yes, i'm still awake...

[rootofnewt]

birds find a beauty aid

an example of why shark-fin soup should NOT be eaten

yet another reason i don't trust the GM food industry

campaign to disprove witchcraft (i feel this is mostly a good thing, folks)

spy museum

math stuff

these things make me break out, anyway... especially when my doctor or nurse uses them

earwax embarrassment?

so tempted to post this to the DNA-Genealogy list i'm on...

violent neanderthals?

hoosier science: turkey manure + old mine = wetland

a new insect [world] order

okay, time for be to go to bed.

nini, folks.

Comments

There's a few of those articles I'd like to comment on.

[pained.livejournal.com]

Bird beauty: I wonder if that'd work for me...

Spy museum: You'll have to take me when I make it up there ;)

Math: I'd have preferred to see an advancement on the Riemann Hypothesis. At least I have some background in number theory. It's more than a bit of a strugle for me to get through topology papers.

The Neandertals: I find it interesting that the article admits that the blow was struck by a weapon not found among neandertal remains (but is found among early modern humans), and that it occurred during the time that EMH and neandertals were co-habitating France, and that EMH eventually replaced neandertals... but would rather not entertain the notion that it was caused during battle between the two species.

I propose naming the skull "Able".

GM corn: "During the tests, twice as many chickens died when fed on T-25 GM maize, compared with those fed on conventional maize."
This statement bothered me, so I dug up more info. It turns out that 10 of 140 chichens died in 12 months of eating the modified corn, versus 5 of 140 on "regular" corn. For the specific breed of chicken they used, the researchers would normally expect 7 to 11 deaths (5% to 8%). It was the lower (regular corn) death rate that was abnormal.

They published their preliminary findings after 4 tests; the Royal Science Academy says 14 is a minimum, and the tests are currently "inadequate and incomplete". The one result in question is a deviation from the other three that have been conducted.

But in any case, people (and robots like me) on both sides of the genetic engineering arguement will believe what they want to believe. For those of you who think I'm full of shit, you can cheer on these people.