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Extremophile Organism Found 1.74 Miles Down in Earth’s Crust
Science: It sure had a long journey to get down there. Other science: Life evolved down there in the first place, and we sure had a long journey to get up here. (pdf file)...
Fossilized Shrimp Show World’s Earliest Dagwood Sandwich
That’s the rough trade, ennit guvna? Palaeontologists led by Hou Xian-Guang, of Yunnan University, China, discovered fossilised chains of up to 20 crustaceans linked head-to-toe, the earliest re...
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Fungal spore launches set to opera. [forwarded by codename Alpha]...
Mass Extinction Threats
Mammals: check. Amphibians: check. Reptiles: check. Birds: check. Insects: check. Plants: check. I once heard someone compare the ecosystem to an airplane, and species are the rivets holding it toget...
compost and straw now potential garden poisons, thanks to Dow
Thousands of home gardens across Great Britain have failed this year because the straw, manure, or compost the gardeners used contained herbicide residue. The poison in question is aminopyralid, sol...
Neanderthals Just Like People; Scientists Struggle With Concept
As per this article: The diet of prehistoric Neanderthals living in caves on the Rock of Gibraltar included seals and dolphins, showing once again that the hominids had skills rivaling those modern h...
Non-psychoactive cannabinoids in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease
Awesome. Scientists at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have studied the effects of a drug that reduces the progression of a disease similar to multiple sclerosis in animals. This discovery ...
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Record-breaking acceleration of a fungal spore launch....
I Love Your MHC Genes, Baby
When picking a husband or wife, American couples seek out new immune genes, while Africans stick to the ones they’ve got. New research shows that American couples of European ancestry go for mat...
Self-Organization in the “Open Hives” of the Southeast Asian Honeybee
These honeybees’ open hives make them prey to big ol’ wasps and hornets. The hive starts doing the wave - “shimmering” - and the predators get “confused” (how abou...
Yet another study shows antibacterial/microbial effects of Cannabinoids
Norml article here. University of Mississippi National Center for Natural Products Research study here. It’s as if we are collectively standing on the beach arguing with people that claim there’s ...
Bone fragments found on top of neighboring WTC building.
A very interesting anomaly that I hadn’t heard of until I came across tonight. How does a “pancaking” building pulverize bodies into tiny coin sized pieces? Not to mention 90,000 ton...
Well, it’s been a sweet ride!
It’s been great knowing you all. I love each and everyone of you beyond any words I could possibly express verbally or mentally. I believe each and everyone of us is here for absolutely no p...
Panspermia in the News: Anomalous Cells From Space
Samples from the 2001 “red rain” in India seem to have unearthly qualities: In his presentation, Louis said that “red cell” spawns under various lighting conditio...
Evolving Into A New Species In Only 50 Years
Beetles speciating in years, instead of millenia. Looks like evolution can happen pretty darn fast in contrast to previous assumptions. Of course if you’ve been reading this blog regularly you a...
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The sex lives of animals....
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How’s that abstinence-only “education” working out for ya?...
Consensus Reality- “Earwax Has Purpose”
The gooey, golden stuff that builds up inside your ears should stay there, according to national guidelines on earwax removal released today. “[Earwax] is not intrinsically evil stuff, and conse...
Mass Extinction Going On
File under “already knew this,” but good to get these reminders out there. The frogs are not the only victims in this mass extinction, Wake added. Scientists studying other o...
Wild Dolphins Learn Tail-Walking From Dolphin Ambassador
A population of wild dolphins have learned tail-walking from a dolphin who was briefly in captivity years ago. My first thought is, can we then teach one to import the dolphin-word for “Danger! ...
Attack Of The Teenage DNA Detectives
Some fuckin’ Hardy Boys/ Nancy Drew shit right here- Up to a quarter of fish in stores and restaurants in New York City was mislabelled as a more expensive variety, according to samples collecte...
New Taste Sensation- “Calcium”
In a report scheduled for presentation here today at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, scientist Michael G. Tordoff, Ph.D., and colleagues with the Monell Chemical Senses Ce...
Of Squirrels And Nuts…
Its enough to make your Grandma blush...
It’s Official: Viruses Are Alive
Now we’re getting somewhere. The debate has been about whether viruses are the simplest form of life or the most complex form of non-life. That debate is now over, as science has found a virus t...
Panspermia in the News
Short version: Venus could have life and Earth could have Venus’ life too....
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“World’s Meanest Animal” - the honey badger. (Forwarded by gonzo blogger princelumber)...
Confirmed- Sea Life Rebounds in ‘No Take’ Zones
First Australia and now UK. Five years without fishing around Lundy Island off the coast of Devon have brought a significant revival in sea life, scientists report. Lobsters are seven times more abun...
Tack Another 700 Million Years On The Timeline
Evidence for ancient life stretches back in time to at least 3.5 billion years ago, in the form of single-celled organisms that did not require oxygen. The discovery of light carbon in the Jack Hill...
The Race To Get Laid In Space Is On
Weddings in space could be right around the corner, and experts figure the inevitable cosmic consummation will be just around the next corner. The Japanese firm First Advantage and the U.S.-based priv...
Skyfarming
First prototypes due in 5-10 years Why build vertical farms in cities? Growing crops in a controlled environment has benefits: no animals to transfer disease through untreated waste; no massive crop ...