OHSU Research Reveals Activity Levels-Not Food Intake-Most Strongly Correlates With Weight Gain In Adulthood"PORTLAND, Ore. - Research conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Center reveals that an individual’s activity level is the most constant factor in predicting weight gain over adulthood. In addition, the research startlingly found ( Read more... )

'Cloaking device' idea proposed
"The cloaking devices used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek might just work in reality, two mathematicians have claimed."

Mathematicians? Reality? In the same sentence? You lost me there Scotty.

Boys 'hit by body image pressure'"Pressure from peers and the media for boys to fit physical ideals can ( Read more... )

2 articles on the normally-quite-sensible BBC News health page really annoy me today.

First, GPs urged to help obese get slim. Where do you begin with this article ( Read more... )

Homemade walking aid tackles MS

Top cop arrested for bank robbery

Quote: "I'm surprised he used his girlfriend's car though, even the dumbest thieves usually use stolen vehicles."

Serbian cops drop a bombSerbian police have admitted they may have accidentally put an explosive device on a plane to London. Apparently there was a sniffer-dog-training exercise and they failed to ( Read more... )

It's certainly an odd headline:

WWII 'spy' prunes sold for £2,700

Nurse 'was hit with frozen fish'
Leaky statue runs up £40,000 bill
'Eye in drink' nurse struck off

From the summary of the LA Times article Most Beaches Set to Reopen After Huge Sewage Spill:

"Environmentalists and elected officials are asking why an apparent power failure caused the release of 2 million gallons of affluent."

Affluent what?! Inquiring minds want to know!

Can the world be made safe from democracies?

Yes, it's by *that* Mark Helprin. If you haven't read Winter's Tale, go out and read it now. It's good ( Read more... )