Titan (or Saturn VI) is the largest moon of Saturn. It is the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere and the only object, other than Earth, for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found. However, these bodies of liquid are incredibly still, with no sign of wave activity. What is causing this incredible phenomenon?
Why do we consume so much high fructose corn syrup? Why does America suffer from an obesity epidemic? And why are fruits and vegetables so expensive? Professor Dan D’Amico of Loyola University argues that special interests and government policy are at least partly to blame. According to Professor D’Amico, rent seeking and regulations — such as “organic” certification — results in lower costs for less healthy foods and higher costs for nutritional foods.
Nearly two years after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in Libya, his son Saif al-Islam is yet to stand trial for alleged war crimes committed during the 2011 uprising. He’s set for a hearing in Libya in August, but International Criminal Court judges fear he won’t receive a fair trial there. Libya is meanwhile defying an ICC ruling by refusing to hand him over to the Hague, insisting on trial at home.
Mario and Fafa visit Comic-Con 2013. Can you find the hidden Gorilla?
Experience how German sounds in comparison to other languages. H/T Ed Driscoll
Marine archaeologists are excited about the discovery of what may be a well-preserved 200-year-old shipwreck more than three-quarters of a mile below the Gulf of Mexico.
Congress came close to cutting off funding for the NSA as the evidence mounts of the agency’s massive spying operations — conducted seemingly with few checks and balances, and little regard for preserving citizens’ rights to privacy. Pundit Dick Morris is encouraged that Congress is finally waking up and possibly mobilizing to reign in the rogue agency.
English researchers developed a program that can identify individual eastern gray wolves’ howls 100 percent accurately.
Joe Dan Gorman asks what’s worse — the liberal tyrants trying to dismantle American freedoms or the spineless conservatives refusing to stand up to the onslaught? In this edition of Intellectual Froglegs, Joe Dan also takes the mainstream media to task, challenging his viewers to name one true conservative that the press hasn’t attacked.
Sparks fly in this debate on the Syrian civil war, pitting investigative journalist and blogger Lee Kaplan against Ken O’Keefe, the activist and former Marine who led the human shield action to Iraq in 2002. Rather than discuss Syria, the two exchanged a wild series of accusations and below-the-belt insults. Iran’s propaganda arm, Press TV, organized the debate, and its announcer appeared to provide cover to O’Keefe. In turn, he has been a frequent apologist for the Iranian mullahs, peddling the outlandish notion that 9-11 was an inside hit job conducted by the Israeli spy agency Mossad.
