Marcusaurelius picture on VisualizeUs. Solar Power from Space? U-M team recovers ancient whale in Egyptian desert. Completed excavation of the skeleton of 18-meter long whale Basilosaurus isis in the Western Desert of Egypt as exhibited last week by University of Michigan and Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency paleontologists. Photo: Philip GingerichUniversity of Michigan paleontologist Philip D. Gingerich and colleagues at the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) announced April 10 the successful excavation of an unusually complete and well-preserved skeleton of the 40 million-year-old fossil whale Basilosaurus isis. The new skeleton is 18 meters (50 feet) long and was found in Wadi Hitan in the Western Sahara of Egypt.
The first Basilosaurus fossil was found in 1905 but no full skeleton has been discovered until now. The new skeleton of Basilosaurus will be shipped to Michigan for preparation and preservation, Gingerich said, via email. Line drawing: Hans TheweissenWadi Hitan is a remote valley in which hundreds of fossil whale skeletons are being exposed by the wind. Sorry I Got Your Daughter Pregnant Cake. Study: Intelligence, cognition unaffected by heavy marijuana use. By William J. Cromie Gazette Staff The new study of cognitive changes caused by heavy marijuana use has found no lasting effects 28 days after quitting. Following a month of abstinence, men and women who smoked pot at least 5,000 times in their lives performed just as well on psychological tests as people who used pot sparingly or not at all, according to a report in the latest edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
That's the good news. The bad news, not included in the study, is that most heavy users admit that pot has had a negative effect on their physical and mental health as well their functioning on the job and socially. "If there's one thing I've learned from studying marijuana for more than a decade, it's that proponents and opponents of the drug will put opposite spins on these findings," says Harrison Pope, a Harvard professor of psychiatry and leader of the research. Withdrawal produces impairment Unsatisfied lives "It's a chicken and egg situation," Pope admits. 735360_700b_v2.jpg (JPEG Imagen, 540x958 pixels) One Night in Hunted House.
If historical events had Facebook updates... Magic Mushroom Milkshake Island. Out in a dirty surfer bar in Bali earlier this year, a guy called Big D—an ex-convict with a huge, South Carolina-themed tattoo—told my friends and I about Gili Trawangan, a tiny, idyllic island where magic mushroom milkshakes are sold on the side of the road like it's no big deal. Aware of the fact that ex-cons in dirty Balinese bars usually have the best party hook-ups, it seemed wise to take a day trip to Trawangan. The island is an early morning, two hour boat ride from mainland Bali. We could have taken the 20 minute flight to Lombok, the neighboring island, and gotten a water taxi from there, but a similar plane flying the same journey had crashed a week earlier and we're all mega pussies. Our boat was called the Rizky Bone, which, coincidentally, is what I was going to call the nu-metal band I started with a rockabilly kid when I was 12.
After about 30 seconds of being there, you start to realize that mushrooms are pretty much inescapable. Trap the Tiger.