Sweet!

Quoted: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's chief astronomer says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of extraterrestrial brothers perhaps more evolved than humans.

Neat-o.

Quoted: Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains in western Sweden which, at an age of 8,000 years, may be the world's oldest living trees. ...

California's "Methuselah" tree, a Great Basin bristlecone pine, is often cited as the world's oldest living tree with a recorded age of between 4,500 and 5,000 years.

This is a real loss to literature and science fiction and just the loss of a very amusing and intelligent guy. Rest in peace.

Quoted: An aide says science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90 after suffering from breathing problems.

if they bred the "hexapus" with an octopus, would we get "septapus" offspring? ;)

Quoted: English marine experts have laid their hands on an octopus that's missing two of its own: a six-limbed creature that they have dubbed 'hexapus.'

T and I were wondering this exact thing just the other day ...

Quoted: Influenza viruses coat themselves in fatty material that hardens and protects them in colder temperatures -- a finding that could explain why winter is the flu season, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. ...

In warmer outdoor temperatures this protective coating melts, and unless it is inside a living person or animal, the virus perishes.

Interesting new study that indicates that foods and diet drinks with sugar substitutes may actually "break" the digestion feedback mechanism therefore causing weight gain due partially to insufficent metabolism. In layman's terms, the body needs sweet flavors to correlate with high-calorie foods so that it can tell us to enjoy but to eat less. People overindulge with sugar substitutes.

Quoted: Want to lose weight? It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. Cutting the connection between sweets and calories may confuse the body, making it harder to regulate intake.

Awesome. Bush is an enemy to science and nature.

Quoted: The Navy must follow environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, despite President Bush's decision to exempt it, a federal judge ruled Monday.

"It's an excellent decision," said Joel Reynolds, attorney for the National Resources Defense Council, which is spearheading the legal fight. "It reinstates the proper balance between national security and environmental protection."

Good news for T ... (not the breast implants)

Quoted: Drinking coffee, using mobile phones or having breast implants is unlikely to cause cancer, according to a risk ranking system devised by an Australian cancer specialist to debunk popular myths.