian scientists make wonder lipstick, medicinal beer

A wonder lipstick with a sensuous edge that could also lessen user fatigue could be in the market soon.

Gulf War vet sues Army over new call-up

A veteran of the first Persian Gulf War is suing the Army after it ordered him to report for duty 13 years after he was honorably discharged from active duty and eight years after he left the reserves.

Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism

A speech delivered to the Stomach Club, a society of American writers and artists, Paris, 1879, by Mark Twain.

Calling pupils 'sluts' lands teacher aide in trouble

A Catholic primary school principal has apologised to four 12-year-olds because a teacher aide called the girls "sluts" after they exposed their midriffs to sunbathe during a break.

Parents blamed for boozy kids

Children as young as 12 are getting "legless", and parents - not the liquor industry - are to blame, a New South Wales Government review has found.

Mystery power boost for Mars rover

As NASA's Mars rovers keep rolling past all expectations of their useful lives, scientists have a happy mystery: For some reason one of the vehicles has actually gained power recently.

Voting Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes

An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Broward machines count backward

Early Thursday, as Broward County elections officials wrapped up after a long day of canvassing votes, something unusual caught their eye. Tallies should go up as more votes are counted. That's simple math. But in some races, the numbers had gone . . . down.

Now here's a good idea

In addition to other demographic data listed with your state government, your IQ should be listed on your driver's license or state ID. This way people can be carded for specific events, not based on age, but based upon their IQ.

Golf

Two golf course managers and a tournament organizer were sentenced to house arrest for hosting two competitions featuring prostitutes and strippers stationed along the putting greens. And you thought golf was dull and boring.

Optical Illusions

Mindfake.com offers one of the largest online collections of optical illusions to entertain and amaze you.

Onward Christian Soldiers

The hopefuls in the Democrat camp really believed victory in the US election was within their grasp. How did they get it so wrong?

The Science of Sex: Glenn Wilson on the Coolidge Effect

The males of most mammalian species have a definite urge towards seeking variety in their in sexual partners.

White Trash Foods

White trash can broadly be defined as those people who live in trailer parks and consume massive quantities of macaroni and cheese with ketchup, not out of economic necessity, but because they like it.

Now It's All Becoming Clear

Computer Advertising Terms Defined

NEW - Different color from previous design.
ALL NEW - Parts are not interchangeable with previous design.
EXCLUSIVE - Imported product.
UNMATCHED - Almost as good as the competition.
FOOLPROOF OPERATION - No provision for adjustments.
ADVANCED DESIGN - The advertising agency doesn't understand it.
IT'S HERE AT LAST - Rush job. Nobody knew it was coming.
FIELD TESTED - Manufacturer lacks test equipment.
HIGH ACCURACY - Unit on which all parts fit.
FUTURISTIC - No other reason why it looks the way it does.
REDESIGNED - Previous flaws fixed - we hope.
DIRECT SALES ONLY - Factory had a big argument with
distributor.
YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT - We finally got one to work.
BREAKTHROUGH - We finally figured out a use for it.
MAINTENANCE FREE - Impossible to fix.
MEETS ALL STANDARDS - Ours, not yours.
SOLID-STATE - Heavy as anything!
HIGH RELIABILITY - We made it work long enough to ship it.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Welcome to Wikipedia, a free-content encyclopedia in many languages.

Hot Sauces

A list of the hottest sauces known to man.

Uganda outlaws cast-off knickers

Is it an insult to wear a vest that belonged to another man, the knickers of a women you've never met, the pyjamas of a child in a foreign land that you will never see? In Uganda, the Government has decided it is.

Things grow better with Coke

Indian farmers have come up with what they think is the real thing to keep crops free of bugs.

10% of the Brain Myth

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that we use only 10% of our brains.