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A Tabletop Petawatt Laser?

March 30th, 2004 at 7:33 pm » Comments (0)

Laser Breakthrough Makes the Future Shine Bright

A “mere” table-top laser, but this system has recently matched the largest lasers in the world for peak power of a single beam.



No Sex Thank You Were Bdelloid Rotifers.

March 30th, 2004 at 7:16 pm » Comments (0)

Stripped of their reproductive role, the males, of this species, ceased to exist millions of years ago.

Seventy-five years ago, in the title of their classic send-up of how- to books, James Thurber and E.B. White famously asked, “Is Sex Necessary?”



Is There Life on Mars Because “We” Put it There?

March 30th, 2004 at 7:00 pm » Comments (0)

Andrew Schuerger, from the University of Florida seems to think so. “Life as we know it is likely to exist on Mars - because we put it there, he claims”.



Top Doctor Backs Picking Your Nose and Eating it?

March 30th, 2004 at 6:52 pm » Comments (0)

Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor.

Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who pick their noses…



SEX Is Brain Food!

March 30th, 2004 at 6:47 pm » Comments (0)

Sex stimulates the brain and makes people more intelligent, according to a top German researcher.