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Mysterious fossils of what may be a previously unknown type of human have been uncovered in caves in China, ones that possess a highly unusual mix of bygone and modern human features, scientists reveal.

Surprisingly, the fossils are only between 11,500 and 14,500 years old. That means they would have shared the landscape with modern humans when China's earliest farmers were first appearing.

Stupid question

Did anyone ever try to write an opera around Jack Kirby's grander scale fiction?

A poll

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A poll

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Apparently consistency matters more to me than self-promotion

For much the same reasons that led me to say "Perhaps in the spirit of egalitarianism one could eschew naming the goal of getting more women on panels after a man," please don't refer to my on-going f/m documentation as "the Nicoll test".

I asked the wrong question

Who should write the music for an opera based on Jack Kirby's work?

Interesting choice for a swan song

This was apparently the song Eva Cassidy chose as the final one she sang in public:

Nicked from Universe Today

Parti Quebecois continues effort to make rest of Canada look good by comparison to Quebec

PQ seeks vote-pleasing cause in xenophobia.

From the Montreal Gazette:
Quebec slaughterhouse debunks media frenzy over halal meat

But rest assured more traditional targets are not being ignored:

Over the last week one radio show has featured complaints about Hassidic Jewish festivals disrupting traffic [...]

Too late for Yuri's Night

SpaceX's Company President Gwynne Shotwell used the Satellite 2012 Conference to announce that it has a thin launch window on April 30 that would get it to a scheduled May 3 berthing slot at the International Space Station. The mission, known as COTS 2/3, carries a political payload far larger than the food and clean underwear inside the spacecraft.