Archive for March, 2006

Quoting from this site: The complexity of life took billions of years to push and stretch and reshape the biological niche that is Earth. It would seem prudent – if one had the means – to save some portion of the blueprints of this majesty, so that the process would not have to start...
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Quoting from this site: Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen. And they could eventually be used to make more advanced prosthetic limbs, say researchers at University of Texas. Writing in Science, they say these artificial muscles are 100 times more powerful than the body’s own. They said...
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Quoting from this site: Terrestrial rocks blown into space by asteroid impacts on Earth could have taken life to Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists have announced. Earth microbes in these meteorites could have seeded the organic-rich world with life, scientists believe. They think the impact on Earth that killed off the dinosaurs could have ejected...
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Quoting from this site: It is unclear how many students are spending spring break helping with the recovery effort. But nearly 700 students from 85 schools in 27 states will be on the Gulf Coast with Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., this week alone. Thousands of others have been here in recent weeks, and more...
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Quoting from this site: Dunleavy (chairman of St Patrick’s Day parade in NYC) set off a firestorm this week when he told the newspaper: “If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow Neo-Nazis into their parade? If African Americans are marching in Harlem, do they have to let the...
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