Red Dwarf to return for a new series
Actors Craig Charles (Lister) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) have confirmed that Red Dwarf will be returning for a new, six-part series. The new series will be recorded – again in front of a live studio audience if possible – between November and January and will air in mid-to-late 2012 on the UK satellite/cable channel Dave.…
Project Iceworm: the nuclear city hidden under Greenland’s glaciers
Camp Century-aka “Project Iceworm”-was a “city under ice,” according to the U.S. Army, a “nuclear-powered research center built by the Army Corps of Engineers under the icy surface of Greenland,” as Frank J. Leskovitz more specifically explains. A fully-functioning “underground city,” Camp Century even had its own mobile nuclear reactor-an “Alco PM-2A”-that kept the whole…
Dragontrail vs. Gorilla: The Super Tough Glass Game Is On
The touchscreen mobile device business is getting tougher—in more ways than one. Japan’s Asahi glass has a new super-tough material called Dragontrail that’s aiming to be better and stronger than Gorilla Glass. Ashai is Japan’s biggest glassmaker, and it just launched the new Dragontrail material with a fair amount of pomp and circumstance in Japan.…
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Parents Sue Lawyer for Photoshopping Innocent Photos of Their Kids into Child Porn
The fellow in this photo frequently serves as an expert witness in child pornography cases. He’s currently being sued for doing things like “transforming a picture of a 5-year-old girl eating a doughnut into one of her having oral sex.” An Ohio lawyer who serves as an expert witness in child pornography cases might be…