Because I resent the intrusion of Christmas into Halloween much less Thanksgiving I am watching "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" as I write this. One of few Thanksgiving movies worth its film. And I have Thanksgiving music queued up for the drive to the family dinner tomorrow Should you know of good Thanksgiving movies or music, please let me know, because I am reclaiming my holiday. It can be part of my archive for next year. Don't eat too much turkey. Well, eat all you want, just don't drive afterward. That tryptophan will clobber you. Go Dallas!
Butterflies aren't free, despite what Leonard Gershe may think. Or at least, naming one isn't. You'll recall that I earlier wrote that researchers were planning to auction the naming rights for a new species of Mexican butterfly, the first such auction in North American. The auction brought in a cool $40,800, and the proceeds will be used to fund further butterfly research.
This Thanksgiving millions of Americans will give thanks for... sodium phosphates? How about being grateful for modified food starch, monosodium glutamate, butylated hydroxyanisol and butylated hydroxytoluene?
In a challenge to the accuracy of a radar gun vs. a GPS unit, radar has won. The Sonoma County Superior Court has ruled that 17-year-old Shaun Malone was guilty of speeding, despite his GPS data.
Amazon.com unveiled the Kindle on Monday, and despite understandable skepticism, it's already sold out. The Kindle is Amazon's e-book reader, which uses cellular (specifically, EVDO) to download the books to the device.
By law even disconnected cell phones can make 911 calls, and cell phones are supposed to let the caller know when a 911 call is in progress, but this type of alert could be dangerous.
If the stem cell wars are indeed nearly over, no one will savor the peace more than James A. Thomson. Dr. Thomson's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin was one of two that in 1998 plucked stem cells from human embryos for the first time, destroying the embryos in the process and touching off a divisive national debate.
A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario for a key step in the emergence of life on Earth.
OK, so I’m claiming there have been collective intellects since life began on this planet 3.85 billion years ago. This might easily make you wonder, if I’m so smart, and if all this is true, can we give group intellects an IQ test? The answer is yes.
