Friday, July 23, 2004

Stranger Than Fiction...




From New Scientist.com:


'Saviour Sibling' Babies Get Green Light

No, they're not cloning Jeeeeeezzzzussssss!
Families who want to pre-select an embryo to create a child to save a sick sibling are given the official go-ahead in the UK.

Army Rations Rehydrated By Urine

Yum! I know I want to eat my own body waste!
Filthy water - even urine - can be used to rehydrate a dried food ration developed by food scientists for the US army.

Speaker system Lets Flowers Sing

Is this the long awaited Republican Entertainment Industry which will replace all of the godlesscommuninstpinkohippiehollyweirdliberals Republicans love to hate in election years?
A device vibrates flowers at high frequency to generate sound, but some experts are skeptical about audio quality.

Astronomers Pinpoint Date Of First Marathon

OK, I'm all for Knowledge for the sake of knowledge, but my life wouldn't be that much more incomplete without knowing the exact date of a particular sporting event.

Moon analysis may explain why the first runner collapsed and died upon reaching the finish line 2500 years ago.

Doctors May Have Killed Napoleon

Malpractice Schmalpractice!

The emperor may not have been murdered, but killed by overenthusiastic doctors, suggests a new theory.

Oh, there's more...

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