<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : science : All Links : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://science.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Happy Carl Sagan Day!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135470/1/" /><id>135470</id><summary><![CDATA[Happy Carl Sagan Day!]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T11:25:03+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T11:25:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Carl Sagan died in 1996, but his ideas and passion for science and exploration live on. Friends and colleagues have created the first celebration of his life, hoping it will become an annual event. Speakers include Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy and James Randi, viewings of Cosmos and sky watching. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.ustream.tv/channel/carl-saga-day-live" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Live USTREAM coverage all day.</a><br/><i>&quot;Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known&quot; </i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Transgender papaya: scientists change the sex of a tropical fruit ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135452/1/" /><id>135452</id><summary><![CDATA[Transgender papaya: scientists change the sex of a tropical fruit ]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T00:44:02+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T00:44:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Papayas already come in three sexual varieties: male, female and hermaphrodite, but it is only the hermaphrodite varieties that produce the succulent fruit that is sold commercially(bet you didn't know that).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Walking Backwards No more.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135447/1/" /><id>135447</id><summary><![CDATA[Walking Backwards No more.]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T19:43:30+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T19:43:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It seems that the flu shot victim <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/135396/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Desree Jennings</a> has suddenly been cured of walking backwards.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider halted by Bird with a Sandwich]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135430/1/" /><id>135430</id><summary><![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider halted by Bird with a Sandwich]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T11:44:52+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T11:44:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Uh Oh. Cats Can Get Swine Flu]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135383/1/" /><id>135383</id><summary><![CDATA[Uh Oh. Cats Can Get Swine Flu]]></summary><issued>2009-11-04T19:29:11+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-04T19:29:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Health officials in Iowa say a 13-year-old cat tested positive for swine flu - the first feline to come down with the virus.<br/><br/>Two of the three people who live with the cat had the flu before the cat got sick, officials say.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Tomorrow's weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135374/1/" /><id>135374</id><summary><![CDATA[Tomorrow's weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals]]></summary><issued>2009-11-04T18:12:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-04T18:12:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[With increasing darkness toward the evening hours.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Midwest quakes are aftershocks from 1800s]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135372/1/" /><id>135372</id><summary><![CDATA[Midwest quakes are aftershocks from 1800s]]></summary><issued>2009-11-04T18:05:30+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-04T18:05:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The largest quake is estimated to have been 8.0 in magnitude and was powerful enough to temporarily make the Mississippi River flow backwards.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ Failed Doomsday Predictions ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135371/1/" /><id>135371</id><summary><![CDATA[ Failed Doomsday Predictions ]]></summary><issued>2009-11-04T17:58:47+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-04T17:58:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Includes Video: 2012 Cataclysm or Ancient Myth?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135326/1/" /><id>135326</id><summary><![CDATA[New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle]]></summary><issued>2009-11-03T08:58:25+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-03T08:58:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;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.<br/>...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.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135322/1/" /><id>135322</id><summary><![CDATA[Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean]]></summary><issued>2009-11-03T02:32:55+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-03T02:32:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Newly-discovered prehistoric spider's web is world's oldest]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135298/1/" /><id>135298</id><summary><![CDATA[Newly-discovered prehistoric spider's web is world's oldest]]></summary><issued>2009-11-01T18:04:21+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-01T18:04:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Too Much Sleep Can Make You Tired]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135278/1/" /><id>135278</id><summary><![CDATA[Too Much Sleep Can Make You Tired]]></summary><issued>2009-11-01T07:35:53+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-01T07:35:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Now THIS is scary!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135257/1/" /><id>135257</id><summary><![CDATA[Now THIS is scary!]]></summary><issued>2009-10-31T14:01:33+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-31T14:01:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Giant penis-eating worm found in UK aquarium]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135224/1/" /><id>135224</id><summary><![CDATA[Giant penis-eating worm found in UK aquarium]]></summary><issued>2009-10-29T19:15:48+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-29T19:15:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I don't like the sounds of this at all....]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ever wondered just how small an atom really is?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135221/1/" /><id>135221</id><summary><![CDATA[ever wondered just how small an atom really is?]]></summary><issued>2009-10-29T18:01:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-29T18:01:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ilya the Manatee Rescued from Horrible Place Called &quot;New Jersey,&quot; Coming to Miami]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135207/1/" /><id>135207</id><summary><![CDATA[Ilya the Manatee Rescued from Horrible Place Called &quot;New Jersey,&quot; Coming to Miami]]></summary><issued>2009-10-29T12:55:35+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-29T12:55:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ilya, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://cbs4.com/local/new.jersey.manatee.2.1278644.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the wandering manatee</a> has been plucked from the cold NJ waters by the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_b575e174-c49d-11de-9ea7-001cc4c03286.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Coast Guard </a> and has been flown home to Florida.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Seven questions that keep physicists up at night ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135173/1/" /><id>135173</id><summary><![CDATA[Seven questions that keep physicists up at night ]]></summary><issued>2009-10-28T02:57:09+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-28T02:57:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Why this universe?<br/>What is everything made of?<br/>How does complexity happen?<br/>Will string theory ever be proved correct?<br/>What is the singularity?<br/>What is reality really?<br/>How far can physics take us?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Stroke Switches Sexuality]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135100/1/" /><id>135100</id><summary><![CDATA[Stroke Switches Sexuality]]></summary><issued>2009-10-26T10:58:00+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-26T10:58:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Technique that can identify songs developed]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135078/1/" /><id>135078</id><summary><![CDATA[Technique that can identify songs developed]]></summary><issued>2009-10-25T13:19:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-25T13:19:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[What Really Scares People]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135023/1/" /><id>135023</id><summary><![CDATA[What Really Scares People]]></summary><issued>2009-10-23T19:06:14+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-23T19:06:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[World&#8217;s Largest Web-spinning Spider]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135016/1/" /><id>135016</id><summary><![CDATA[World&#8217;s Largest Web-spinning Spider]]></summary><issued>2009-10-23T17:12:02+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-23T17:12:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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!<br/><br/>(Video at bottom of article)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Anthropologist Argues that Modern Humans Are Wimps]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/135006/1/" /><id>135006</id><summary><![CDATA[Anthropologist Argues that Modern Humans Are Wimps]]></summary><issued>2009-10-23T13:51:25+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-23T13:51:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Peter McAllister argues that human physical strength and endurance have deteriorated over time.<br/><br/>    <i>Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions.</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[I am the real ,Balloon Boy, survivor , '60s scare ...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/134978/1/" /><id>134978</id><summary><![CDATA[I am the real ,Balloon Boy, survivor , '60s scare ...]]></summary><issued>2009-10-22T22:52:13+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-22T22:52:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[At least one man reckons &quot;Balloon Boy&quot; is trying to steal his &quot;thunder&quot;, 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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/134934/1/" /><id>134934</id><summary><![CDATA[Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension ]]></summary><issued>2009-10-21T18:14:15+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-21T18:14:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Time is an illusion: your brain stitches it together until it seems continuous. But what happens when it goes wrong..]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Just in time for Halloween!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://science.plime.com/science/l/134922/1/" /><id>134922</id><summary><![CDATA[Just in time for Halloween!]]></summary><issued>2009-10-21T13:05:20+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-21T13:05:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A bloodybelly jellyfish!  Recently discovered by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.<br/><br/>Makes me think of The Tell Tale Heart!]]></content></entry></items></xml>