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Archive for February, 2008



Oestrogen Polution Turning Boys into Girls

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:24 am

” - it is calculated that 250,000 babies who would have been boys have been born girls in the U.S. and Japan alone.”


Comments (0)  | Posted in Environment, biology, health, science and nature, sex science    


Humans Are Just Machines for Propagating Memes

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:19 am

In the 1970s, Richard Dawkins coined the term “meme” in his book The Selfish Gene to refer to aspects of human culture and how they evolve in a way that’s analogous to how genes evolve. Since then, the study of memes has become an evolving meme itself.


Comments (0)  | Posted in biology, human nature, interesting    


Ethanol Industry, Bigger Than Ever, Says Its Critics Are Wrong

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:12 am

Don’t let all the bad press ethanol’s been getting lately fool you — 2007 was one hell of a year for the ethanol industry, and 2008 promises to be just as good. Like it or not, ethanol is here to stay.


Comments (0)  | Posted in Energy    


The U.S. Dollar: Still Going Down

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:06 am

The dollar’s weakness does a lot more than alter your vacation plans—and there’s good news and bad news in the currency’s decline


Comments (0)  | Posted in economics    


Military Turing test to make autonomous war robots legal?

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:01 am

Not that we’re experts on the matter or anything, but if barrister and engineer Chris Elliot knows a thing or two about legal issues, a kind of “military Turing test” could be the key to legally deploying autonomous systems in battle. As it stands, “weapons intrinsically incapable of distinguishing between civilian and military targets are illegal” — at least according to Mr. Elliot — but by testing an intelligent war machine’s ability to hone in on legitimate targets and brush off friendlies, all that could change. Of course, actually administering the test still remains a mystery, but considering that remotely controlled armed bots are currently being used in Iraq, we reckon someone’s already figuring out a solution to said dilemma.


Comments (0)  | Posted in interesting    


Coming Soon from VW: A 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:01 am

It’s official - Volkswagen is unveiling a hybrid to challenge the mighty Toyota Prius. And not just any hybrid, but a diesel-electric hybrid it says will deliver 69.9 mpg.


Comments (0)  | Posted in economics, technology    


Bush: US is not headed into recession

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 2:00 pm

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday the country is not recession-bound and, despite expressing concern about slowing economic growth, rejected for now any additional stimulus efforts. “We acted robustly,” he said.


Comments (0)  | Posted in Eat them up yum, economics    


Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 1:24 pm

NSFW: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.


Comments (0)  | Posted in International Politics, completely insane, human nature, misconduct, outrage    


Next Human Plague Likely to Come From Wildlife

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 12:00 pm

Presenting the first-ever map of “hotspots” of new infectious diseases, they predict that the next pandemic is likeliest to come out of poor tropical countries, where burgeoning human populations come into contact with wildlife.


Comments (0)  | Posted in biology, health    


Cannibalism May Have Wiped Out Neanderthals

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 11:50 am

A Neanderthal-eat-Neanderthal world may have spread a mad cow-like disease that weakened and reduced populations of the large Eurasian human, thereby contributing to its extinction, according to a new theory based on cannibalism that took place in more recent history.


Comments (0)  | Posted in Eat them up yum, biology    


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