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Maori Legend of Man-Eating Birds is True 338

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 14, 2009 @11:58PM from the beautiful-plumage dept.

jerryatrix writes "Legends of the New Zealand Maori tell of giant man-eating birds. New scientific evidence proves that these birds did exist and were around the same time as humans in New Zealand. From the article, 'Scientists now think the stories handed down by word of mouth and depicted in rock drawings refer to Haast's eagle, a raptor that became extinct just 500 years ago.'"

Comment I _know_ this girl (Score 1) 1091

by mary_will_grow on Sunday August 23, 2009 @11:07AM (#29163625) Attached to: How To Prove Someone Is Female?

According to the many press reports, she's believed to shave, is flat chested, has a very masculine physique, previously preferred playing physical games with boys, and shunned traditional female activities and clothing ...
Its your sister!

Comment department head? (Score 0, Redundant) 46

by mary_will_grow on Wednesday April 30, 2008 @09:44AM (#23249940) Attached to: Patent Appeals System Under Constitutional Attack

what is a "department head", exactly, in this context?

Alex the African Grey Parrot Dies 242

Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 09, 2007 @03:16PM from the teaching-us-how-to-communicate dept.

grrlscientist writes "Yesterday, I received the devastating news that Alex the African Grey parrot, who was both a study subject and colleague to Irene Pepperberg, died unexpectedly at 31 years of age. 'Even though Alex was a research animal, he was much more than that. This species of parrot generally lives to be 50-60 years old, so Alex was only middle-aged when he died. According to some reports I have read, it is possible that Alex might have succumbed to Aspergillosis, a fungal infection of the lungs that he has battled in the past. However, the cause of death will not be known until after a necropsy has been completed... Alex's veterinarian is returning from vacation to personally conduct this necrospy.'"

Study: Martian Soil Has Signs of Life 382

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 23, 2007 @07:08PM from the look-again dept.

geoffrobinson writes "Reuters is reporting that a scientist from Germany believes Viking probe data shows signs of life. From the article: "Joop Houtkooper of the University of Giessen, Germany, said on Friday the spacecraft may in fact have found signs of a weird life form based on hydrogen peroxide on the subfreezing, arid Martian surface. His analysis of one of the experiments carried out by the Viking spacecraft suggests that 0.1 percent of the Martian soil could be of biological origin.""

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