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Uh Oh. Cats Can Get Swine Flu Posted: 3 weeks 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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Tomorrow's weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
With increasing darkness toward the evening hours.
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Midwest quakes are aftershocks from 1800s Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
The largest quake is estimated to have been 8.0 in magnitude and was powerful enough to temporarily make the Mississippi River flow backwards.
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Failed Doomsday Predictions Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
Includes Video: 2012 Cataclysm or Ancient Myth?
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New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle Posted: 3 weeks ago by julea
"A vaccine that appears to be able to prevent the disease in about 50 percent of children, is now undergoing the final stage of testing.
...This vaccine was developed specifically for Africa and will only prevent the African strain of the disease. Experts say it would be a historic advancement."
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Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.
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Newly-discovered prehistoric spider's web is world's oldest Posted: 4 weeks ago by bingo
The world's oldest spider web was found by an amateur fossil hunter. The 1 millimeter threads of web, similar to those woven by orb spiders today, were encased in amber, and are around 140 million years old.
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Too Much Sleep Can Make You Tired Posted: 4 weeks ago by suebe
Did you grab that extra hour of sleep this morning after setting the clocks back an hour? (I didn't). You probably shouldn't have.
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Now THIS is scary! Posted: 4 weeks 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: 4 weeks 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: 4 weeks 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: 4 weeks 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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Seven questions that keep physicists up at night Posted: 4 weeks ago by Bornbad
Why this universe?
What is everything made of?
How does complexity happen?
Will string theory ever be proved correct?
What is the singularity?
What is reality really?
How far can physics take us?
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Stroke Switches Sexuality Posted: 1 month 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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Technique that can identify songs developed Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
Researchers have developed a novel system to identify common patterns in versions of songs, which will help to quantify the similarity of musical pieces. The method, based on mathematical equations, makes it possible to identify the concurrent presence of tonal events on two song tracks.
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What Really Scares People Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
Whether you jump at the sight of a spider or work up a sweat at the mere mention of getting on an airplane, fears and phobias abound.
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World’s Largest Web-spinning Spider Posted: 1 month ago by bingo
A new species of golden orb spider has been found in South Africa. It is the biggest spider ever found that spins a web -and what a web it is!
(Video at bottom of article)
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Anthropologist Argues that Modern Humans Are Wimps Posted: 1 month 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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I am the real ,Balloon Boy, survivor , '60s scare ... Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
At least one man reckons "Balloon Boy" is trying to steal his "thunder", and his moniker: Dan Nowell, the man originally dubbed Balloon Boy after he was caught up, undesirably, in a hot-air balloon flight in the 1960s.
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Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension Posted: 1 month 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: 1 month 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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New species of giant spider identified Posted: 1 month ago by Moogle
'Nephila komaci' has a tip-to-tip leg span of about 12 centimetres, including a body almost four centimetres wide. To get an idea how big that is, imagine the size of a man’s hand or a small saucer.
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CO2 is green: the TV advert making viewers choke Posted: 1 month ago by blindworld
A TV advert paid for by an oil industry lobbyist telling Americans "more CO2 results in a greener earth" would be almost funny if it weren't so depressing
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32 new extrasolar planets discovered Posted: 1 month 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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Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not Posted: 1 month ago by blindworld
Just about every month -- if not every week -- a new study emerges touting the health benefits to be gained from a daily glass of wine or a pint of dark beer.
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