Saturday, October 27, 2007
Human race will split into two different species: report
IN 1900, experts made predictions for the 20th century. They got much of it wrong, but a lot right - housework never became fun, but we did get the Internet and the nuclear bomb.
If the accuracy of 1900 is a guide, researchers in Britain may be right this time. They have predicted that the human race may be split into two different species in 100,000 years' time - an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures.
"The human race would reach its physical peak by the year 3000. People would become choosier about their sexual partners, causing humanity to divide into sub-species. The descendants of the genetic upper class will be tall, slim, healthy and attractive from the underclass humans.
"But in the near future, humans will evolve in 1,000 years into giants between 6ft and 7ft tall while life-spans will have extended t0 120 years. "Men will have symmetrical facial features, deeper voices and bigger penises. Women will all have glossy hairs, smooth hairless skin, large eyes and pert breasts." according to lead researcher Oliver Curry of London School of Economics.
Curry has also said that 10,000 years later reliance on technology will have begun to dramatically change the appearance of the human race.
"while science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat for humanity over the next millennium, there is a possibility of a monumental genetic hangover over the subsequent millennia due to an over-reliance of technology reducing our natural capacity to resist disease."he said.
Driving You Up The Wall

English researchers has developed a super sticky tape that mimics the mechanism used by lizards to climb nearly any surface.
One square centimeter of the new adhesive contains millions of plastic fibres, similar to those clingy hairs that cover the soles of gecko's feet. In addition to potentially allowing folks to scale walls spider-man-style, this new technology scientists say, will have many applications, providing the necessary residue-free stickum for everything from computer chips in vacuum environments to tissues in need of rejoining during surgery.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The Law-Makers

Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics... 29 have been accused of spousal abuse. Seven has been arrested for fraud. 19 have been accused of writing bad checks. 117 directly or indirectly bankrupted at least two businesses. 3 have done time for assault. 71 cannot get credit card due to bad credit. 14 have been arrested on drug related charges. 8 have been arrested for shop lifting. 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits. 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last few years.
Can you guess which organisation this is? Give up? it's the 535-member strong United States Congress. The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Twins are not a rarity

People with twins in their extended families may wonder whether a crib for two is in their future, too. According to conventional wisdom twins not only run in families, but they also-for some strange reasons - skip at least one generation. It is acclaimed that it is widely repeated, but only partly true. Scientists have known for sometimes that there is a gene that can predispose woman to hyper ovulation, or releasing two or more eggs in a single menstrual cycle. When both eggs are fertilised, the resulting siblings are fraternal twins. Because this gene can be passed on, the tendency to have fraternal twins can in fact run in families. Identical twins, on the other hand, result from one fertilised egg randomly splitting in two, creating two siblings with identical DNA. The notion that twins always skip a generation is also a myth.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Crocodiles Actually Weep

A new study has authenticated the phrase “crocodile tears” by discovering that crocodiles really do weep while eating but it is purely physiological reasons that makes them bawl.
A researcher of
Zoologist Kent Vliet found that five of the seven animals bawled as they tore into their food, with some of their eyes even frothing and bubbling.
However, Vilet said that the causes of the tears remain a bit of mystery.
He believes they may occur as a result of the animals hissing and huffing, a behaviour that often accompanies feeding.
Air forced through the sinuses may mix with tears in the crocodiles’lacrimal, or tear, glands emptying into the eye. The study is published in the latest edition of the journal BioScience.
