Top 10 Albums Every Self-Respecting Science Fiction Fan Should Own. Ben Jones At Transmission LA: AV Club. Microchip implant monitors tumour growth. 31 August 2011Last updated at 10:36 The sensor chip is implanted close to a tumour Researchers in Germany have developed a microchip sensor that can be implanted close to a tumour to monitor its growth.
The Biodiversity Project « Joel Sartore. Human-made earthquakes reported in central U.S. Food Deserts and Obesity Role Challenged. But two new studies have found something unexpected.
Such neighborhoods not only have more fast food restaurants and convenience stores than more affluent ones, but more grocery stores, supermarkets and full-service restaurants, too. And there is no relationship between the type of food being sold in a neighborhood and among its children and adolescents. Within a couple of miles of almost any urban neighborhood, “you can get basically any type of food,” said Roland Sturm of the RAND Corporation, lead author of one of the studies.
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Bobby Petersen. The Worrying Consequences of the Wikipedia Gender Gap. There was a time when the internet was dominated by men but in recent years that gap has dissolved.
Today, surfers are just as likely to be male as female. And in some areas women dominate: women are more likely to Tweet or participate in social media such as Facebook. Even the traditionally male preserve of online gaming is changing too. Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots - SXSW 2012 Accepted Film. Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists - Features. New Orleans, LA - "The fishermen have never seen anything like this," Dr Jim Cowan told Al Jazeera.
"And in my 20 years working on red snapper, looking at somewhere between 20 and 30,000 fish, I've never seen anything like this either. " Dr Cowan, with Louisiana State University's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences started hearing about fish with sores and lesions from fishermen in November 2010. Cowan's findings replicate those of others living along vast areas of the Gulf Coast that have been impacted by BP's oil and dispersants. Gulf of Mexico fishermen, scientists and seafood processors have told Al Jazeera they are finding disturbing numbers of mutated shrimp, crab and fish that they believe are deformed by chemicals released during BP's 2010 oil disaster.
Eyeless shrimp Tracy Kuhns and her husband Mike Roberts, commercial fishers from Barataria, Louisiana, are finding eyeless shrimp. National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Scientists Trace Evolutionary History of What Mammals Eat. Press Release 12-072 Scientists Trace Evolutionary History of What Mammals Eat Feeding habits haven't always been what they are today April 16, 2012 The feeding habits of mammals haven't always been what they are today, particularly for omnivores.
Some groups of mammals almost exclusively eat meat--take lions and tigers and other big cats as examples. Other mammals such as deer, cows and antelope are predominantly plant-eaters, living on a diet of leaves, shoots, fruits and bark. POLITICAL STENCIL. Giant Globe Emanates A Fiery Blaze. In London and Berlin-based Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum's sculptural work titled Hot Spot, we are presented with a massive cage-like metallic globe radiating a crimson glow.
In terms of global politics and news, a "hot spot" generally refers to an area of conflict. Hatoum's piece highlights every land mass by outlining it in a neon red light that fills the room with an overwhelming scarlet hue. The structure seems to suggest that these neon contoured areas are the "hot spots" of the world, which, in turn, translates as the whole world is in conflict. She doesn't pinpoint the source of the friction or any specific problem, whether it be global or personal, but simply draws attention to the constant struggle that is present throughout the world. Pheromone Parties: Where Dirty T-Shirts Get You Laid.
Cinco de Mayo piñata cookies. Video how-to: Pinata Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup sugar1 cup powdered sugar1 cup butter1 cup vegetable oil2 eggs1 teaspoon cream of tartar1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract1 teaspoon baking soda5 cups flour1 tablespoon vanillaMini M&M candies1/2 cup powdered sugar (frosting)2 teaspoons milk (frosting) Directions to make piñata sugar cookies: Cream sugars with butter.
Split dough into five, even-sized balls and one smaller ball (this will be the black one). Use a container the same approximate width of your donkey/burro piñata cookie cutter, and line it with plastic food wrap. Cover the layered dough and freeze for four hours or overnight. Remove the dough from the container and unwrap from the plastic. NOTCOT.ORG. KuL DesignsBALLAVAZ » KuL Designs.
