Cloned Cows Used to Create Beef We Eat

Well, this is just disturbing. The United States Food and Drug administration just announced that farmers have been using cloned cows to mate and produce beef. Which we're eating. The farmers are producing cloned...

DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb

"Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday. The two tiny female fetuses, between...

Endangered horse gets manhood back

Somehow birth control was given to the species that needs it least." WASHINGTON - Scientists at the National Zoo say they have reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse — the first known...

Clone farm cows born in Britain: How long before their meat and milk is on sa...

" Their mother is a clone – created in a U.S. laboratory with cells taken from the ear of a prize-winning animal. Meat or milk from the calves, flown into Britain as frozen embryos and implanted into a surrogate,...

Stonehenge 'a long-term cemetery'

Stonehenge may have served as a burial ground for much longer that has been previously suggested, according to new research conducted by the University of Sheffield."The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years,...

Kids won't move out? Why not eat them

That's what some species of fish do anyway.Parental cannibalism in nature may be an attempt to hurry up the child-rearing process, according to new research.Perhaps children living at home into their twenties...

CBC Series: A week without women

This certainly will be an interesting program to watch, as a small town loses all of it's women and the men have to fend for themselves, Kids and all.  Sort of reminds me of Al Bundy and his fictious No MA'Am...

FDA approves animal clones as food

It all tastes like chicken, right?"After six years of study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that meat and milk from cloned pigs, cattle and goats and their offspring is safe. Lack of data meant the...

Homo erectus extinctus

"Is nature determined to make men extinct? Senior scientists believe that women may evolve as humanity’s sole representatives — and social and political trends are lending weight to their theories."

Curvy women may be a clever bet

"Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may well produce more intelligent offspring, a US study suggests. Researchers studied 16,000 women and girls and found the more voluptuous performed better on cognitive tests - as did their...

Do hunky men make women smarter?

"It's not just the muscles, or the confidence, or the chiselled cheekbones. Nor is it the flashy sportscar or the charming arrogance. No, the charms of the alpha male -- the guy who stands out above lesser mortals --...

Be Careful Crossing Kennedy's Bridge by Michael Reagon

"Even though poor Sen. Harry Reid insists on calling the Senate’s latest attempt to inundate the nation with hordes of suddenly legalized illegal immigrants the president’s bill, it is really Sen. Kennedy’s monstrosity. The president, desperate to get any kind of...

Iowa apes to name swans

The Great Ape Trust in Iowa, which is home to eight bonobo apes, is about to get two Trumpeter Swans in a nearby pond. This on its own is not a huge deal, but the fact that the apes get to name the swans definitely...

"Lustful" ostrich traumatized by fireworks

Three teenagers who set off holiday fireworks in eastern Germany could be fined by...an ostrich farmer. Yes, an ostrich farmer, whose prize male, Gustav, was allegedly rendered temporarily unable to perform by the...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

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