<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : science : Popular Links : XML WIDGET</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><link><id>135861</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135861/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Pied Piper of Mucus]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plastic tube Sandy Hawkins hands me looks more like a toy horn than a medical device. Blowing into it, he tells me, will do wonders for my chest cold.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>319</score><crdate>11/20/2009 12:33:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-20T00:33:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135737</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135737/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Snail Named After Crocodile Hunter]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tree snail found in the tropical forest near Cairns, Australia has been named after the late Steve Irwin. The Queensland Museum named it <i>Crikey steveirwini.</i>]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>421</score><crdate>11/15/2009 11:06:21 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-15T23:06:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135674</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135674/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Heart of the Milky Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[This new composite image of the center of our galaxy is simply beautiful beyond words. <br/><br/>(Thumbnail is not the image.)]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>232</score><crdate>11/13/2009 7:47:28 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-13T07:47:28+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135662</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135662/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Critics Challenge 'Dog Whisperer' Methods]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dog trainers and animal behaviorists take issue with Cesar Millan's, of National Geographic's The Dog Whisperer, dog training methods, saying that they are old methods based on bad dog behavior research that have been proven to do more harm than good, and that newer positive reinforcement methods are much more effective and safer for both the dog and owner.]]></description><comments>16</comments><score>425</score><crdate>11/12/2009 11:55:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-12T23:55:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135552</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135552/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Artificial Penis Tissue Proves Promising in Lab Tests]]></title><description><![CDATA[All rabbits with the bioengineered penises were just as active as normal rabbits &#8212; they tried sex within a minute of introduction to females. Swabs from the females held sperm in eight of 12 instances and four of the females became pregnant, delivering healthy pups.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>324</score><crdate>11/9/2009 7:45:27 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-09T19:45:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135520</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135520/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Did You Know Your Vagina Can Fall Out Of Your Body?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brave lady, Allison Henry, is speaking out about her vagina ... which literally fell out. The clinical term for this is &#8220;vaginal prolapse.&#8221; Read on at your own risk.]]></description><comments>28</comments><score>710</score><crdate>11/8/2009 4:51:00 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-08T16:51:00+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135470</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135470/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Happy Carl Sagan Day!]]></title><description><![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>]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>606</score><crdate>11/7/2009 11:25:03 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-07T11:25:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135447</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135447/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Walking Backwards No more.]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>13</comments><score>583</score><crdate>11/6/2009 7:43:30 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-06T19:43:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135430</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135430/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Large Hadron Collider halted by Bird with a Sandwich]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>607</score><crdate>11/6/2009 11:44:52 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-06T11:44:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135383</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135383/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Uh Oh. Cats Can Get Swine Flu]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>209</score><crdate>11/4/2009 7:29:11 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-11-04T19:29:11+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135257</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135257/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Now THIS is scary!]]></title><description><![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!]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>452</score><crdate>10/31/2009 2:01:33 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-31T14:01:33+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135224</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135224/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Giant penis-eating worm found in UK aquarium]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't like the sounds of this at all....]]></description><comments>24</comments><score>651</score><crdate>10/29/2009 7:15:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-29T19:15:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135221</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135221/1/</url><title><![CDATA[ever wondered just how small an atom really is?]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>874</score><crdate>10/29/2009 6:01:57 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-29T18:01:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135207</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135207/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Ilya the Manatee Rescued from Horrible Place Called &quot;New Jersey,&quot; Coming to Miami]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>375</score><crdate>10/29/2009 12:55:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-29T12:55:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135100</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135100/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Stroke Switches Sexuality]]></title><description><![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.]]></description><comments>53</comments><score>516</score><crdate>10/26/2009 10:58:00 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-26T10:58:00+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>135006</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/135006/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Anthropologist Argues that Modern Humans Are Wimps]]></title><description><![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>]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>398</score><crdate>10/23/2009 1:51:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-23T13:51:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134934</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134934/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time is an illusion: your brain stitches it together until it seems continuous. But what happens when it goes wrong..]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>517</score><crdate>10/21/2009 6:14:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-21T18:14:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134922</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134922/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Just in time for Halloween!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bloodybelly jellyfish!  Recently discovered by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.<br/><br/>Makes me think of The Tell Tale Heart!]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>472</score><crdate>10/21/2009 1:05:20 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-21T13:05:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134888</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134888/1/</url><title><![CDATA[32 new extrasolar planets discovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>294</score><crdate>10/20/2009 6:04:26 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-20T06:04:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134864</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134864/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Vegetarian Spider Found]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/72038/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">another vegetarian spider</a> and have named it Bagheera kiplingi (named after the panther in Rudyard Kipling&#8217;s &#8220;The Jungle Book). I think Bagheera badbudi would be a better choice :D]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>424</score><crdate>10/19/2009 1:18:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-19T13:18:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134849</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134849/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Plants Perform Quantum Computation]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>212</score><crdate>10/18/2009 4:22:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-18T16:22:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134845</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134845/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>518</score><crdate>10/18/2009 2:14:06 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-18T14:14:06+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134821</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134821/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Claim: Always Wash Your Hands With Hot Water, Not Cold ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wash my hands in scalding hot water, just so everyone knows that they're clean. Nothing says &quot;this dude's hands are CLEAN&quot; like Lobster-hands!]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>232</score><crdate>10/17/2009 7:22:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-17T19:22:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134788</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134788/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Millennial Muddle]]></title><description><![CDATA[For as long as human hair has turned gray, elders have looked at their successors and frowned. &quot;Children nowadays are tyrants,&quot; goes an old quotation widely attributed to Socrates. &quot;They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.&quot;]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>250</score><crdate>10/16/2009 10:23:12 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-16T22:23:12+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134737</id><url>http://science.plime.com/science/l/134737/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Facial Profiling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can you tell if a man is dangerous by the shape of his mug?]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>311</score><crdate>10/16/2009 2:46:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-16T02:46:43+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>