http://www.eisp.org/
They're digging up Easter Island. The heads are attached to bodies!

Why can't we call it the "God daymn! particle" like it's supposed to be called. :poc-bleah:

Damn publishers! "The Goddamn Particle" would have been the best science book title *ever*!

cheers
Aj

Wow, that is cool. So freakin' huge, those statues.

I wonder if the Olmec heads in Mexico are actually statues buried up to their necks!

http://news.yahoo.com/impossible-sta...122640670.html

"Impossible" stellar dance.

http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/love-...9#.UBIruaD-2Sr
Men have their highest amount of estrogen right after orgasm and women have their highest amount of testosterone after orgasm (except while pregnant).

http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-poison-...190830216.html

Oldest poison pushes back ancient civilization 20 thousand years.

http://news.yahoo.com/photo-reveals-...185911409.html


Tongue in cheek "But there's no evidence of global warming"

First images from Mars...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...47023620_n.jpg

...y'all saw this coming a mile away **laughing** YAY for NASA!!

You must have George Takai on your FB LOL

**laughing* I need to go friend him...

Fruit flies on Meth die of anorexia .......
 

As will the researcher who seems to experimenting on himself :|

http://www.sciencespacerobots.com/blog/80520123

FDA Bans BPA from Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups

Posted by Lisa Carey
On July 17, 2012 the Food and Drug Administration officially put an end to the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in the manufacturing of baby bottles and children’s sippy cups. The FDA said that the decision was in response to a request by the American Chemistry Council that BPA be phased out of these products in order to boost customer confidence.
The FDA says that many manufacturers have already stopped using the chemical in baby bottles and sippy cups. The response to the American Chemistry Council makes the ban somewhat official. The FDA has originally declared BPA safe in 2008, but by 2010 had started expressing possible health risks associated with the use of the chemical. Specifically, the impact that BPA has on the brain and reproductive system of infants, babies and young children. Earlier this year the FDA’s stance was that BPA was safe. The agency denied a petition from Natural Resources Defense Council that called for a ban on the use of BPA in all food containers, not just baby bottles and sippy cups.
Experts are still divided on whether BPA is a health risk to humans. Some studies claim that the levels of BPA are safe while others claim that BPA plays a part in obesity issues, disruption of estrogen levels, and neurological issues. Tufts University Medical School concluded that BPA may increase cancer risk.
The FDA’s ban on BPA usage in baby bottles and sippy cups is considered a step in the right direction. According to the Bennington Banner, “ The chemical industry’s request may help curb years of negative publicity from consumer groups and head off tougher laws that would ban BPA from other types of packaging because of health worries. Legislation introduced by some members of Congress would ban BPA nationwide in all canned food, water bottles and food containers. Chemical makers maintain that the plastic-hardening chemical is safe for all food and drink uses.”
Dr. Sarah Janssen, senior scientist in the public health program at Natural Resources Defense Council, said of the FDA’s ban, “This is only a baby step in the fight to eradicate BPA. To truly protect the public, FDA needs to ban BPA from all food packaging. This half-hearted action –taken only after consumers shifted away from BPA in children’s products– is inadequate. FDA continues to doge the bigger questions of BPA’s safety.”
Our children are a little safer but BPA is still in a variety of other products that adults use every day.
In related news about BPA . . .
Canada declares BPA as toxic: What happens next?
The Kid-Safe Chemical Act
Guest post by Linda St. Cyr
Linda St.Cyr is a freelance writer, blogger, and columnist. She covers a wide variety of topics from food to celebrity gossip. Read her work at Ecorazzi, Yahoo! Contributor Network, or The Hungry Kitchen.


http://www.greenjoyment.com/fda-bans...and-sippy-cups

http://news.yahoo.com/unusually-stro...135552493.html

This winter is going to be really weird, if not non existent. Or we're gonna get slammed. Either way WTF?

http://news.yahoo.com/earthquake-rec...135556030.html

I really do worry about you folks in the PNW.

Since most humans have three separate types of cones (making us trichromats), a total of (100)3 = 1 million colors are discernable to a typical human. Some humans are born without one of the three types of cones, creating a condition known as color blindness; color blind (dichromat) humans can only see (100)2 = 10,000 distinct colors. On the other hand, some humans have four distinct types of cones, making them tetrachromats and allowing them to distinguish up to (100)4 = 100 million separate colors!

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithab...-in-a-rainbow/

BY FAR, the coolest thing I've seen in days! I enjoyed this waaaay more than the Mars rover landing.
http://myscienceacademy.org/2012/08/...space-station/

poopmobile!