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Scientists: Baldness Good for Your Health

Zatoichi — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:31:06 -0400

A receding hairline can be a good thing, according to US scientists, who say men who go bald by 30 appear to be less likely to develop prostate cancer. Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine studied 2,000 men aged between 40 and 47. They were able to link high levels of the male hormone testosterone in those who lose their hair earlier with a lower risk of tumors.

Zebra: Hippo dental hygienist

zatoichi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:15:32 -0400

A zebra at Zurich Zoo appeared to be staring into the jaws of death when visitors saw it nose to nose with an open-mouthed hippopotamus.

But the hippo had no intention of having the zebra for lunch - it was having its teeth cleaned.

Family see Jesus image in Marmite

zatoichi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:37:22 -0500

It may not be immediately obvious to everyone, but one family are convinced they can see the face of Jesus on the lid of a jar of Marmite.

Claire Allen, 36, said she was the first to notice the image on the underside of the lid as she was putting the yeast spread on her son's toast.

Her husband Gareth, 37, said he could not believe his eyes when he saw it.

Mr Allen, of Ystrad, Rhondda, said: "The kids are still eating it, but we kept the lid."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

India Finds Ice Deposits on Moon

zatoichi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:33:38 -0500

A radar experiment aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft has identified thick deposits of water-ice near the Moon's north pole. "Now we can say with a fair degree of confidence that a sustainable human presence on the Moon is possible," said Dr Paul Spudis of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. In February, President Obama cancelled the program designed to return Americans to the Moon by 2020.

Symphony of Science - The Poetry of Reality

Zatoichi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:07:17 -0500

And that's the way it is.

Sad that Goatman thinks poetry sucks.

Physics in China

Zatoichi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:00:43 -0500

In its range and depth, physics in China is much like physics in other big, technologically advanced countries. The historical, political, and social contexts, however, are China's own.

8.8 Quake in Chile Triggers Tsunami

zatoichi — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:06:57 -0500

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 has hit central Chile, killing at least 47 people, triggering tsunami warnings for Hawaii, Australia and Pacific nations as far away as Russia. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center has issued advisories for the west coast of the U.S. and produced travel times and arrival times for the quake, which struck at 10:34 p.m. Pacific time (06:34:06 (UTC)).

Why Switzerland has the lowest crime rate in the world

zatoichi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:48:18 -0500

Or: Why no one invades Switzerland

Predicting the advent of the Blue Arctic Ocean

Zatoichi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:47:31 -0500

Using ice as an indicator

Sea ice extent is a widely used and well-constrained metric for summarising the state of the climate system. The decrease of sea ice extent and area was addressed by Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) in 1995. It was established that the ice extent, defined as more than 15% ice concentration in the Arctic, decreased by 3% per decade, with no trend for Antarctica.

Plastic rubbish blights Atlantic Ocean

Zatoichi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:59:55 -0500

Scientists have discovered an area of the North Atlantic Ocean where plastic debris accumulates.

The region is said to compare with the well-documented "great Pacific garbage patch".

Kara Lavender Law of the Sea Education Association told the BBC that the issue of plastics had been "largely ignored" in the Atlantic.

Cheney Suffered Fifth Heart Attack

Zatoichi — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:47:09 -0500

Former Vice President Dick Cheney suffered a mild heart attack Monday when he complained of chest pains and was hospitalized, his office said Tuesday. "Lab testing revealed evidence of a mild heart attack," the statement said. "He underwent a stress test and a heart catheterization. He is feeling good and is expected to be discharged in the next day or two."

New Instrument Revolutionizes Galaxy Studies

zatoichi — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:49:56 -0500

SARTEANO, ITALY University of Texas at Austin graduate student Guillermo A. Blanc is talking dissection. But he's not a biologist he's an astronomer. Blanc is using a new instrument at the university's McDonald Observatory to dissect nearby galaxies to learn how stars form, and in the process, generating a flood of new information that will benefit other scientists' work. Blanc is presenting his first results this week at an international conference called "SFR@50: Filling the Cosmos with Stars" in Sarteano, Italy.

Another Outright Lie on the DR

zatoichi — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:32:21 -0500

According to this "The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change"

This is an outright lie.

"In May, Council tabled a motion by Robert Austin that would have replaced the current APS statement on climate change with a new one much more skeptical of the evidence for, and consequences of, anthropogenic global warming. At its November 8 meeting, Council took it off the table and brought it to a vote.

The result: the motion was soundly defeated, with no one voting in favor and only one abstention. Even Austin voted against it."

aps.org

Chemical Soup Churns in Pacific

zatoichi — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:38:51 -0500

VBS travels to a spot in the Pacific where trash buildup has formed a massive floating island. (Phthalates were found in fish in the Arctic ocean in the 70's.)

Space Rock Contains Organic Molecular Feast

Zatoichi — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:30:54 -0500

Scientists say they have confirmed that a meteorite that crashed into earth 40 years ago contains millions of different organic compounds. It is thought the Murchison meteorite could be even older than the Sun.