Archive for March, 2006

MIT Dome a Winner

Happy Pi Day to all you geeks out there! On a roll from yesterday's post, here is another great line from an article about a prank at MIT: "The school ... said it never gave permission for the building to become a gold medal winner." Check out the photos -- the medal's impressive....
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Those Venomous Australians

I was looking for information on platypuses (platypi?) when I stumbled across the following abstract (emphasis added): The platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a furry duck-billed mammal that inhabits the waterways of eastern Australia. The male may reach 60 cm in length with a 20 cm beaver-like tail. We report the case...
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