New York City's legendary amusement district—is not a theme park. Six Flags Great Adventure and Disneyland are nice places to spend some time, but they ...
June 6th, 2010 - 2:49 am
13 Great Things on Coney Island
June 6th, 2010 - 1:53 am
Lizards Evolved Quickly to Avoid Death by Ants
It takes some effort for fire ants to get under the hard scales of an unsuspecting lizard. When the insects finally penetrate the reptile's fleshy ...
June 6th, 2010 - 1:10 am
Bacon for Dessert
At some point in history, we decided to keep meat out of our dessert. Maybe it was to distinguish dessert from the rest of the ...
May 30th, 2010 - 11:34 am
A New Aid for Elephants
German researchers say they have hit on a way to safeguard the world’s population of endangered Asian elephants: safely freeze the animals’ sperm. Elephants are ...
June 3rd, 2010 - 1:23 am ≡ by stickyChairs ≡ in food & beverage
Got Milk? How to Make Yogurt
Directions for making your own at home. Also, Italy moves to rescue its king of cheeses. Transcript of radio broadcast: 17 January 2009 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Yogurt is a healthy food that can be made at home. One way to make it is to first buy some yogurt from a [...]
June 2nd, 2010 - 9:37 am ≡ by stickyChairs ≡ in people n personal, technology
Cash Machine Inventor, John Shepherd-Barron
The man who invented the first ATM cash machine has died, aged 84, after a short illness. Mr Shepherd-Barron, from Portmahomack, Easter Ross, died in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, on Saturday May 15, 2010. John Shepherd-Barron came up with the concept of a self-service cash dispenser in 1965 while lying in a bath after getting to [...]
June 1st, 2010 - 9:16 am ≡ by stickyChairs ≡ in mind / body / soul
Slender in the Grass
There’s one place my young daughters love so much that we have to spell out the word in their presence, lest they go berserk: the p-a-r-k. We regularly use a trip to the park as a bribe, and while that may not be the best parenting technique, in this case it comes with incredible rewards. [...]
June 1st, 2010 - 9:09 am ≡ by stickyChairs ≡ in science
A Theory for Everyman
Evolution should be taught as a practical tool for understanding drug resistance and the price of fish Charles Darwin did not think of himself as a genius. “I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men …” he remarked in one passage of his autobiography. Fortunately for [...]
May 30th, 2010 - 12:13 pm ≡ by stickyChairs ≡ in flora fauna, knowledge
Napping Is for the Birds
During migratory season, nighttime fliers may rest half their brain at a time We humans have trouble functioning when we are sleepdeprived, but some birds accomplish great migratory feats with little nighttime sleep. They may make up for the sleep they lose flying at night by snoozing—sometimes resting only half their brain for seconds at [...]
May 30th, 2010 - 11:34 am ≡ by stickyChairs ≡ in planet earth
A New Aid for Elephants
German researchers say they have hit on a way to safeguard the world’s population of endangered Asian elephants: safely freeze the animals’ sperm. Elephants are notoriously tricky to breed in zoos, with high rates of miscarriages and infant mortality. Artificial insemination almost always fails because fresh sperm rarely survives the procedure intact. Suzan Murray, head [...]
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