14 Jun 2007
Research finds that circadian rhythms dominate all life functions

Something for the idiots behind Daylight Savings Time to consider ... it's 10:07 pm EDT here, and it just now got dark. On June 14th. Ridiculous.

New research from Colorado State University shows that the function of all genes in mammals is based on circadian -- or daily -- rhythms. The study refutes the current theory that only 10 percent to 15 percent of all genes were affected by nature's clock.

(link) [EurekAlert! - Breaking News]

21:10 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

$4.4 billion sweetener revives immigration bill

Well, I think this settles one thing, anyway. We have the best government money can buy - and it has.

Senate Democratic and GOP leaders and the key architects of a comprehensive immigration reform bill reached a deal to revive the bill Thursday.

(link) [CNN.com]

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Plants 'Recognize' Their Siblings

Brother, can you spare a leaf?

Biologists have found that plants are able to recognize their own relatives. Researchers at McMaster University have found that plants get fiercely competitive when forced to share their pot with strangers of the same species, but they're accommodating when potted with their siblings. Though they lack cognition and memory, the study shows plants are capable of complex social behaviours such as altruism towards relatives.

(link) [Slashdot]

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Iran moves to execute porn stars

I'm shocked, shocked I say, to learn of these plans! I would never have suspected the Iranian government of being such prudes! Never, I say!

Please accept my apologies if any of the sarcasm oozed from the above paragraph and gummed up your keyboard.

Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to the death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies.

(link) [CNN.com]

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