Capturing digital information may be about to become more accurate: Economist.com | Mathematics

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E4 : Engineering: "Scientists create world's first spider silk fibres" 

'Spider silk is a material science wonder - a self-assembling, biodegradable, high-performance, nanofibre structure one-tenth the width of a human hair that can stop a bee travelling at 20 miles per hour without breaking. Spider silk has dwarfed man's achievements in material science to date.'

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How to eat a pretzel - political satire from the Brain Trust.  And for something really useful (and less biting), there's the food timeline showing when various foods came into use down through history.  Cheese & Grapes, 4000bc.  French toast, 1st century.  Kentucky Burgoo, 1810.  TV dinners, 1954.   Watergate salad, 1981.  Jerry's Steak w/Anchovy sauce, Friday night.  [backupbrain]

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Volcano and Aurora in Iceland from Astronomy picture of the day.

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