Mushrooms for landfills

Gizmodo has an interesting article about a mushroom that can exist soley on polyurethane, and live without oxygen (it's anaerobic). Might we finally be able to digest the indestructible plastic we've made?

Two sad stories on the political front

Techdirt is reporting the obvious: big media is ignoring the SOPA/PIPA controversy.  The implication is that the self interest is preventing coverage. The big media conglomerates have a strong self-interest in ensuring the government protects their intellectual property.  Individual freedoms be damned!

It's sad when outsiders point out how large segments of the population, and the candidates they are selecting to run for president, choose ignorance over science.  But that is just what the folks over at The Telegraph have done in this article about the Republican primary process.