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"Gothic Kitten" Abuser Wants to Groom Pets Again

anam_moon Dec 04, 2010 13:20

After being convicted of animal cruelty earlier this year, Holly Crawford is asking a Pennsylvania judge to allow her to re-open her home-based animal grooming business.

rant, cats, news

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Scientists Find Protein That May Help Control Prostate Cancer

anam_moon Dec 04, 2010 13:14

A protein that regulates prostate stem cell self-renewal and also plays a role in the transformation of healthy cells into prostate cancer cells has been identified by U.S. scientists.

science: hmm... i also wonder., exercise/health, news

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World’s hottest pepper is ‘hot enough to strip paint’

anam_moon Dec 04, 2010 13:09

Yes, the Naga Viper, the latest claimant to the world's-hottest-pepper crown, outdistances its predecessor, the Bhut Jolokia, or "ghost chili," by more than 300,000 points on the famous Scoville scale of tongue-scorching chili hotness.

cooking, devon

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Discovery of "Arsenic-bug" Expands Definition of Life

anam_moon Dec 03, 2010 16:03

Astrobiologists have discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical arsenic. The microorganism, which lives in California's Mono Lake, substitutes arsenic for phosphorus in the backbone of its DNA.

what a wonderful world, science: hmm... i also wonder., news

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Animal with venom-filled claws discovered in Yosemite

anam_moon Dec 03, 2010 15:28

Even though they are harmless to humans, the way these little predatory arachnids hunt is eerie nonetheless

what a wonderful world, science: hmm... i also wonder., news

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Venus holds warning for Earth

anam_moon Dec 01, 2010 15:44

A mysterious high-altitude layer of sulphur dioxide discovered by ESA’s Venus Express has been explained.

science: hmm... i also wonder., news, space: the final frontier

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Dark Jupiter May Haunt Edge of Solar System

anam_moon Nov 30, 2010 14:41

A century of comet data suggests a dark, Jupiter-sized object is lurking at the solar system’s outer edge and hurling chunks of ice and dust toward Earth.

Thank you to palecur for linking me to this.

science: hmm... i also wonder., news, space: the final frontier

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Santa Cruz: Gunman holds preschool in terror

anam_moon Nov 30, 2010 10:28

Just as lunch was being prepared on a typical Monday at the Secret Garden Too preschool, an escaped convict smashed a glass door to the infant room and put a gun to a teacher's head, demanding her car keys.

How horrible!

local, teaching, news

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In the Beginning, the Universe Was a Liquid

anam_moon Nov 29, 2010 18:46

After colliding lead ions at close to the speed of light, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using the ALICE detector have discovered the Universe acted like a fluid in the moments immediately after the Big Bang.

science: hmm... i also wonder., news, space: the final frontier

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Scientists reverse the ageing process in landmark trial

anam_moon Nov 29, 2010 18:38

Have they found the elixir of eternal youth?

science: hmm... i also wonder., sci-fi, news

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