Like the title says..”What The?”
What is it with marketing people? Until recently I thought that us writers had the corner on being insane. Having worked in both film and television, I can pretty much say that the writer is the most crazy person on set (aside from some actors-but they’re of a different [...]

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Producer or Green House Reducer the oil industry needs to make a choice
Confronted with a sharp change of priorities in Washington, international oil executives are expressing an eagerness to work with President Obama to fashion new policies to tackle global warming.

 
Sixty metabolites were present in tumor cells
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a new biological marker present in the urine of patients with prostate cancer that indicates whether the cancer is progressing and spreading.

Scientists Discover How Key Plant Hormone Is Triggered
Best known for its effects on fruit ripening and flower fading, the gaseous plant hormone ethylene shortens the shelf life of many fruits and plants by putting their physiology on fast-forward. In recent years, scientists learned a lot about the different components that transmit ethylene signals inside cells. [...]

 multidisciplinary analysis of the early hominid Australopithecus africanus by anthropologists….makes sense right?
In an unusual intersection of materials science and anthropology, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The George Washington University (GWU) have applied materials-science-based mathematical models to help shed light on the dietary habits of some of mankind’s prehistoric relatives.

Gravity produced by dark matter is an essential ingredient in galaxy formation
The images, produced by scientists at Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmology, show the “Cosmic Dawn” – the formation of the first big galaxies in the Universe.

Dr King and Professor Jobling found that men with rare surnames
Our surnames and genetic information are often strongly connected, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust. The research, published this week in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, may help genealogists create more accurate family trees even when records are missing. It also [...]

Cheney tells more than 200 million Americans to “throw or get the hell out of [his] sight.”

The amazing mirth wizards over at The Onion, America’s Finest News Source, reported on a very wishful outcome from the past 8 years of dealing with Dick.
“WASHINGTON-Organizers reported Sunday that the 44th White House Carnival was a rousing success, [...]

Cow Urine Shampoo Hasn’t Made It Past Drawing Board

The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, according to the man who makes it.Om Prakash, the head of the department, said the drink – called “gau [...]

Like other cities in the Western U.S. and the world, San Francisco will be turning its attention to water shortages that could become severe this year. San Francisco-based Twitter has already gone to work on a grander scale, attacking the global water shortage crisis that affects 1.1 billion people.