Saturday, 3 October 2009
Friday, 2 October 2009
So who the fug are 'American Police Force'?
American Police ForceStart at Fifi's post here and then trawl your way through the web.
This is a good place to start.
A nice touch that their address given is shared with a medical marijuana dispensary in California!
...and why does 'Team America' keep popping into my head?
Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize
The bra can be converted into one mask for the wearer and one for a needy bystanderThe aim of the awards is to honour achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think".
The peace prize went to a Swiss research team who determined whether it is better to be hit over the head with a full or empty bottle of beer...
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@'BBC'My favourite was the guys who converted diamonds out of Tequila. Yes they were from Mexico.
(Thanx Carolyn)
He forgot to mention that it has a pointed end for easy insertion...
Ancient Skeleton May Rewrite Earliest Chapter of Human Evolution
Researchers have unveiled the oldest known skeleton of a putative human ancestor--and it is full of surprises. Although the creature, named Ardipithecus ramidus, had a brain and body the size of a chimpanzee, it did not knuckle-walk or swing through the trees like an ape. Instead, "Ardi" walked upright, with a big, stiff foot and short, wide pelvis, researchers report in Science. "We thought Lucy was the find of the century," says paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill of Yale University, referring to the famous 3.2-million-year-old skeleton that revolutionized thinking about human origins. "But in retrospect, it was not."@'Science Now'
Thanx 'Go Monkey Go'
Your thoughts Kirk Cameron?
Half of babies 'will live to 100'
More than half of babies now born in the UK and other wealthy nations will live to 100 years, researchers say.
The study, published in The Lancet journal, also says the extra years are spent with less serious disability.
Revealed: millions spent by lobby firms fighting Obama health reforms
America's healthcare industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to block the introduction of public medical insurance and stall other reforms promised by Barack Obama. The campaign against the president has been waged in part through substantial donations to key politicians.Supporters of radical reform of healthcare say legislation emerging from the US Senate reflects the financial power of vested interests ‑ principally insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms and hospitals ‑ that have worked to stop far-reaching changes threatening their profits.
The industry and interest groups have spent $380m (£238m) in recent months influencing healthcare legislation through lobbying, advertising and in direct political contributions to members of Congress. The largest contribution, totalling close to $1.5m, has gone to the chairman of the senate committee drafting the new law.
