All your fu are belong to us

Twenty years ago today, the PLA violently cracked down on the anti government demonstrators, mostly students, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. And while this wasn't the only protest in China, it was the most iconic. This happened during the turbulent years that marked the end of many of the world's communist regimes. I guess that's why the chinese government reacted so violently, they were frightened for their own survival. I was 4 years old at the time, so I don't remember the events. Actually I… Continue

First of all, for those who don't know, Moldova is an East European country located between Romania and Ukraine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-moldova-riot8-2009apr08,0,6133013.story
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When I first read this title, I thought it was a joke. But apparently it's for real, according to an article on the Nature website. If you never noticed before, when you peel sticky tape in the dark, you can see a faint blue light. And apparently there's more than just light being produced. This just goes to show that even the most mundane objects around us (and I don't think they come more mundane than sticky tape) can have strange, interesting and mind boggling properties that nobody knew of.… Continue