God essentially created two conflicting accounts of Creation: one in nature, and one in the Torah. How can it be determined which is the real story, and which is the fake designed to mislead us? One could equally propose that it is nature which presents the real story, and that the Torah was devised by God to test us with a fake history! One has to be able to rely on God’s truthfulness if religion is to function. Or, to put it another way — if God went to enormous lengths to convince us that the world is billions of years old, who are we to disagree?
→ Wikipedia, rebuttal of the Omphalos hypothesis by Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Anti-retroviral drugs used to treat HIV/Aids are being bought and smoked by teenagers in South Africa to get high.
→ BBC: Getting high on HIV drugs in S Africa [via WarrenEllis.com]
Remember the toolbag that an taikonaut kosmonaut astronaut dropped a couple of weeks ago while fixing the ISS? Well, you can track it – along with any other satellite – here: 33442 Shuttle Toolbag