News Briefs 21-01-2013
Posted by Kat at 13:39, 21 Jan 2013Have a look at this brilliant video, posted by Richard in last Monday's comments:
Psychic Parrot - telepathy research by Rupert Sheldrake.
- Faces of our ancestors: 27 model heads based on fossil fragments collected across the globe.
- 300-million-year-old 'UFO tooth-wheel' found in Russian city of Vladivostok. What's your take?
- Found on Mars: ancient crater lake fed by groundwater.
- Now, where did I put that Ebola? Dangerous pathogens accidently released from labs.
- The Psychedelic World of Catnip. Yep - that's how catnip always makes me feel.
- Holly the Cat's 200-mile trek back home leaves scientists baffled.
- Geneticists discover what they are calling the first known social chromosome -- an inherited group of genes, which together dictate behaviour -- in fire ants.
- Leprosy spreads by reprogramming nerve cells into migratory stem cells.
- Cancer loves antioxidants. Oops.
- Koch-funded study finds 2.5°F warming of land since 1750 is manmade. Double-oops.
- US Navy plans to stash drones on ocean floors around the world. When needed, the drones will be easily raised, in perfect condition, by a summons from Davey Jones.
- The UK's MOD is employing a similar method of burning taxpayers' money.
- Deception is futile when Big Brother's new lie detector turns its eyes on you.
- Australian gold rush after 5.5kg nugget is found in Victoria. 5.5kg is 177 ounces. Looks like we grailers need to invest in a metal detector for RickMG!
- Forget the Placebo Effect: It’s the ‘Care Effect’ that matters.
Quote of the Day:
Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all yearn for care when we suffer. When we can’t get genuine caring, we seek out the medical version: spendy and sometimes even counterproductive treatments. Some $210 billion is wasted annually on overtreatment, according to the Institute of Medicine, while a Medicare study found that overly aggressive treatment kills some 30,000 people a year. As a result, the number of U.S. adults who die from too much medicine is now higher than the number who die for lack of it.
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23 February 2009
15 weeks 7 hours
It's interesting that the Russian site gives a credit for the photo of the supposed ancient gear that clearly points to this picture which is clearly labeled on Wikipedia (the source of the photo) as an iodine crystal. I'd suppose that it could be argued that they chose the picture as representative, rather than being an actual photo of the alleged object, but I think that it is instead a simple hoax.
1 May 2004
2 days 2 hours
Just having a bit of fun. ;-)
Russian media can be very entertaining -- in small doses.
I loved this reporter's explanation of physics:
Japan to turn into one giant roller coaster.
You never know what you're going to find under Pravda's, errr, imaginative headlines:
Russia's Golden Age to start in 2013, Russian Nostradamus said.
21 June 2008
1 day 21 hours
The smallest feline is a masterpiece. - Leonardo da Vinci
And a miracle . . .
6 April 2010
7 hours 54 min
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
6 April 2010
7 hours 54 min
you know how i know that first doctor is a real doctor....dat mustache ;) I loved the interviews with the stoner cats, sad to say i knew someone who's cat got into the pot brownies. Think about it, cats have a legal drug that we buy them....what the fuck is wrong here??!!!
...go easy on those eebees kids...
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
1 May 2004
2 days 2 hours
It's possible this video will only be appreciated by those of a certain generation.
Now, where'd I put that old lava lamp?...
6 April 2010
7 hours 54 min
...I may be young but I had to watch films like this in my science classes. I remember the films very well (hint the "Look Around You" reference)
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
1 May 2004
2 days 2 hours
I wonder if schools are still handing out those questionaires that begin with 'Have you ever...' and 'How often...'?
6 April 2010
7 hours 54 min
that i do not know, but the film we had to watch in chemistry about how to handle chemicals and broken glass scared the crap out of me. i could never make it as an alchemist.....
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................