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Science Dick-Slaps Creationists in the Face

SoundAndFury — Thu, 05/14/2009 - 19:18

Molecule of life emerges from laboratory slime - CREATING life in the primordial soup may have been easier than we thought. Two essential elements of RNA have finally been made from scratch, under conditions similar to those that likely prevailed during the dawn of life.

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Mmm, alcohol

ammit — Tue, 05/12/2009 - 10:41

There's a genetic variant which enables around 1 in 10 Caucasians to process alcohol in a way that stimulates the creative process.

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Crabs Feel Pain

SoundAndFury — Fri, 03/27/2009 - 15:34

They're paid for!

A favored method of preparing fresh crabs is to simply boil them alive. A longstanding related question: Do they feel pain? Yes, researchers now say. Not only do crabs suffer pain, a new study found, but they retain a memory of it (assuming they aren't already dead on your dinner plate). The scientists say its time for new laws to consider the suffering of all crustaceans.

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Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walks Again...

SoundAndFury — Fri, 03/13/2009 - 17:02

...arachnophobes everywhere sigh.

He has been confined to a wheelchair for 20 years. Now a paraplegic man is walking again, and his doctors call it a miracle. CBS13 went to Manteca to find out how a spider bite helped get him back on his feet.

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X-Terminate

MuttWitch — Wed, 03/04/2009 - 20:04

VOLUNTEERS clearing up a pond pulled out branches, weeds — and the mud-covered head of a DALEK.

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Kersplodey!

SoundAndFury — Thu, 02/12/2009 - 12:52

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA says two communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit.

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Bag of Precious Turds Discarded

Single Entendre — Fri, 02/06/2009 - 14:56

This, this headline, is exactly why I read the BBC News online:

Butaan lizard Researcher bereft after rare lizard dung hoard thrown away

I mean, the article is also interesting and wrong. But the headline is a real winner!!

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When you watch these ads, the ads check you out

SoundAndFury — Sat, 01/31/2009 - 16:34

Small cameras can now be embedded in the screen or hidden around it, tracking who looks at the screen and for how long. The makers of the tracking systems say the software can determine the viewer's gender, approximate age range and, in some cases, ethnicity - and can change the ads accordingly.

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You Made It Through The Most Stressful Day Of The Year!

SoundAndFury — Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:54

"Today (Jan 5th) is the most stressful day of the year, according to researchers. A combination of the cold weather, economic gloom and end to Christmas festivities will leave workers battling the January blues. "

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New Source of Light? Diaper Rash Cream!

SoundAndFury — Mon, 12/22/2008 - 13:07

ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2008) — Duke University and United States Army scientists have found that a cheap and nontoxic sunburn and diaper rash preventative can be made to produce brilliant light best suited to the human eye.

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