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ectotherm writes:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration disagrees with a World Health Organization finding that the widely used soda sweetener aspartame possibly causes cancer in humans, saying the studies used to reach that conclusion had “significant shortcomings.”
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ectotherm writes:
The U.S. Navy has broken the existing record for the power of a LASER. Their new free-electron LASER can burn through 200 feet of steel per second. Next step: weaponization. Now all we need to do is upgrade the sharks...
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ectotherm writes:
By 2018, the U.S. Navy hopes to enable their fighter jets with the ability to shoot data streams containing "specialized waveforms and algorithms", useful in an electronic attack or cyber-invasion. A few non-classified details at http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,212940,00.html
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ectotherm writes:
According to Professor Peter Kelly, a director of Public Health in Great Britain: "There has been a four-fold increase in the number of syphilis cases detected, with more young women being affected." Why the increase? People meeting up for casual sex through Facebook. According to the article "Social networking sites are making it easier for people to meet up for casual sex. There is a rise in syphilis because people are having more sexual partners than 20 years ago and often do not use condoms."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2904897/Sex-diseases-soaringbrdue-to-Facebook-romps.html
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ectotherm writes:
See the most obvious scientific discoveries of 2009, actually backed up by scientific studies. These include such no-brainers as 'Men are much more interested in casual sex than women.'
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ectotherm writes:
The nice people behind the recorded phone messages stating "By now you should have received your written note regarding your vehicle warranty expiring..." have been busted! Details at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526357,00.html?mrp
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ectotherm writes:
A new study provides compelling evidence that "one and only one impact" by a meteorite caused the mass extinction approximately 65 million years ago. The story can be found at http://www.redorbit.com/news/display/?id=747011
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ectotherm writes:
Japanese scientists have captured a dolphin with vestigial legs. This is more evidence of their land-dwelling past. Details at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227572,00.html
