Contain toxic levels of mercury…  So now what?  I was just thinking about converting several lights in my house to CFL to "do my part" and now I read this.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=aa7796aa-e4a5-4c06-be84-b62dee548fda

One million species are cataloged so far…

Just a couple of the many ways land-based arthropods can survive extreme temperatures!

http://zooillogix.blogspot.com/2007/04/arthropods-use-natural-anti-freeze-to.html 

This is pretty cool and quite logical from a scientific point of view. Those Benzene rings store a whole lot of energy!

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/12886

Kim Zetter writes, "Who would have thought the inner workings of a white blood cell could be visually stunning? For those who fell asleep during high school biology classes, David Bolinsky's presentation at the TED conference was a revelation."

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…and I, for one, welcome our new Primate Overlords  

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022201007.html

Hard to believe sometimes how big of an impact the Roman Empire may have had on the world.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/dna-tests-for-chinas-legionary-lore/2007/02/02/1169919531024.html

This is a wild looking beast. Pretty cool discovery. First really cool thing I've found in quite a while. It's been a slow month.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070124/sc_nm/shark_japan_dc 

I came across this hopefully emerging technology called HHO Gas, if this takes off it could revolutionize the way you do many things. Right now they are mainly using this technology in welding and cutting but as the videos show below they have a car running off this technology. I open this up for discussion. What do you all think?

YouTube – Run you car on water and nothing else.

Hydrogen Technology Applications, Inc.

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SCI FI Tech | SCIFI.COM

You ever play hide and seek with your alarm clock, well ok neither have I, but is that the answer to getting out of bed in the morning. This ripping yarn about a new clock will have you in stitches.

PS Email for more puns and play on words if you enjoyed the above silliness.

Far too often people write off insects as under-developed, lesser beings and nuisances. But they are just as capable of learning and adapting as any other "higher" life form on the planet.

Adaptive mating behavior

I had no idea our bodies are "wired" to shut down the ability to process lactase. And to know humans have evolved different methods to get around that "wiring" is even more amazing!

New York Times article

While this is quite interesting and very cool, I'm not sure I can support the idea of calling it a "computer"…

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/science/30compute.html?ex=1322542800&en=088bd939ca75fbbb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss 

We've talked a lot about sub-species on this site and it can be somewhat confusing but this study is about discovering geographic pockets where two sub-species' habitats overlap. Could have some interesting effects on the population dynamics. Will they "re-breed" back in to one species? Food for thought…plus this was a chance to play with the new editor:)

http://www.canada.com/regina/news/story.html?id=89a5da1c-4fa5-475a-9046-ff666d30bab9&k=91937