The Cold, Though: Doesn't It Split the Cheechakos From the Sourdoughs?
[This is what 10 p.m. looks like at Cook Inlet in Alaska, about 27 miles south of Anchorage. Bet it's not 100 degrees there, either. Pic via AP]
Want to Hear What the 'God Particle' Sounds Like?
The Large Hadron Collider is an enormous, $8 billion machine built to detect the existence of certain hypothesized-to-exist particles. But detect how? What if, instead of looking for particles, scientists could listen for them? This is what they'd sound like.
The 'Southern Lights' as Seen from Space
[The aurora australis, or "southern lights," as seen from the International Space Station. Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomer says it's caused by subatomic particles interacting with earth's magnetic field, which is almost as cool as our explanation, "Space Elves." Pic via]
Gang Starr MC in Coma
Monotone-voiced Hall of Fame rapper Guru of Gang Starr reportedly had a heart attack last weekend, and is in the hospital in a coma. He's scheduled for surgery today. He's 43 years old.
America's Worst Gambler Also Great Tipper
Terry Watanabe, a big wheel in the Asian party favor import business, lost nearly $127 million gambling in Vegas casinos in 2007. But he gave fantastic tips. Call it even?
Anne Applebaum's Freaking Car Explodes
Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum is A) married to a high-ranking Polish politician, and B) critical of Russia's shady government, which makes it—in the most general way—kind of alarming that her car blew up yesterday. [Update: She's okay!]
Holy smokes. The BBC will lay off between 2000 and 3000 people. They only have 23,000 employees. [FT]
"Hilly Kristal turns out to have been a millionaire. Just weeks after the legendary former CBGB owner passed away, his heirs—who thought Kristal was broke—are finding out that the old punk impresario was worth a surprising $3.7 million." [VV]
Julian Schnabel's Hot Pink Craziness
Artiste, award-winning director and painter Julian Schnabel just exposed his massive West Village building and the neighbors aren't happy. We haven't seen Pink that hot since 2001's Missundaztood. But Schnabel's mind works differently than us normals. Did you really expect the thought process that gave way to his…
