We’ve had a quiet season so far, but as we get into the end of August, that could be changing:
The Canadian model continues to be very consistent and very gung-ho, developing 97L into a strong tropical storm on Saturday, south of Jamaica, then taking the storm into the Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane.
Polar bear genitals are shrinking.
Are they sure it isn’t just the cold water? I always have that problem. At least that’s the excuse I use.
Oh, and speaking of sucky science jobs, measuring polar bear privates has to be right up there.
Economist reports that my idea about doing non-destructive stem cell research has been successfully tested.
Once a fertilised egg has divided into eight cells, one of those cells can be removed in a biopsy without reducing the chance of a successful pregnancy….such biopsied cells might, instead, be encouraged to reproduce
He’s replacing Rush Limbaugh today. Should be entertaining. You can listen live here, among other places.
The British government may be finally waking up. They’re starting to ask if multi-culturalism has been a failure.
Anousheh Ansari may want to reconsider her upcoming trip:
Zvezda has manufactured seats, suits and other personal equipment for every single of Soviet cosmonauts, including Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova who was the first woman to fly to space. Ansari as any other female member of a Soyuz-TMA crew requires a different bowl for disembowelment, Pozdnyakov. “This equipment is fit for answering both kinds of calls of the nature,” Pozdnyakov told Space.com in an interview on Thursday.
[Emphasis mine–Via emailer Adrian Reilly]
[Update at noon]
This part was cute, too:
A woman’s organism is different, that’s why we need to modify some of the life systems in the capsule…
It sure is. Vive la difference!
…to hear that the latest beta of Microsoft Vista is unstable and rife with bugs.
…to hear that the latest beta of Microsoft Vista is unstable and rife with bugs.
…to hear that the latest beta of Microsoft Vista is unstable and rife with bugs.
Two thirds of a century later, many historians are saying that the RAF didn’t win the Battle of Britain.