Slashdot | Some Soft Drinks May Damage Your DNA
“The Independent is reporting new findings that indicate a common additive called sodium benzoate, found in soft drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max among others, has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA in a cell’s mitochondria.”
Presidential dollar coin unveiled to mixed reviews. - Feb. 15, 2007
Chase Curtis picked up some coins for his son George’s collection. Curtis, who had lived in Hong Kong where coins had replaced all small denomination bills, believes coins can do a much better job than paper money. “But the government would need to phase-back paper […]
A few weeks ago when they hung Saddam Hussein, the big outrage was that someone had taken a cell phone video. Nevermind what the video showed, which was that the people that we chose to do the hanging were a bunch of thugs who were chanting the name of one of the militia leaders who […]
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“[W]e are leaving ourselves vulnerable to infiltration by those who want to mold the United States into the image of their religion, rather than working within the Judeo-Christian principles that have made us a beacon for freedom-loving persons around the world.”
– Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA), in an op-ed published in today’s USA Today, explaining why […]
The good news: It’s legal in Washington state to have sex in a public restroom. The bad news: it’s illegal to enter a restroom of the opposite sex. Gay sex: OK. Straight sex: go to jail.
Obviously there is a war on heterosexual sex in this country, and it must stop. Here we […]
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Technology :: Local grad a YouTube tycoon
Chen, 28, and his business partner are the latest to hit the online jackpot, selling their YouTube.com Web site to Google for $1.65 billion this week.
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“He was a pretty solid ‘B’ student. He didn’t do anything to really stand head and shoulders above everybody else — […]
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Florida researchers have shown ordinary human brain cells may share the prized qualities of self-renewal and adaptability normally associated with stem cells. Writing online in Development, scientists from the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute describe how they used mature human brain cells taken from epilepsy patients to generate new […]
From Wonkette… Apparently, and try not to be too shocked here, the President’s new favorite science advisor is Michael Crichton. You know, the guy who wrote Congo.
If you are the sort of person who formulates serious opinions on matters scientific based on Michael Chrichton books — besides, say, the theory that dinosaurs are totally […]
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