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News Briefs 03-10-2008

Sometimes Friday just feels like… Friday.

  • Sunspots are at their fewest since 1954… but why?
  • This year’s Ig Nobel Awards are being handed out to a slew of wonderfully inspired, terribly misdirected scientists.
  • Could tweaking plants turn toxic soil into farmland?
  • Lessons about space on ice?
  • Clusters of newborn stars might share life-bearing rocks between them. And by “bearing” I mean water bears…
  • Dutch scientists decode the DNA sequence of the fungus which produces penicillin. Take *that* Dr. Fleming.
  • Seeing the ‘true colors’ of the Moon – further proof it’s not just a giant block of limburger cheese.
  • What’s dreaded in the stock market but eagerly welcomed by life in the ancient seas? Change.
  • See no evil, hear no evil… test no evil? The true, behind-the-scenes tale of chimps used in medical research.
  • The lab-coats are determined to find what caused “beaked whales” to strand on beaches in the Canary Islands. Naval sonar exercises or natural selection – you be the judge…
  • Was Sheldrake’s stabber a victim of mind control? Get out of my mind, Jobe!
  • Are you a legitimate genius? Then you probably already know the 20 things simple-minded, wanna-be geniuses like us didn’t (know)…
  • Black rhinos released back into the wild for the first time in 25 years.
  • BBC releases “post-nuclear blast announcement” to the public. Did someone just screen the “The Day After” or is this a none-too-subtle hint…
  • Jupiter is ready for her close-up, Mr. Demille.

Super Grandé Thanks to Greg, Rick MG, Red Pill Junkie and Baldrick

Quote of the Day:

“To be on the WIRE is life. The rest is waiting… ”

Karl Wallenda

  1. Ig Nobel
    Actually, the fact that Coca-cola can be an effective spermicide has been known in 3rd world countries for quite a while.

    I was told that indian women in the poorest parts of Mexico used the stuff after having intercourse as a contraceptive. But since birth control wasn’t capped until the 1990s thanks to government policies, maybe is not as effective as one would think.

    —–
    It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
    It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

    Red Pill Junkie

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