January 17, 2008

Science Made Stupid Friday

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  • Concentrating all man's evil on the coast: Human activities contribute to California's global warming Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, and the Pacific Ocean are cool though.
  • Scientific American: Bisexuality is a Distinct Sexual Orientation Well, two orientations to be precise.
  • Rising Seas Threaten China's Sinking Coastal Cities
    Waters off the industrial port city of Tianjin, 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Beijing, rose by 7.72 inches (20 centimeters) over the past three decades, the administration said.
    Humm, at about a quarter of an inch a year they've got time enough to move the entire city to Denver.
  • The end of a shitty job New function for colon cancer gene found

  • Study discovers secret of Scottish sheep evolution Descendants of Angus McTavish (Aberdeen, 1206-1285 AD) humiliated.
  • Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision Orders for X-Ray vision expected to surpass orders for iPods in 2009.
  • Aggression as rewarding as sex, food and drugs Entire roster of the NFL stunned by the revelation.
  • Could have named her Slocke, or Slacker: German Polar Bear Cub Is Named "The 6.5-pound (3-kilogram) bundle of fluff that zookeepers dubbed Flocke, or Flake."
  • Why? Because we can, that's why. Hybrid Human-Animal Embryo Research Approved In The UK "I am not an embryo! I am a free Manimal!"
  • Today's "No Shit Sherlock" award goes to... the envelope please... this example of French-Canadian science doing its level best: Depression and anxiety can double chances of heart ailments "We found that both major depression and generalized anxiety disorder were more common in cardiac patients than in the general community," said principal investigator Nancy Frasure-Smith, a professor at McGill's Department of Psychiatry and a researcher at the Centre hospitalier de la Universite de Montreal." Forehead slaps heard all the way to Florida.

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    Posted by Vanderleun at January 17, 2008 11:13 PM | TrackBack
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    >Waters off the industrial port city of Tianjin, 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of Beijing, rose by 7.72 inches (20 centimeters) over the past three decades, the administration said.
    Humm, at about a quarter of an inch a year they've got time enough to move the entire city to Denver.

    Posted by: David McKinnis at January 18, 2008 11:38 AM

    re the scottish sheep: "What were we selecting for, anyway?... That's right, showtunes!"
    re the electronic contact lenses: Just keep Microsoft the hell away from it. Or keep your eyes closed till the first service pack is issued.

    Posted by: ed in texas at January 18, 2008 12:45 PM

    What a pointless story. Sinking land and rising sea levels. What are the respective rates? How much did sea level rise somewhere nearby (Japan, Taiwan) where subsidence is not occurring?
    I'm sure there is a way to blame subsidence on global warming and George Bush.

    Posted by: Jim in Virginia at January 18, 2008 6:14 PM
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