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Moreover, the online data recorded can be viewed by other patients also. Oetzi the Iceman's blood is world's oldest. 2 May 2012Last updated at 05:37 GMT Oetzi's genome was published in February, indicating his probable eye colour and blood type Researchers studying Oetzi, a 5,300-year-old body found frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991, have found red blood cells around his wounds.
Blood cells tend to degrade quickly, and earlier scans for blood within Oetzi's body turned up nothing. Now a study in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface shows that Oetzi's remarkable preservation extends even to the blood he shed shortly before dying. The find represents by far the oldest red blood cells ever observed.
Amid Rural Decay, Trees Take Root in Silos. Steve Hebert for The New York Times A tree rises inside an empty silo near Lawrence, Kan. Ken Wolf, an amateur photographer, has been photographing old silos near Lawrence, Kan., for years. Abandoned rural silos catch seeds and then protect fragile saplings from the prairie winds as they grow tall inside. NOTCOT.ORG. Egypt's chef leading a 'kitchen uprising' 28 April 2012Last updated at 06:35 ET By Stephen Sackur BBC News, Cairo Ghalia Mahmoud specialises in plain, cheap and traditional dishes When an Egyptian news channel reflecting the aims of the Tahrir Square revolutionaries introduced some light relief to the schedules, it inadvertently created a new star more popular than the news coverage.
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Aujourd’hui, elle nous propose de la redécouvrir via une performance d’Urban Knitting. Anonymous Builds New Haven For Stolen Data - Security - Vulnerabilities and threats. Saying Pastebin has censored its posts, Anonymous creates AnonPaste, a new site where hacktivists can dump stolen data. When the Music Moves the Chef and the Menu. A Child Offers Plan on Portion Control for Dieters. Travis Dove for The New York Times Marshall Reid takes down a sign promoting his new book, "Portion Size Me," at a local health and fitness fair. Counting Species on a Little Patch of Earth. Prospect of 'autism drug' raised after early tests. 25 April 2012Last updated at 14:00 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Autism is treated with behavioural therapies The prospect of a drug to treat autism has been raised after symptoms of the condition were reduced in experiments on mice that were performed by the US National Institutes of Health.
Al Jaffee: Snappy answers to (not) stupid questions. Mule-based bookmobiles for remote Venezuelan communities. Proyecto Bibliomulas is a Venezuelan initiative to improve literacy in remote and rural areas, by turning mules into travelling bookmobiles. Srsly. Anonymous builds its own Pastebin-like site. Hacker group Anonymous and the People's Liberation Front have created a data-sharing site called AnonPaste, meant to host pastes of code and other messages without any moderation or censorship of the information posted. Grid computing turns your idle cycles into a charity-supporting supercomputer. Scientists regenerate hair on bald mouse (video) In Guatemala, pirate Mayan radio connects marginalized indigenous communities. The Guardian's Open 20: fighters for internet freedom. The Unfortunate Sex Life of the Banana.
Where's the Beef? Early Humans Took It. Where Do Beards Come From? [Beardographic] My Dinner with Marijuana: chemo, cannabis, and haute cuisine. 'Mad cow' disease found in California dairy cow. The secret life of the harvest mouse: cute pictures by Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert. Harri Markkula, Hot Cube, 2011 Turku Euroopan kulttuuripääkaupunki, sauna Kuuma Kuutio -ympäristötaideteos.
Ilmgold Bowl Animals - Studio Laura Straßer. ...I am a million years old chasing the infinite ibex through the craters of the moon. I am a kitten under a tree watching my mother devour the canteloupe antelope... Breadfast. How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death. A Ban on Some Seafood Has Fishermen Fuming. In Lagunitas, Calif., a Fight Over Worms and Moats. Boulder Locavore - Local. Seasonal. Food. Drink.: Denver Zoo's 'School Garden to Zoo' Program: Garden-to-Table for Animals (and kids too!)
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