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Couldn’t resist! Looks like a mystical, magical tropical storm has mysteriously started to form off the coast of Florida, and while it may not become a hurricane before it slams into the southeastern coast, it may pick up enough energy afterward on the west coast (in the gulf) to actually become dangerous. For now, PLEASE let the wind and rain rid us of this awful HEAT!

Update: After skipping across southern Florida barely a Category 1 hurricane, Katrina now has New Orleans in her sights. Even though she’s weakened from a Category 5, there may not be much of the Big Easy standing after this. Whether you believe in the Man upstairs or not, these people deserve your prayers right now.

For every astronaut that’s ever squeezed a steak dinner with a side of mashed potatoes out of a toothpaste tube, the future is almost here. Tissue engineers have discovered ways to grow meat in a lab: chicken nuggets without the chicken, for example (won’t PETA be proud!) Additionally, “bad things” in meat can be replaced by better things are changed to taste like certain cuts of meat. The idea was originally being thought up for long space travel (one step closer to those Star Trek replicators) but could also be used on Earth to provide cheap, edible food sources. Looks like the “organically grown” lobbyists are close to losing another one.

Yes, the original concept was intended to be web only, but you can’t keep a good idea down. Check out the press release over at Talisman Studios for the skinny; we’re so happy!!!

And it doesn’t look much like a shuttle at all. In fact, some of the proposals fall back heavily on the Apollo program and the safety features of that era. A system of interchangable components that could be packed, racked, and stacked every way imaginable sure sounds nifty but looks like Americans just can’t come up with anything new. You’d think NASA would have finished reverse-engineering that UFO at Area 51 for its anti-gravity technology by now.