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Walking Backwards No more. Posted: 17 hours ago by suebe
It seems that the flu shot victim Desree Jennings has suddenly been cured of walking backwards.
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Large Hadron Collider halted by Bird with a Sandwich Posted: 1 day ago by equinox
A bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the LHC particle accelerator has shut down the whole operation. With freak accidents piling up at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery seems less like a sci-fi joke today. *Of course it could just be Zaphod Beeblebrox refueling the infinite improbability drive of the Heart of Gold.
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Uh Oh. Cats Can Get Swine Flu Posted: 3 days ago by suebe
Health officials in Iowa say a 13-year-old cat tested positive for swine flu - the first feline to come down with the virus.
Two of the three people who live with the cat had the flu before the cat got sick, officials say.
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Now THIS is scary! Posted: 7 days ago by meggysue
Watch an unthinking human sneeze without covering his mouth! Watch his virus invade your body and wreak havoc! Watch it take over your DNA and clone itself millions of times! Watch it launch itself into your blood stream! Hope your immune system beats its little viral ass!
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Giant penis-eating worm found in UK aquarium Posted: 1 week ago by mutil8or
I don't like the sounds of this at all....
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ever wondered just how small an atom really is? Posted: 1 week ago by jasontho
The University of Utah built an interactive sliding scale to illustrate the size of REALLY REALLY small things like cells, atoms, HIV, water molecule, etc. Click the link to see. Very cool.
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Ilya the Manatee Rescued from Horrible Place Called "New Jersey," Coming to Miami Posted: 1 week ago by suebe
Ilya, the wandering manatee has been plucked from the cold NJ waters by the Coast Guard and has been flown home to Florida.
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Stroke Switches Sexuality Posted: 2 weeks ago by 2manyusernames
A case reported to the Journal of Neuropsychiatry tells the case of a 57-year old gay man who after his second stroke found himself sexually attracted to women instead of men.
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Anthropologist Argues that Modern Humans Are Wimps Posted: 2 weeks ago by bingo
Peter McAllister argues that human physical strength and endurance have deteriorated over time.
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions.
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Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension Posted: 2 weeks ago by Bornbad
Time is an illusion: your brain stitches it together until it seems continuous. But what happens when it goes wrong..
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Just in time for Halloween! Posted: 2 weeks ago by maven
A bloodybelly jellyfish! Recently discovered by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Makes me think of The Tell Tale Heart!
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32 new extrasolar planets discovered Posted: 3 weeks ago by Mithridates
Yesterday the discovery of 32 new extrasolar planets was announced, bringing the total number we know of to over 400 and making 2009 the most successful year to date for planet hunting.
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Vegetarian Spider Found Posted: 3 weeks ago by suebe
Scientists have discovered another vegetarian spider and have named it Bagheera kiplingi (named after the panther in Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book). I think Bagheera badbudi would be a better choice :D
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Plants Perform Quantum Computation Posted: 3 weeks ago by 2manyusernames
Plants soak up an incredible amount of sunlight, absorbing 95% of its energy. Amazingly they do this with very little loss of sunlight as heat because they manage to convert the light into carbohydrates in one million billionths of a second. How plants manage this feat has been a mystery. A possible answer has now been found and it opens up new mysteries.
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Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life Posted: 3 weeks ago by bernardblack
Jupiter's moon, Europa has ocean water twice as much as all of the Earth. New evidence indicates that not only is there enough oxygen to support microorganisms but perhaps even enough to support greater lifeforms. The time it will take to unlock this oxygen is a good sign for eventual life as it gives time for organisms to evolve protection against oxygen's harmful effects.
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The Claim: Always Wash Your Hands With Hot Water, Not Cold Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
I wash my hands in scalding hot water, just so everyone knows that they're clean. Nothing says "this dude's hands are CLEAN" like Lobster-hands!
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The Millennial Muddle Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
For as long as human hair has turned gray, elders have looked at their successors and frowned. "Children nowadays are tyrants," goes an old quotation widely attributed to Socrates. "They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."
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Facial Profiling Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
Can you tell if a man is dangerous by the shape of his mug?
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Vandenberg turns into a reef. Posted: 3 weeks ago by maven
Not the base, the 527-foot former missile tracking ship. It was sunk off the Florida Keys to create a reef...And critters are moving in.
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The Arctic Circle Will Have Ice Free Summers in 10 Years Posted: 3 weeks ago by suebe
The Catlin Arctic Survey was working with the World Wildlife Fund, and the WWF warns, "This could lead to flooding affecting one-quarter of the world's population, substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions from massive carbon pools and extreme global weather changes."
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The halo effect Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
If we see a person first in a good light, it is difficult subsequently to darken that light.
*does this halo make my butt look big?*
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Animals feel the pain of religious slaughter Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
Brain signals have shown that calves do appear to feel pain when slaughtered according to Jewish and Muslim religious law, strengthening the case for adapting the practices to make them more humane.
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Flying Reptile May Have Snatched Dinosaurs in Midair Posted: 4 weeks ago by Bornbad
A crow-sized reptile sporting a lengthy tail likely soared through the skies some 160 million years ago, snatching feathered dinosaurs and tiny flying mammals from the air, suggest fossils of a newly identified pterosaur.
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Even the Maya are getting sick of the hype Posted: 4 weeks ago by jhordie
The frenzy is building over mostly Western generated misinformation regarding the Mayan calendar.
The Maya have more important things to worry about, like rain.
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The story of the Gömböc Posted: 4 weeks ago by Bornbad
A Gömböc is a strange thing. It looks like an egg with sharp edges, and when you put it down it starts wriggling and rolling around with an apparent will of its own.
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