It's a relatively well known phenomena that groups witnessing emergencies often take no action on the assumption that someone else will. Would you be acting perfectly rational if you were to come across something like this? Of course those responsible deserve the full force of the law. But those witnesses are acting as many reasonable people would (reasonable person as in the legal meaning). Although doing nothing is morally reprehensible, it's sadly what most people would do.

There are no "workarounds" in the need for embryonic stem cells. Each approach and method of stem cell generation have their respective strengths and weaknesses

Uhh, people like free stuff

A scam story about a fictitious scammer's history of scamming people. The blogosphere at it's finest!

Although I do not have recourse to all public funds with my student visa, and definitely do not have access to benefits, I still have unfettered access to NHS and other quite pricey public services.

Do drug smugglers use airline smuggling anymore? I presumed the majority was moved in larger quantities across the border these days.

Not all celebrities can afford private jets. Lots of important and famous people do fly in first class.

Depends on the machine. Most of them it works well but on the wrong model you die instantly.

I'm concerned about both. I'm not ashamed of my body but that doesn't mean I want a complete stranger looking at a picture of me naked, no matter how fuzzy.

Given that groundwater is not just freestanding water like a pool, what's the prevent this large piece of material from getting stuck on the dirt around it rather than floating to the top to be skimmed.

The thing is, although you CAN make a computer out of tinker toys, it isn't the most efficient method of accomplishing it. Given that a brain is far more complex than anything humankind has ever produced, it seems presumptuous to assume that our current methods of computation are ideal for the creation of AI. The intention here is to study the relative merits of mimicking neurons as a method of computation vs. our current transistor based designs.

Just throw a few ritalin in there, viola! If you want to go for XTREME overclocking you have to use crystal meth, but you risk overheating.

Go to Toys R' Us

What's the profit margin on an iPhone compared with Nokia smartphones? Include app store profits and Apple is probably ahead. Apple has generally had the model of selling shiny products with fat profit margins.

I think what is important here is not the availability of the resource, but their behavior in controlling it.