Archive | May 6, 2010

Four Percenters Unite!: Study says some humans are four percent caveman

by on May 6, 2010 in Funny, Science & Technology

Hey, I’m not making this stuff up. We have met Neanderthals, and they are us – or about 1 to 4 percent of each of us. That is one implication of a four-year effort to sequence the Neanderthal genome – essentially setting out in order some 3 billion combinations of four key molecules that together […]

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Boring and inconclusive election night comments

by on May 6, 2010 in Politics, Law & Government, World

So the results are starting to come in, and thus far, sixteen areas have reported; Labour has won seven, the Tories two, Lib Dems one, and other parties (mostly in Scotland and Northern Ireland) six. Granted, these are all in the northeast, traditionally a strong Labour supporter area, so this isn’t a huge surprise. But […]

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Weeds 1, Monsanto 0, Farmers -1

by on May 6, 2010 in Environment & Nature, Food & Drink, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology

This should come as no surprise, but The New York Times breathlessly informed us yesterday that US farmers are starting to have a hard time coping with Roundup-resistant weeds. That’s right. Straight from the heart of the country where people don’t want to see evolution taught, farmers are getting a real-life lesson in evolutionary theory. […]

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