http://news.discovery.com/animals/noise-pollution-birds-110829.html
Because of noise pollution, some birds are forced to sing at higher frequencies making them less attractive.
Birds Are Changing Their Tune : Discovery News
Author Archives: Arjen Lentz
Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World
A few years old now, but brilliantly hilarious:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/sumerians-look-on-in-confusion-as-god-creates-worl,2879/
In one of Christianity’s most momentous events, members of the earliest known civilization, the Sumerians, looked on in shock and confusion some 5,600 years ago as God created Heaven and Earth.
Warren Buffett on more sensible taxation
In http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html, Warren Buffett writes:
[…] what I paid was only 17.4 percent of my taxable income — and that’s actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office. Their tax burdens ranged from 33 percent to 41 percent and averaged 36 percent.
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Since 1992, the I.R.S. has compiled data from the returns of the 400 Americans reporting the largest income. In 1992, the top 400 had aggregate taxable income of $16.9 billion and paid federal taxes of 29.2 percent on that sum. In 2008, the aggregate income of the highest 400 had soared to $90.9 billion — a staggering $227.4 million on average — but the rate paid had fallen to 21.5 percent.
Air Swimmers
From Air Swimmers:
Looks excellent – I’m just wondering “why remote control?” – they could be autonomous with a few sensors and a bit of Arduino.
Do Your Kids Know Who Makes Their Disney Toys?
http://www.care2.com/causes/do-your-kids-know-who-makes-their-disney-toys.html
A Chinese factory that makes Disney’s best-selling Cars toys, as well as toys for Walmart and Mattel, uses child labor and forces its workers to work three times the amount of overtime required by law.