These Mutated Cows are Ripped
Image: Built Report Resembling contestants from the cattle equivalent of Mr Universe, these absurdly built bovines certainly don’t cut a pretty picture. Affected by a genetic mutation, known medically as Muscular Hypertrophy, or double muscling, the freakishly-shaped cows are the result of cross breeding. About a century ago, [...]
Continue reading...The UN’s Gloomy Forecast for Global Warming Refugees
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
A new report prepared in advance of the largest ever conference on the issue, details the findings of a two year preliminary study regarding how people react migrationally to changing climates. The conference,sponsored by the UN, will be held in Bonn, Germany and will be attended by over 600 experts and representatives of almost 80 nations. This largest ever conference on environmental based migration reflects the growing global nervousness that the threat of mass human relocation poses.
Continue reading...Ice: the Cradle of Life?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
It is one of the most sought after answers in modern science: where did life come from? How did those first molecules put themselves together in such a way as to form molecular machinery capable of reproducing itself and thereby fueling the creation of the vast and amazing diversity we see on this planet today?
Continue reading...On the Wings of a Dove [PIC]
Monday, October 27, 2008
This beautiful photo was taken on the corner of Buci and Seine in St-Germain-des-Pres, Paris. The photographer Brent Townshend used multiple fisheye lenses and self-written software to stitch the panoramic series of shots together, composing the eye-catching final image. He says that the emergent shape of a dove was planned at the time of photographing.
Continue reading...The Weirdest Creature on Earth
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
As if the North American Star-Nosed Mole wasn't weird enough; this functionally blind mole (Candylura cristata), which has twenty-two worm-like and independently movable tentacles growing out of its nose, has also apparently discovered the secret of being able to smell underwater. The main difficulty with underwater olfaction is trying not to inhale any water.
Continue reading...How Cannabis Could Save Your Life
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Researchers believe that the powerful antibiotic effects of cannabanoids can be enlisted in the increasingly difficult fight against MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other 'superbugs' that have evolved resistances to most modern antibiotics. MRSA is perhaps the best known of these superbugs, with estimates of up to 1.2 million hospital patients becoming infected.
Continue reading...Scientists Design Giant Elevator to the Stars
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Since time immemorial, we have imagined what it would be like to climb to the heavens. With the advent of modern rocketry, a few brave souls, and many more brave robots, have managed to slip the surly bonds of Earth. But what if, instead of an expensive and perilous ship that only a few could find passage on, we built a bridge to the stars that anyone could cross. Imagine that.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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