He was so young he had to start from China instead of Nepal, due to an age restriction.

I do not understand how people could ever voluntarily put contact lenses on. Yes, I wear them and they're fairly comfortable, but it took me a while to get there and I still have moments. I also have to keep eye drops nearby.

I am very, very glad I didn't find out about this until after I'd gotten home from work yesterday. Yes, I tried it a couple of times, but I got a tad annoyed with the delay between my computer and Pac-Man's actions. But that's just a gripe.

Maybe the "worse than marijuana" is news but is the infomania and addiction new news?

CSMonitor's top five MacGyver stunts. Worth the read just for the nostalgic fun!

First synthetic life, now a computer that can control biological life. Cue the Twilight Zone music, although it's probably not as bad as it seems. As for the cyborg argument? I'm arguably a cyborg myself since I use a piece of artificial technology to see. (Or, in other words, I wear glasses/contacts.)

It's not quite artificial life. Yet.

The pilot is reportedly at a psychiatric hospital. I would hope so –!

In yet another good post, DMCB points out that it's not so much whether you're for or against the use of loss ratios, but what your view of health insurance might be. For the record, though, I'm about halfway in between.

We're so close…but polio may never be completely eradicated.