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Science

Volcanic Eruption In Chile Fills Argentinian Lake With Ash

9:20PM June 17, 2011 | Matt Cherette

On June 4, southern Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in 50 years. It’s been spewing giant ash clouds ever since. Enough ash, it seems, to make the Nahuel Huapi Lake in neighbouring Argentina an unrecognizable, soot-covered abyss, as you’ll see in the above video of one diver’s attempt to sift through it all. [via The Telegraph]


Online

The Miracle Of Birth On Google Street View

5:40AM November 24, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Well, this is certainly more life affirming than your usual dudes with guns/drug dealers/dead people Google Street View fare. Yup, that’s the youngest citizen of Wilmersdorf, Germany, captured moments after birth by good old 9-eyes. More »


Software

The Week In iPhone Apps: FCC Inquiry Edition

9:20AM August 22, 2009 | John Herrman

Let’s take our minds off all this nasty Google Voice business for a minute, and focus on the apps that we do have. Google may not make an appearance this week, but how about Wikipedia? NPR? Simplify? More »