Tag Archives: Science

I’ve Just Seen A Face

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

There’s a fresh kerfuffle over an imagined proposal to use Neanderthal DNA to produce a clone of our prehistoric cousins. The professor who supposedly made the suggestion claims his comments were poorly translated and misunderstood. Ethicists say it’s a bad … Continue reading →

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Share and Share Alike

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

After meeting the changeable tattletale/conspirator Thorin yesterday, it seems appropriate to consider more about animals and sharing today. We care about fairness. Sometimes. Chimpanzees do too. Perhaps. Playing something called “The Ultimatum Game,” chimpanzees demonstrated a sense of fair play … Continue reading →

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Shake Your Tail Feathers

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

Today’s guest post comes from Wally, proprietor of Wally’s Intimida – home of the Sherpa Sport Utility Vehicle. Today is a great day to buy a new Sherpa – the largest, most impressive vehicle on the road today! Great big … Continue reading →

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Idea People

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

Today’s post, for the second day in a row, comes from Dealmaker and Promoter Spin Williams, who is constantly in residence at The Meeting That Never Ends. Wow! What a fine group of Idea Generators you are! I saw lots … Continue reading →

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Wright Brothers Day

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

Today is Wright Brothers Day, observing the achievement of Orville and Wilbur Wright in launching the first heaver-than-air powered flight on this date in 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Accordingly, today’s post comes from Idea Generator Spin Williams. Hi … Continue reading →

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Immortality or Bust!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

News goes in cycles and the nature of the stuff that interests us ebbs and flows, but immortality is always a hot topic especially when it’s presented as something that is almost within reach. Drat the luck if people figure … Continue reading →

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John Barleycorn Must DNA

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Barley made the news yesterday, in part thanks to a Minnesota scientist. Professor Gary Muehlbauer of the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota and a cadre of international researchers managed to sequence the genome for … Continue reading →

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Fall Guy

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

Sometime soon, possibly today, Felix Baumgartner will put on a space suit, climb into a capsule tethered to a high altitude balloon, ride to the edge of space and then jump out, falling 23 miles back to Earth. He’ll cover … Continue reading →

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Womb With Review

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

You know we live in unusual times when the big sex news continues to be topless photos of a hot princess, instead of this – two women in Sweden have received uterus transplants. From their mothers. Let that sink in. … Continue reading →

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Particles Beget Articles

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

Just in time for the 4th of July, the particle physicists at CERN are hinting that they will unleash the baddest boom since the Big Bang with an announcement that they have found the Higgs Boson, the elusive subatomic particle … Continue reading →

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