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Archive for the 'weird science' Category



Pregnant man tells Oprah: It’s a miracle

Friday 4 April 2008 @ 10:46 am

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an interview aired by Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.




The Unspeakable Horror Of Apligraf

Monday 24 March 2008 @ 10:37 am

Apligraf…. is made of boys




ABC News: Spitzer’s “risk-taking” tied to an improperly working “pre-frontal lobe”

Tuesday 11 March 2008 @ 12:59 pm

Video: ABC news’ apologetics department tests the shaky limb of psycho-babble




Scientists create three-parent embryos

Tuesday 5 February 2008 @ 1:45 pm

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have created human embryos with three parents in a development they hope could lead to effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases within five years.




Gas-pumping robot: what could go wrong?

Tuesday 5 February 2008 @ 1:43 pm

EMMELOORD, Netherlands (Reuters) - Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit tight while attendants braved windswept garage forecourts to fill their tanks may yet see those heady days return — compliments of a Dutch robot.




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>




Big Bang or Big Goof? Astronomer Challenges ‘Seeds’ Proof

Sunday 18 November 2007 @ 5:11 pm

Most astronomers say that world-famous images from the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite show structures of the early universe. But a lone radio astronomer is claiming that the pictures depict nearby hydrogen gas clouds in our own galaxy, calling a key theory into question.




Scientist: Human Race to Split into Morlocks and Eloi

Saturday 27 October 2007 @ 1:54 pm

The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist Women will all have glossy hair, smooth hairless skin, large eyes and pert breasts, according to Curry…