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Comment Down House or Stonehenge (Score 1) 1095

by countincognito on Tuesday November 24, 2009 @08:22AM (#30212214) Attached to: Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips?

Depending on your scope of geekiness, there are plenty of scientifically historical places to visit. If you can spare the time to venture out of London, maybe even hire a car, you can make a timely visit to Charles Darwin's house in Kent, or of course Stonehenge.

Submission + - Father of Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, dies a (bbc.co.uk)

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on Sunday September 13, 2009 @08:44AM

countincognito writes: "Norman Borlaug, a genuinely remarkable man and the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture, has died of cancer at his Dallas home aged 95. His life's work on developing high-yield, disease-resistant crops has been credited with having saved an estimated one billion people from famine, and one billion hectares of forest and rainforest from being cleared for agricultural production."

Comment Re:Well, I for one (Score 1) 243

by countincognito on Friday November 30, 2007 @06:08AM (#21530239) Attached to: Scientists Create Zombie Cockroaches

I for one welcome our new waspy overlords, and their unstoppable army of mindless roach zombies.

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