Holy &^%$ we are screwed. Don’t these guys ever watch the SyFy Channel?
The researchers constructed a bacteriums “genetic software” and transplanted it into a host cell.The resulting microbe then looked and behaved like the species “dictated” by the synthetic DNA.
via BBC News – Artificial life breakthrough announced by scientists.
Yes, that’s right. Zombie Satellite… and as the author points out, the irony that it carries the SyFy channel.
The Buzz Log – Zombie Satellite Causes Astronomical Buzz – Yahoo! Buzz.
Animation of the flight path of Apophis. Sure hope they got math right on this one. Looks like a close shave!
Video: The Asteroid That Will Almost Hit Earth | Wired Science | Wired.com.
A team of engineers in Alabama unveils an invention that reimagines the way magnets work, and that could change the way we do everything from closing the fridge to building frictionless gears.
via Programmable Magnets – Correlated Magnetics Research Invention – Popular Mechanics.
Nov 10
Vatican Scientists Seek Evidence Of Alien Life : NPR.
Vatican invites scientist to talk about alien life. Don’t go, it’s a trap. I’m sure that’s how they got Galileo. They probably invited him over for lunch one day and asked “Have you see what we have done with the basement?”…
Wow. Remember the video from a few moths ago of the crow bending a wire to make a hook to get at food? Crows are starting to scare me now.
NEW YORK – From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop’s fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened.
via Bird experiment shows Aesop’s fable may be true – Yahoo! News.
Jul 20
The Anniversary of the moon landing has come and gone for the 40th time today. I do so remember this day. I had just celebrated my 11th birthday a few weeks before. I can remember laying down on the living room carpet with my elbows on the dug into the gold shag carpet and my my hands supporting my chin. Nearby, my 3′ tall polystyrene model of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket, with command module and removable lunar lander. I can remember Walter Cronkite almost in tears. It’s also one of the few memories I have of my father. A memory of us walking to the font yard on a clear summers day and seeing a waxing gibbous moon hanging in the sky and us standing there, in awe. It’s a day I will never forget.
I can not think of a better time in my life for this to happen. If I were a few years younger the wonder would have been lost on me. A few years older and I might not had been as interested.
New wi-fi devices warn doctors of heart attacks – Times Online
The communications regulator said that sensors could be implanted into people at risk of heart attack or diabetic collapse that would allow doctors to monitor them remotely. Or even call for help.
“Hello Jeff, you seem to be in experiencing cardiac problems. Would you like me to call 911?”
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