The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Space trek may help worms live long
Nematodes that orbited Earth had reduced signs of aging
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/342084/title/Space_trek_may_help_worms_live_long
Probably not applicable to humans in any way, but interesting to me so I figured I would encourage my reader(s) to check it …
A wee bit of a follow-up for my earlier post on the storm. Maybe I have got soft from all this computer work, but I recall working in upper 80’s and even low 90’s before (though I think I …
I have mentioned the LIBOR fixing scandal before. However, it is amazing to me that it is virtually unheard of on news (paper, magazine or TV) and even much of the blogosphere (who the heck invented that silly term?). …
Did all dinosaurs have feathers?
http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/64439-did-all-dinosaurs-have-feathers
My, how times have changed! When I was a kid, dinosaurs were cold-blooded, slow, lumbering beasts that dragged their tails. Now they are warm blooded, fast, agile and hold their tails up high, and, …
Tea Party “treason”
What powers should the president have against those who advocate open, violent revolt against the U.S. government?
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/29/tea_party_treason/
It seems clear to me that if these people had any intellectual honesty (really, I can’t believe I even …
Man, we keep having these once-a-century events on the heels of one another! I am wondering, now, if in the past the once-a-century events did indeed all happen in the same decade in the days of yore. Maybe the wild …