“$15.75 for invention of anti-gravity device. Must include batteries. $37.50 for proof of alien life.”
An online discussion mocks NASA for offering only $50,000 in prize money for competitions to create strong tethers and a cable-climbing robot powered by a light beam. The Centennial Challenges were inspired by the $10 million Ansari X prize (Slashdot, 24 March)
“It used to be important to have a living will. Post-Schiavo, it’s become essential to have a living will.”
Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, says the case of Terri Schiavo in Florida, whose…
