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Transgender papaya: scientists change the sex of a tropical fruit Posted: 11 hours ago by Bornbad
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).
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Walking Backwards No more. Posted: 16 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: 24 hours 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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Tomorrow's weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals Posted: 3 days ago by Bornbad
With increasing darkness toward the evening hours.
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Midwest quakes are aftershocks from 1800s Posted: 3 days 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 days ago by Bornbad
Includes Video: 2012 Cataclysm or Ancient Myth?
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New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle Posted: 4 days 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: 4 days 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: 6 days 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: 6 days 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: 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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Seven questions that keep physicists up at night Posted: 1 week 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: 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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Technique that can identify songs developed Posted: 2 weeks 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: 2 weeks 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: 2 weeks 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: 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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I am the real ,Balloon Boy, survivor , '60s scare ... Posted: 2 weeks 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: 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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New species of giant spider identified Posted: 2 weeks 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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