“And Don’t Skimp On the Pâté”
The Mighty Flynn has the original story and Mark Shea has the jokes. Yes, scientists have finally achieved the ultimate in mechanization: vomiting robots: The robot is named Vomiting Larry, and isn’t...
View ArticleOur Weird and Wonderful World
Magnetic Putty Time Lapse would be an excellent name for a rock band: Posted by Scott Lawson, who has this to say: Magnetic putty time lapse as it absorbs a rare-earth magnet. Taken over 1.5 hours at...
View ArticleNeverWet Looks Amazing
Better living through chemistry! More information. H/T: Victor Lams
View ArticleHead Transplants?
This had been tried on animals since the 1950s, but the problem has always been connecting the spinal chord. I don’t doubt that, at some point in the future, the technology will exist to make this...
View ArticleA Snail With a Translucent Shell
A new species of snail discovered deep in a Croatian cave has a translucent shell: Zospeum tholussum – belongs to a genus of minute air-breathing land snails that cannot see to find their way around...
View ArticleThree-Parent Babies Now Only Two Years Away
Let’s start with the money quote, and then get down to the details: “Are these techniques safe in humans? We won’t know that until it’s actually done in humans. Until a healthy baby is born we cannot...
View ArticleMore of The Pill’s Glorious Legacy: Widespread Animal Mutation
from the Times of Trenton ‘Intersex’ fish found in Delaware, other rivers a result of hormone-disrupting chemicals At first glance, most fish caught in the Delaware River look perfectly normal. But...
View ArticleNew Techniques Detect Consciousness in Vegetative Patients
People in a “vegetative state” may have far more brain activity than previously thought, LiveScience reports: …researchers looked at 32 comatose patients and 26 healthy people. Some of the comatose...
View ArticleJellyfish DNA May Help Diagnose Ebola, Other Diseases
What a weird and wonderful world: Discs of souped-up filter paper could change how we diagnose infections. To demonstrate the power of the approach, which involves embedding DNA from jellyfish and...
View ArticleDoctors Grow An Ear On Woman’s Arm
Once again, the human body and human genius collaborate on something that’s … incredibly disgusting. But also very cool. The story: The discovery of a rapidly-spreading basal cell cancer in her ear in...
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