Analyzing the DNA of elephants may help trace the origins of ivory being sold illegally

    Gee, information suggesting a strong link between putting children and teens on anti-depressants and their likelihood of attempting and succeeding at suicide finally become public. I am, to say the least, not shocked by the correlation or the withholding of information. Results appear to range roughly from a 50% increase with Prozac, considered ( Read more... )

A pair of French Egyptologists who suspect they have found a previously unknown chamber in the Great Pyramid urged Egypt's antiquities chief to reconsider letting them test their theory by drilling new holes in the 4,600-year-old structure.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040904/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_pyramid_debate

    Short version for those not inclined to read a whole story on Mars and the growing evidence that it was once a warmer, wetter planet. Rover found a softball sized grey hematite rock. Hematite can be formed by volcanic activity, but grey hematite more commonly forms in places that once had standing water or hot springs. The real test will be to ( Read more... )

    I figured out why it seems more natural to type an LJ instead of a LJ. When you say LJ in your mind, it sounds like eljay. Since eljay begins with a vowel sound, an is the correct choice.

    http://www.courttv.com/news/2004/0614/pledge_ap.html

Sorry, no comments. I am way too pissed off to show the required amount of decorum. This is NOT a subject anyone else's opinion will ever sway me on. I've taught at too many schools and seen too many kids suffer from being singled out when they fail to participate, or do so awkwardly. I ( Read more... )

  "We all agree that we don't feel like we were doing things that we weren't supposed to, because we were told to do them. We think everything was justified, because we were instructed to do this and to do that," England said. She said she has no regrets about how the prisoners were treated. (excerpt from http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/12/ ( Read more... )

    Beautiful Heart

Valentine's Day was delightful, despite all the best efforts of naysayers and whiners. The dinner I made came out almost perfect, Batman loved his gift (Mythology, a coffee table size collection of Alex Ross' artwork and some rather interesting excerpts regarding his approaches and perspectives) and handmade card (a series ( Read more... )

     Many of us lament how hard it is to keep intelligent programming going on TV. Common answers revolve around the idea that it's because the morons so severely outnumber intellectuals, or that even smart people simply don't want to further think at the end of a long day.

I propose a third theory. There are plenty of intelligent viewers, ( Read more... )