Surface detail (by subBlue)

Three minutes and ten seconds of beautiful fractals. Highly hypnotic!

Link: Science’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries – Science’s 8 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries: Progress Report – Popular Mechanics

In the year 2000, PM asked how eight of the most profound questions in science might (optimistically) be answered before the dawn of the 22nd century. So where are we now, a decade later? Here’s the skinny on some of science’s greatest mysteries—from attaining immortality and the search for alien life to traveling through time.

Link: 45 Astonishing Examples of Long Exposure Photography

Link: The Companies Who Support Censoring The Internet | Techdirt

A group of companies sent a letter to to Attorney General Eric Holder and ICE boss John Morton today (with cc’s to VP Joe Biden, Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano, IP Czar Victoria Espinel, Rep. Lamar Smith, Rep. John Conyers, Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator Charles Grassley), supporting the continued seizure of domain names they don’t like, as well as the new COICA censorship bill, despite the serious Constitutional questions raised about how such seizures violate due process and free speech principles.

Link: The best times to buy anything in 2011

Shoppers beware!

Link: Rogue Facebook apps can now access your home address and mobile phone number | Naked Security

In a move that could herald a new level of danger for Facebook users, third party application developers are now able to access your home address and mobile phone number.

Facebook has announced that developers of Facebook apps can now gather the personal contact information from their users.

Link: Short Sharp Science: Bat camp: orphaned critters nursed back to health

Link: List of common misconceptions – Wikipedia

This list of common or popular misconceptions describes documented, widespread ideas and beliefs which are fallacious, misleading, or otherwise flawed.

MUST READ!

Link: Intel’s upcoming Core chips to include copy-blocking system

Intel on Monday said that it was building a hardware security layer in its next-generation Core chips to prevent streaming movies from being copied.

I don’t like when *MY* hardware dictates what I can do with it.