Comment Can genes be deleted in an adult? (Score 1) 128
Or does that kind of genetic manipulation need to take place in the zygote? No, I didn't read the subscription link.
Comment Use extrapolation instead (Score 2, Funny) 88
By using extrapolation, I conclude that by 2020 we'll have discovered dozens of stars in the Mizar-Alcor system.
Comment Re:They can stop it: Installs locked to hardware. (Score 1) 590
I'm sure Blockbuster, GameFly, and other game-rental companies would do everything in their power to prevent a company from doing this.
Comment Tuna are already pretty super. (Score 1) 280
They're huge, they're incredibly fast, and they have tasty meat. In fact, their meat has some pretty amazing properties, for a fish. It's just that we're probably over-fishing them, which is why the Japanese want to breed a 'better' tuna.
I prefer chicken-salad anyway.
Comment I am stone deaf in my right ear... (Score 1) 288
... ask away!
Need a Favor? Talk To My Right Ear 288
Hugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that scientists have found that if you want to get someone to do something, ask them in their right ear. Known as the 'right ear advantage,' scientists believe it is because information received through the right ear is processed by the left hand side of the brain which is more logical and better at deciphering verbal information than the right side of the brain. 'Talk into the right ear you send your words into a slightly more amenable part of the brain,' say researchers. The team, led by Dr. Luca Tommasi and Daniele Marzoli from the University of Chieti in central Italy, observed the behavior of hundreds of people in three nightclubs across the city where they intentionally addressed 176 people in either their right or their left ear when asking for a cigarette. They obtained significantly more cigarettes when they made their request in a person's right ear compared with their left. 'These results seem to be consistent with the hypothesized specialization of right and left hemispheres,' say researchers. 'We can also see this tendency when people use the phone, most will naturally hold it to their right ear.'"
