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What do you give a superhero to commemorate her 600th comic book? A new outfit, of course.
On Wednesday, DC Comics revealed a revamped Wonder Woman with a revised background story and more modest crime-fighting clothes. Instead of the American flag-esque bustier and hot pants, Wonder Women will now wear full-coverage tights and a bolero over a higher-cut bustier.
I have an affinity for Detroit, despite being accused of different in the podcast. It is true that I from time to time use the town as an example of social decay, but I am merely carrying on a longstanding comic tradition by picking on Detroit.
Detroit as a punchline doesn’t even make sense any longer. The city is no longer simply going to pot; there are people working to push Detroit to make a comeback. Everybody knows Tempe’s Detroit now. Detroit’s just Detroit.
We may never see this type of housing in the developed world, but for the developing world this new type of housing would be a huge improvement over shacks of rusting metal and cardboard:
VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) Therapy (also known as Negative Pressure Wound Therapy) is a fairly new technique that doctors use to speed up healing in deep wounds, surgical wounds, amputations and other wounds that don’t seem to be healing properly on their own. The following video discusses one amputee’s successful experience with VAC therapy…
The following video introduces a term – “conflict minerals” – that you may have never heard of before. It is an important term because, behind the scenes, conflict minerals are leading to death and destruction for millions of people….
Every computer that’s connected to the Internet has its own unique “address.” Tune in as Marshall explains how IP addresses work — and how many of them exist — in this episode.
Someone who is suffering from emotional stress and pain is said to have a “broken heart,” but only in a metaphorical sense. Sometimes, however, the damage can be physical. Find out how Broken Heart Syndrome works — and if it’s fatal — in this episode.
Web 2.0 is a term that emerged after the dot-com crash of 2000. There’s some debate, however, about what it actually means. Jonathan and Chris define Web 2.0 and discuss the evolution of the World Wide Web in this episode.
Mata Hari was an exotic dancer and a courtesan, but today she’s known more for her work as a spy. In this podcast, Katie and Sarah take a look at the extraordinary life of Mata Hari — and whether the French intelligence community used her as a scapegoat.
Terrafugia Transition ‘flying car’ gets go-ahead from US air authorities – “The Terrafugia Transition, a light aircraft that can convert into a road-legal automobile, is to go into production after being given a special weight exemption by the US Federal Aviation Administration…” Seagate busts out 3TB external hard drive for $250 – “As of today, [...]
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