As part of its 10th birthday celebrations, Google has committed $10m to its Project 10 to the 100th, “a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.” Anyone with a helpful notion should submit it by 20 October. If your mind’s blank, watch the cute video instead.
The final theatrical trailer for Oliver Stone’s Bush biopic W has dropped, and it uses Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” to rather good effect. We get a look at Josh Brolin’s Bush in the White House for the first time, including a brief glimpse of that infamous pretzel-mouth malfunction.
In the latest effort to make science cool, NASA has recruited the services of a hip-hop loving student to perform an “Astrobiology Rap”. Rumours of a Geekz With Attitude album are thought to be premature, but you can see their video online.
Karen Hanrahan, a nutrition consultant and “wellness educator”, has posted pictures of a hamburger that she claims to have purchased at McDonalds in 1996, next to one bought this year. Can you tell the difference? The 12-year-old burger and its bun, despite being kept in nothing more than a tupperware tub, appear perfectly preserved.
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