Save the Internet

Take a few minutes to learn about Net Neutrality in this 10 minute video:
video.google.com/videoplay

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Happy Solstice

This years summer solstice occur at its earliest in more than 100 years. The last time it fell on June 20 was in 1896, a time when Queen Victoria ruled England and the first modern Olympic Games took place. It was also a leap year, like 2008.

Have a great summer!

Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab

"A major evolutionary innovation has unfurled right in front of researchers' eyes. It's the first time evolution has been caught in the act of making such a rare and complex new trait. And because the species in question is a bacterium, scientists have been able to replay history to show how this evolutionary novelty grew from the accumulation of unpredictable, chance events..."

www.newscientist.com/channel...lab.html

Numbers

Today, the estimated population of the world has passed 6,666,666,666 people. 5,555,555,555 was passed about 14 years ago. You may not realize that only a 80 years ago, the population of the Earth was only around 2 billion. Indeed the population of the world has increased at an alarming rate in recent times. Although the growth rate is almost half what it was at its peak in 1963, when it was 2.2%.

Unrelated but an interesting coincidence: the estimated number of available IPv4 addresses has gone below 666,666,666 today as well...

World population clock: www.census.gov/ipc/www/po...kworld.html
Available IPv4 address counter: entne.jp/tool/toollist/000101.php

Image: 6x6 magic square

NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed

"Need a break from the working, walking, and standing required by the demanding and stressful life you lead? Well, pack your bags for Houston because NASA wants to pay you $17,000 to stay in bed for 90 straight days..."

blog.wired.com/wiredscien...rs-500.html