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RSSRussia has banned the shipment of medical specimens abroad, threatening hundreds of patients and complicating drug trials by major companies, the national Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Kommersant attributed the ban to fears in the secret service that Russian genetic material could be used abroad to make biochemical weapons targeting Russians. The quality daily cited anonymous sources in the medical community.
Russia bans human tissue export in bioweapon alert
Russia bans human tissue export in bioweapon alert
Trip proposed to centre of Earth via Arctic hole
Trip proposed to centre of Earth via Arctic hole
A U.S. scientist and a small band of believers are planning a journey to the Canadian Arctic for what they call “the greatest geological expedition in history.”
Are they searching for Arctic oil reserves? Documenting evidence of climate change?
Not quite. They’re looking for a fog-shrouded hole in the Arctic Ocean that leads — they say — to the centre of the Earth, where an unknown civilization is lurking inside the hollow core of the planet.
(via Post Human Blues).
Morbid environmental question: what’s the most ecologically sound way to dispose of a dead body?
Morbid environmental question: what’s the most ecologically sound way to dispose of a dead body?
A few months ago Honky Tonk Dragon asked me what I want done with my remains if I were to perish. I thought about it and wasn’t too sure, saying “whatever is the most ecologically friendly method.” I’ve been thinking about it again, and the only thing i could find on the subject is this article which suggests that feeding the dead to animals is the best way to go. I’m not really sure how one would arrange for such a thing, but I’d be fine with that.
Are there any other methods out there?
Is Occulterati art?
Is Occulterati art?
EPISODE 16 :: “Hep”
Ingredients: One half Danny Chaoflux, one half Ray Carney. Stir thoroughly, serve at art gallery in rimmed glasses.
Duration :: 00:29:27
Download :: MP3 (26.965MB)
Hosts :: Brenden Simpson, Wu
Build your own brain machine
Build your own brain machine
This weekend, learn how to hack your brain by making Mitch Altman’s Brain Machine! It flashes LEDs into your eyes and beeps sounds into your ears to make your brain waves sync up into beta, alpha, theta, and delta brainwaves!
Full Story: Make (with links to podcast and PDF file).
Podcast round-up
Podcast round-up
Sorry, I’ve been slacking on these…
The Viking Youth Power Hour:
R.U. Sirius Show:
Not the Prime Time Josh Wolf Interview.
Why Big War is Becoming Obsolete.
Justin from Justin.tv Brings It.
Can a Pacifist be President or Should we Just Stop Breeding?.
Gonzo: Hunter S. Thompson is Evoked.
Keith Henson’s Space Elevator.
From The Zodiac Killer to Cho.
NeoFiles:
Study confirms virgin birth of zoo shark pup
Study confirms virgin birth of zoo shark pup
Remember a few years ago when we reported a shark that was born to a virgin mother? Here’s an update:
Scientists have solved the mystery of how a baby shark appeared in a tank of females without the help of a male: it was a virgin birth. The bonnethead shark was born through “parthenogenesis”, a process where an egg develops into an embryo without being fertilised by sperm.
Virgin births, possible in some birds, amphibians, reptiles and bony fishes, are extremely rare. It had never before been confirmed in cartilaginous fish, such as sharks and rays. The birth, in 2001, astonished scientists as placental animals, including this shark, were thought to need genetic material from sperm and egg to produce viable young.
(Thanks Ulysses Lazarus).
