Mysteries under Moscow, via [Making Light]. Found this in a web search for Tim Powers, and from Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s summary, it sounds like bits of Powers’ last book, several Doctor Who episodes and a swaggle of Call of Cthulhu, Unknown Armies, GURPS: Atomic Horror and Vampire scenarios are scattered under Moscow.
There’s been a great deal of talk in Nanotechnology about building super-tiny motors to power assorted cell-sized machines, but a group of scientists now argue that it might make more sense to use motors that already exist, perfectly functional, inside living cells. Instead of trying to build a car, build a cart: BBC: Cells made to haul tiny cargoes.
Their delightful name for this innovation: Microoxen!
[ via Steve Jackson Games’ Daily Illuminator]
Via Bruce Sterling, an evil optical illusion (below the cut). Also, while googling for a reference, I found this.
I’ve been sitting on this link to the U.S. Scouting Service Project Clipart and File Library for a bloofy long while for some reason, but in honor of Roly visiting my meme, I’ll post the damn thing. It’s a cool collection of old scout movement motivational pictures.
