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Archive for January, 2008



Environmentalists: Syndey Doomsday by 2070

Monday 28 January 2008 @ 8:18 pm

<blockquote>”Much as I’d like to accuse these reports of hysterical misrepresentation, I find I can’t. Arriving last week in Tasmania, I’m able to vouchsafe that this normally temperate state is enduring its most savage drought in living memory.“</blockquote>

<em>Yes, it surley is hot in here.</em>


Comments (0)  | Posted in weird science    


Pity the Man

Saturday 26 January 2008 @ 11:02 am

Pity the man who conceived four babies with four women and suffered anxiety attacks and nightmares after all four, with his consent, were aborted.


Comments (0)  | Posted in men + women, psychology, sex and metropolis    


One Out Of Four Children Involved In A Divorce Undergoes Parental Alienation Syndrome

Friday 25 January 2008 @ 2:40 pm

ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2008) — One out of four children involved in a divorce and custody litigation undergoes the so-called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), consisting of the manipulation of children by the custodial parent, who incessantly tries to turn them against the other parent by arousing in them feelings of hatred and contempt for the target parent, as explained in the book Marital Conflicts, Divorce, and Children’s Development by professors José Cantón Duarte, Mª Rosario Cortés Arboleda, and Mª Dolores Justicia Díaz, from the Department of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology of the University of Granada.


Comments (0)  | Posted in Feminista, Parental Alienation, child abuse, divorce, health, human nature, psychology, sex and metropolis, sex politics, sex science, society    


Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn

Friday 25 January 2008 @ 12:09 am

A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn’t interfere with food supplies, company officials said.


Comments (0)  | Posted in economics, technology    


Three Little Pigs Deemed Offensive to Muslims

Thursday 24 January 2008 @ 9:08 am

A story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale has been turned by a government agency’s awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.


Comments (0)  | Posted in Political Correctness, bias    


Spouses Who Fight Live Longer

Thursday 24 January 2008 @ 9:07 am

A good argument with your spouse could be just what the doctor ordered.


Comments (0)  | Posted in human nature, men + women    


Jacky Dragon Offers Evolution Proof

Wednesday 23 January 2008 @ 11:52 pm

Holy Grails and Dragon Tales


Comments (0)  | Posted in biology    


A fight with your spouse could be good for health: study

Wednesday 23 January 2008 @ 11:21 pm

CHICAGO (AFP) - A good fight with your spouse could be good for the health, a new study has found.


Comments (0)  | Posted in human nature, interesting, men + women, newswax, psychology, sex and metropolis    


Video: Virgin Galactic unveils designs for its suborbital spaceliner

Wednesday 23 January 2008 @ 9:22 pm

SpaceShipTwo Revealed


Comments (0)  | Posted in video    


Men May Be More Susceptible To Head Injury Than Women, Study Suggests

Tuesday 22 January 2008 @ 9:17 pm

ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2008) — Women’s skulls are thicker than men’s, but they both shrink slowly after we reach adulthood. That’s the conclusion of a new imaging study of 3000 people published in the Inderscience International Journal of Vehicle Safety. The detailed results could help in the design of more effective devices for protecting the head in vehicle collisions and other accidents.


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