This weeks Science stories - Page 2

greymare · 10-02-2007, 10:48 PM

that is a scary thought. Can you imagine the catastrophic mistakes that could be made. (shudder)

flowperson · 10-04-2007, 08:03 PM

Yes Grey...I can imagine it. Curse my brain ! Here's somethig further to the original article.

flow....

CDC to review inspections rules for labs - Yahoo! News

flowperson · 10-06-2007, 05:41 PM

And , just in case any of you might have been wondering what lead is good for...

http://my.earthlink.net/article/tec?...1006-190803578

flow....

flowperson · 10-10-2007, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by flowperson

There is an ongoing set of debates that center around "human/machine interfaces" and what might be the result of humanity's growing propensity to "self-direct" its evolutionary pathways, given the fact that we are increasingly acquiring the abilities to do so. This overview is a good starting point to review the history and possibilities of such thought patterns.

flow....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/we...ew/23john.html

And this article came along this week.

http://www.livescience.com/technolog...ationship.html

flow....

flowperson · 10-12-2007, 06:28 PM

Dauer...the first article should pique your interests. The second is about something I've been following for some time now. At least the Norwegians believe that something big's going to happen in the future.

flow....

Tech titans seek virtual world interoperability | CNET News.com
The seed bank atop the world - Los Angeles Times

flowperson · 10-17-2007, 08:09 PM

Not much in the news lately about the AIDS epidemic. I believe that most people have been lulled into complacency by the news and efforts to distribute anti-retroviral drugs over the past ten years or so. AIDS is still lurking out there and is still wreaking havoc, especially in Africa.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7048938.stm

flow...

flowperson · 10-18-2007, 08:22 PM

These two articles detail a find in S. Africa that has alot of archaeologists and paleontologists revising their estimates about just when modern homo sapiens might have emerged on the continent. This discovery pushes that date about 100,000 years farther back into the past.

flow....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/science/18beach.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7049597.stm

Muslimwoman · 10-19-2007, 12:34 AM

Here is some basic thinking for you:

New toilet recycles waste into biogas - Telegraph

Maye some good news on the fight against cancer inshallah

New Discovery to Fight Cancer Announced

flowperson · 10-19-2007, 03:25 AM

MW...Salaam

The old Chinese guy pushing the "honey wagon" was really with it huh? These sorts of thingys, biogas toilets, etc. are the future of where we all must go with urban environmentalism.

Even more than that, Denmark meets 25% of its energy needs by converting hog manure to methane and then piping it to power plants. I once (15 years ago) told this fact to a high mucky muck agricultural official at one of our leading universities that I was affiliated with...he did everything but tell me that I was delusional. Closed minds are like closed doors. If you refuse to open them and unless you're superman and can walk through them using your superpowers, you never can get where you need to go.

flow....

flowperson · 10-19-2007, 08:33 PM

Further to the above...here's an article regarding the long term and large scale effects of huge amounts of pig manure in the middle of the U.S.
SOOOOEEEEYYYY ! PIG !!!

flow....

Lightening · 10-20-2007, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by flowperson

I believe that we could chalk this up to the principle of unintended consequences due to repeated and intended activities. Nature just doesn't always respond in the ways that we try to force her to...huh ?

flow....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/...llergyincrease

Hi Flow, enjoyed your quotes on other topics...however this webpage wouldn't open. Please check your link. Thanks.

Lightening

Muslimwoman · 10-21-2007, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by flowperson

Further to the above...here's an article regarding the long term and large scale effects of huge amounts of pig manure in the middle of the U.S.
SOOOOEEEEYYYY ! PIG !!!

flow....

Uh, where is the article?

Well I am sure I would rather waste be used than pumped into our ocians for us to swim in - YUK

flowperson · 10-21-2007, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Muslimwoman

Uh, where is the article?

Well I am sure I would rather waste be used than pumped into our ocians for us to swim in - YUK

Hi MW...sorry for the slip up. You know, we oldsters just get so confused sometimes...heh, heh.

Rural Iowans cope with smell of hogs - Yahoo! News

And while I'm at it, let's all say it together again one more time, WHY CANNOT NON INTOXICATING HEMP BE LEGALLY GROWN BY FARMERS WHO COULD USE THE INCOME ??????
There...I feel better now.

flow....

Farmers sue DEA for right to grow industrial hemp - CNN.com

flowperson · 10-23-2007, 09:05 PM

Hello All...

Sally, if you land on this post I implore you not to read it. Just kidding, But I do find that the universality of the obeisity surge is a fascinating subject to study, since I've been somewhat of a victim all of my life. I used to joke about my Mom having to buy "husky" diapers for my bottom when I was but a wee tad. But I digress.

Read it and weep, and perhaps some of us could make suggestions as to it's origins. I would vote for genetic changes in both our bodily makeup, and also in the foods that we're eating, especially of the fast variety. Of course lack of vigorous activity could account for some of it, but my suspicions point to something finageling with our metabolic makeup (unless you're Asian, seems like you guys and gals are somewhat immune to what's going on with Caucasians and people of African extraction. I have read about some obesity concerns in China though.Western fast food is just beginning to roll along there.)

We were originally designed to be walking, running, and tilling fools. But of course nowadays we travel virtually by television on our couches and through our cell phones to pick up pizza and dipping breads.

flow....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7057951.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7057060.stm

wil · 10-23-2007, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by flowperson

unless you're Asian, seems like you guys and gals are somewhat immune to what's going on with Caucasians and people of African extraction.

most studies I've read indicate that no populace once it hits the US shores does not have an increase in weight, height, diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol in less than one generation...often in a matter of years.

Times maybe a changin if these can catch on...

Exertris Builds World's First Interactive Gaming Exercise Bike With Windows XP Embedded - Whitepapers - ZDNet Australia
Exercise bike for tots - Times Online
Fisher-Price Toys - Smart Cycle - K5054

I do remember some friends of my dad who had an exercise bike generator hooked to the telly....they had five kids...and unless someone was peddling it wouldn't work...