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Submission + - The Happiest Man On Earth?

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Van Cutter Romney

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @02:34PM

Van Cutter Romney writes: "Matthieu Ricard, a French academic-turned-Buddhist monk, is thought to be the happiest man on Earth. MRI scans show Ricard experiences a high level of activity in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain, which is associated with "happiness." Mr Ricard is to publish his book Happiness for the first time in the UK where late January is known as a miserable time of year, with broken New Year's resolutions, debt, faded holiday spirit and gloomy winter weather."

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NASA Finds 4-5" Crack in Shuttle Insulation 193

Posted by Hemos on Monday July 03, 2006 @10:57AM from the debilating-or-not dept.

PresidentKang writes "Spaceflight Now is reporting that a large crack has been found in an external tank foam of Space Shuttle Discovery on the launch pad. According to the article: "Engineers inspecting the shuttle Discovery's external tank following Sunday's launch scrub found a crack in the tank's foam insulation near a bracket holding a 17-inch oxygen feed line in place. Some engineers believe the crack must be repaired but senior managers say a variety of options are on the table, from fly as is to making repairs.""

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Star Wreck Creators Announce Iron Sky 98

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 13, 2006 @06:32PM from the more-from-those-guys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The makers of the Star Trek and Babylon 5 cross-over spoof Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning have announced their upcoming movie Iron Sky. It's apparently another sci-fi comedy with its own universe. Says Director Timo Vuorensola: 'It is still an open question whether it will be distributed also for free. We would very much like it, but it will depend a lot on the financiers.'"

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A Dolphin By Any Other Name 248

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday May 10, 2006 @03:52PM from the what's-in-a-name dept.

SloppyElvis writes "CNN is reporting that scientists have proven that Dolphins can communicate with each other by name. From the article: 'researchers synthesized signature whistles with the caller's voice features removed and played them to dolphins through an underwater speaker' to which the mammals responded. This form of identification in language was previously only known to exist in the human world." Thankfully they still haven't evolved opposable thumbs.

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