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Sedaris on Stinkerklaas – Funny video about the origins of Christmas and how they celebrate it in the Netherlands.

Key Molecule for Life Found in Habitable Region of the Galaxy

A sugar molecule linked to the origin of life was discovered in a potentially habitable region of our galaxy.

The molecule, called glycolaldehyde, was spotted in a large star-forming area of space around 26,000 light-years from Earth in the less-chaotic outer regions of the Milky Way. This suggests the sugar could be common across the universe, which is good news for extraterrestrial-life seekers.

“This is an important discovery as it is the first time glycolaldehyde, a basic sugar, has been detected towards a star-forming region where planets that could potentially harbor life may exist,” Serena Viti of University College London said in a press release.

Previously, glycolaldehyde had only been observed toward the center of the galaxy, where conditions are thought to be too extreme to host habitable planets.

Glycolaldehyde is a key ingredient for life. It helps to build Ribonucleic acid (RNA), which is thought to be the central molecule involved in the origin of life on Earth. Glycolaldehyde is a monosaccharide sugar, the basic unit of carbohydrates. It can react with the chemical propenal to form ribose, the building block of RNA.

“The discovery of an organic sugar molecule in a star forming region of space is very exciting and will provide incredibly useful information in our search for alien life,” said Keith Mason, chief executive of the England’s Science and Technology Facilities Council.

The finding, made with the IRAM radio telescope in France, was announced Tuesday and will be published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

For all of you looking for that perfect Turkey Day beer, do not go to this guy for advice.

The St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute held their third annual ‘Stache Bash here in St. Louis recently. Here’s a video of the event that was posted the other day on Funny or Die:

Relive the ridicularity of the American Mustache Institute’s ‘Stache Bash 2008, the greatest annual celebration of the Mustached American people known to mankind.

Get the message? Don’t be a Three-Finger Joe.

Kudos to whoever the hell made this video. The images from Roberto Gavaldon’s film Macario work really well with this song by Reverend Beat-Man’s fuzzed-out garage-punk band, The Monsters, from Switzerland. Enjoy!

I enjoy failure. Other people’s failure. Particularly if they are stupid. It’s my guilty pleasure. That’s why I love Fail Blog. This is the kind of wonderful shit that can be found on Fail Blog, enjoy!

An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits. Embedded from the Internet Archive.

1952
Director: Phil Karlson
Producer: Edward Small
Production Company: United Artists
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Crime; Drama; Film-Noir; Mystery

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he’s finally released for lack of evidence—after having been beaten up and tortured by the police—he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a web of hired killers and corrupt cops.

Yes, you can even post videos from YouBoob, Blip, Ning, etc. right here using the “embed codes” offered on each site. Just be sure to add the embed code into the “HTML” tab when you write a post, not the “Visual” tab.

Above is an educational film about Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin that Scooby found appropriate to share with everyone. Kudos for that, Scoob!