The BBC explains how the ancient giant penguin unearthed in Peru was capable of flying through water:

The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ago has been discovered in Peru.

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During wing-propelled diving – the so-called aquatic flight – these birds are able to generate propulsive forces in an environment about 800 times denser and 70 times more viscous than air.

Stephen Colbert outdoes himself with brilliant comedy and commentary on Glenn Beck, the Vatican and being wildly important.

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Live streaming video available from the Underwater PenguinCam at the California Academy of Sciences

The amazing talent of sheep dogs, combined with LEDs:

The Wii Drum High looks like a good project for the holidays:

With Nintendo Wii remote, Nunchuk and Wii Balance Board, it is easy to produce drum kit sounds from programming of their acceleration, joystick and weight data. These data can be transmitted from Wii controllers via Bluetooth to PC or Mac without Wii consoles.

Now if I could just use the Drum High controller instead of a keyboard to generate white papers and presentations…