-- when there is nothing wrong with fruit that is round? This shape was certainly selected by humans.

...Despite its historical and economic importance, the molecular basis for fruit shape variation is largely unknown. Pear-shaped fruit is one of the most common recurring shape themes. Although uncommon in the wild, pear-shaped fruit can be found ( Read more... )

Solar Fuels via Artificial Photosynthesis
Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore and Ana L. Moore
Acc. Chem. Res., 2009, 42 (12), pp 1890-1898
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ar900209b

Would you take your husband's surname if it is Moore and your name is Ana L.?

The image of Paleolithic humans is that of rustic cavemen: people who lived in natural caves. I do not deny that humans ventured into caves for ritual burials, painting, or sought shelter. However, this is not living in a cave. Once in a while I might visit an art gallery and have a meal there. I do not live there ( Read more... )

http://i-eron.livejournal.com/41287.html?thread=258375#t258375Read more... )

Observe that fish CAN talk, in principle. They can produce low-to-medium pitch sounds using their swim bladders vibrated by abdominal muscle. Their grunts and moans sound like those produced by swine and frogs ( Read more... )

The point of having leaves is collecting light for biosynthesis rather than forming huge apical buds (= cabbage heads) doing nothing. Some people have strange theories about cabbages, like that the heads benefit the plant by retaining water in a manner of cacti. This is like saying that cystic fibrosis favors its victim by allowing them to retain ( Read more... )

The typical answer can be found on http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/understanding-meats-why-red-meat-is-red-and-why-white-meat-is-white-63616.htmlRead more... )

Bubonic/septicemic plague is one of the worst diseases visited upon us. Why is it so lethal ( Read more... )

Грудь под поцелуи, как под рукомойник!
Ведь не век, не сряду лето бьет ключом.
Ведь не ночь за ночью низкий рев гармоник
Подымаем с пыли, топчем и влечем. По-моему, речь идет о мужской груди, но жена уверяет, что о женской. Женскую - на даче из рукомойника? С другой стороны, утверждается, что исступленные лобзания мужских грудей - это фантазии ( Read more... )

Suppose there is a random, sparse distribution of "food" that needs be gathered (it can be 2D or 3D). It can be either depletable of regrowing, but it is stationary. You move at a constant speed taking random turns (uniform distribution) but the time interval for forward motion is taken from a pre-set distribution. It can either be fixed or ( Read more... )