By Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Wednesday, June 1, 10:00 AM Nicknamed “worms from hell,” the nematodes, or roundworms, were found in several gold mines in South Africa,….“For a relatively complex creture like a nematode to penetrate that deep is simply remarkable,” he said. An artic[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
March 1st, 2012 - 1:35 pm § in Misc.
New Line of PCs Undercuts EVERONE
Read more about the third A … Amazon, Apple, and Anus African entrepreneurs, taking a page form the early days of Dell Computers, low ball the market for laptops. Amazon and Apple are about to get a kick in their arses. I wonder if these computers will be manufacured in North Korea under Kim[...]
February 28th, 2012 - 12:49 am § in Religion, The Ave Scene
Reconciliation: Faust comes to science.
Scientific Spirit How romantics and technophiles can reconcile our love-hate relationship with scientific progress by Joseph Grosso Published in the March/April 2011 Humanist ShareThis In March 2009 headlines blared across the front pages of New York’s Daily News that were at once stimulating, sca[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Turkey holds Bible hostage.
An early copy of the Bible seized in Gaziantep, Turkey. from Today’s Zaman. The book could be a copy of the Gospel of Barnabas — a controversial text which Muslims claim shows that Jesus predicted the coming of the Prophet Muhammad. The Vatican reportedly placed an official request to [...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Article in Scientific American upsets basic theory of genetics.
Jeckyl and Hyde: Each Clone Has a Different Personality, Why? Until now biologists and even theologians have believed that the DNA was the same in all cells. A clone of my fibroblasts could be used to grow me … a twin! The idea is central to two major tenets. In biology we now believe in [&h[...]
China: The Ugly Imperialist
Chinese Say ‘Trained Separatists’ Responsible for Tibetan Violence Chinese officials say trained Tibetan separatists who attacked police are responsible for instigating deadly violence last week in the southwest province of Sichuan. The state-owned China Daily newspaper quoted Sichuan go[...]
Syria: The Chinese Point of View
What China and Russia wants to happen in Syria. China maintains that any attempt by the international community to help Syria solve its crisis must respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the country. A messy civil war in Syria will not be conducive to peace in the Middle [...]
Washington State Schools Get a “C” in Science.
The Fordham Institute has released their annual evaluation of state science standards. We Washington did pretty good .. by the dismal standards of the US. We ranked with Michigan, Georgia and Texas … getting a gentleman’s C. Our neighbors ranked worse … with Fs for the 0ther [...]
February 2nd, 2012 - 1:47 am § in Politics
The Euro Bubble
The eurozone cannot survive in its current form – that is the alarming prediction of top economists and politicians of all political hues, among them the former Chancellors Alistair Darling, Nigel Lawson and Norman Lamont. READ MORE at The Independent.[...]