Archive for the 'Biology' Category
Seeing with Your Tongue
Snipped from LiveScience.com.
This is a very simple theory put to test, and it seems it is paying huge benefits. Watch as this blind man rock climbs seeing with his tongue.
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Japan Braces for Giant Jellyfish
Snipped from CNN.com.
Holy sh*t! I would have never believed someone if I did not see/read it for myself. Jellyfish 6 feet in diameter and over 400 lbs?!
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Autism, Schizophrenia: Is Brain Folding Implicated?
Snipped from Boston.com.
Now this is very interesting! Researchers are starting to unveil the reasons for our wrinkled brains.
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“Playful dolphin strands NZ woman”
Snipped from BBC.co.uk.
This story is quite amazing. There is a dolphin named Moko that lives in the waters of the North New Zealand shore.
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Big Oil Turns to Algae
Snipped from TechnologyReview.com.
This is a sight for sore eyes. It seems ExxonMobil, the most hated big oil conglomerate of mine, has invested $300 million into algae genomics research.
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Swine Flu, Pandemics and Weight Loss
Swine Flu. What a rollercoaster! It was a pandemic, now it is a joke. That is, if you listen to the media. They have done everything possible to make this H1N1 virus, first called swine flu, then called mexican flu, pure entertainment. But, who will be laughing in the end?
This swine flu, or H1N1, is much like every other virus. The difference is it is new, and that is why we are seeing its relative benign nature, at least, at the moment. The reason scientists are still warning of the danger is not because of what is happening now, but what they project may happen years from now.
See, viruses are made of genetic components just like every other organism on this planet, and that genetic material has to evolve to become efficient. Since it is relatively new, it hasn’t had time to get really nasty, but most scientists think it will.
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