With the world collapsing around us, it will be the innovative few
who see brilliant opportunities and take us to a whole new level
“I’m spending a year dead for tax reasons.” – – Douglas Adams
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Turkey researchers working hard to build a better bird
Eastern wild turkeys have that classic turkey look, but domesticated turkeys are generally bred with breasts so big that they can’t mate naturally.
A majority of today’s domesticated turkeys may not be able to fly, but their ancestors sure got around. Meleagris gallopavo, the quintessential New World bird, was already an Old World favorite by the time colonists in North America first celebrated any Thanksgiving feasts. Today’s turkey researchers are investigating the big bird’s genetic heritage and biology as part of an effort to improve several aspects of its cultivation.
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Honeybees trained to smell TB
Honeybees are such an amazing creature!
New Zealand biologists believe that honeybees can sense the faint floral odor on the breath of people infected with tuberculosis, and are trying to find a way to train bees to help them diagnose TB…
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Mouse fetuses help mother’s hearts
Cardiomyocytes damaged by a heart attack.
As it turns out, nature has its own method for transplanting stem cells. When a pregnant mouse has a heart attack, her fetus goes to work to help repair the damage! The experiment mated female lab mice with males who had the genes to produce green fluorescent protein (GFP). Around half the embryos produced also had the ability to produce the protein. This way, scientists could track fetal cells separately from maternal cells. Then heart attacks were induced in the pregnant mice…
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Large nest of juvenile dinosaurs found
What new information will this lead to?
A nest containing the fossilized remains of 15 juvenile Protoceratops andrewsi dinosaurs from Mongolia has been described by a University of Rhode Island paleontologist, revealing new information about postnatal development and parental care. It is the first nest of this genus ever found and the first indication that Protoceratops juveniles remained in the nest for an extended period…
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
For the love of God, will the real sucker please stand up?
“If my films make one more person miserable, I’ll feel I have done my job.” – – Woody Allen
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Scientists discover ‘seal navigation’
Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seals’ remarkable homing instinct, which is thought to be the most accurate of any sea mammal, allows the creatures to return to within a single body length of the spot where they were born to give birth to their own pups.
Thai Flood Hacks
Water Bottle Boat.
Necessity is truly the mother of invention, so when the going gets tough because of the2011 Thailand Floods, the Thais get floatin’ on a DIY boat made from water bottles.
Thai Flood Hacks is a Tumblr blog that collects the ingenuity of the Thai people in dealing with the 3-month-old flood. A few more pics follow…
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
The new plans for the military are both creepy and
freakishly out of touch with the enemies they will be fighting
“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.” – – Brendan Gill
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Mid-Ocean creatures control light to avoid becoming snacks
Where transparency becomes a defense.
If you’re a snack-sized squid or octopus living in the ocean zone where the last bit of daylight gives way, having some control over your reflection could be a matter of life and death. Most predators cruising 600 to 1,000 meters below the surface spot the silhouette of their prey against the light background above them. But others use searchlights mounted on their heads…
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‘Pee power’ – turning urine into electricity
Urine can be turned into electricity, according to scientists.
We each produce 2.5 liters of urine a day and a total of 6.4 trillion liters globally. But until now it has been widely regarded as a rather unpleasant waste product.
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Walk in Sync – revolutionary humane dog walking and training system
Walk in Sync
The Walk In Sync™ Humane Dog Walking and Training System was developed by veteran trainer Alecia Evans and it is revolutionizing the way we walk our dogs and train our puppies. (Pics)
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