In a rare case, a man living in Germany who had both leukemia and AIDS no longer has any detectable HIV cells in his blood following a stem cell transplant for his leukemia three years ago. But experts were quick to caution that the case does not have practical implications for the treatment of AIDS [...]
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Ancient Mega-Lake found in Egyptian Desert
Posted: 3rd December 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Science | TechnologyTags: Ancient Egyptian, Arid Deserts, Desert Fish, discover, Drainage Channels, egypt, Egyptian Desert, Fish Fossils, Fossil Fish, Fossilized Fish, Gift Of The Nile, lake, Long Lost Lake, Longstanding Puzzle, mega lake, Nile Floods, Nile River, Radar Images, Radar Maps, Resolution Radar, Shuttle Radar, Smithsonian Institution, Surface Elevation, topographic maps, Vance Haynes, Western Egypt
The hyper-arid deserts of western Egypt were once home to a lush mega-lake fed by the Nile River’s earliest annual floods. The Body of water was nearly the size of Lake Michigan, researchers discover Fossil fish and space shuttle radar images have defined the bed and drainage channels of the long lost lake, which at [...]
World’s Most Expensive Website Sells for $13M – Who Bought Sex.com?
Posted: 25th November 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: Clover, damages, Debt Issues, Domain Rights, Foresight, Gary Kremen, grabs, Holdings Ltd, insane, Internet History, match, Mid 1990s, most expensive, Networks Solutions, Sex Sells, Sex World, sex.com, source article, warrant, website, Website Domain Names, Website Names, world wide web
Who knew in the beginning that the world’s most expensive website would turn out to be sex.com? It makes sense since sex sells, but it is still surprising that the coveted site sells for $13 million. The previous owner of the site was Escom LLC, and they had to sell the domain due to debt [...]
Facebook acquires FB.com to Start an E-Mail Service
Posted: 15th November 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: 100 million, Buy Domain, confusion, Domain Name, e mail service, email, Email Address, email provider, facebook, source article, Suffix, Whois, Yahoo
It has been disclosed that Facebook has buy the Fb.com domain. This news arrives before its special event, where it is set to uncover an improved version of Messages. According to rumors, it is expected all Facebook users will be offered an email address with the facebook.com suffix. Here’s our question: how will Facebook differentiate [...]
Scientists Propose One-Way Trips to Mars, any Volunteers?
Posted: 15th November 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: Abundant Water, Agency Spokesman, Apollo 14, Arizona State University, discover, Early Settlers, Earth Mars, Ed Mitchell, Essential Minerals, Exploring Mars, Human Travel, Invoking The Spirit, Manned Missions To Mars, mars, Mars Colony, Mars Exploration, mission, Missions To Mars, NASA, one-way trip, Scholarly Article, scientist, Spirit Of Star, Suicide Mission, Supply Ships, Surface Gravity, Washington State University
Invoking the spirit of “Star Trek” in a scholarly article entitled “To Boldly Go,” two scientists contend human travel to Mars could happen much more quickly and cheaply if the missions are made one-way. They argue that it would be little different from early settlers to North America, who left Europe with little expectation of [...]
Undocumented Language Discovered Hidden in India
Posted: 5th October 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: arunachal pradesh, bamboo houses, bamboo raft, china tibet, david harrison, dialect, distinct language, endangered languages, firewood, gregory anderson, hidden, hidden language, himalaya mountains, India, language, language diversity, linguist, linguistic structure, national geographic society, sister language, steep hillsides, stilts, tribal community, undocumented, village
A “hidden” language spoken by only about 1,000 people has been discovered in the remote northeast corner of India by researchers who at first thought they were documenting a dialect of the Aka culture, a tribal community that subsists on farming and hunting. They found an entirely different vocabulary and linguistic structure. Even the speakers [...]
Destroy any webpage – Asteroids style!
Posted: 29th September 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Science | Technology, VideosTags: asteroids, video game, web, webpage, website, world wide web
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Segway company owner James ‘Jimi’ Heselden dies in England after riding his Segway off cliff
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly Enough, Sad News, Science | TechnologyTags: aftermath of hurricane katrina, bastion, blast walls, british businessman, british soldiers, company owner, death, defense contracts, demise, dies, England, miners, moral obligation, northern england, obe, segway, severance pay, Tragedy, troops in iraq, west yorkshire police, working in a coal mine
The British businessman who owns the Segway company was killed when he drove one of his famous two-wheeled scooters right off a cliff.
Make Sure to Check Out the Twilight Harvest Moon Tonight!
Posted: 22nd September 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Science | TechnologyTags: added bonus, autumnal equinox, bright moon, decades, eastern time, full moon, giant moon, harvest, harvest moon, home star, illuminated, jupiter, Jupitor, last time, Moon, moon illusion, northern hemisphere, orange moon, psychological effect, red moon, source article, sun and the moon, sunset, twilight, twilight show, western horizon
Prepare for the Super Harvest Moon! For the first time in two decades, the Sun will sink as the full Moon rises exactly opposite to it on the day the summer ends, creating in a strange 360-degree twilight show. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the autumnal equinox and a Super Harvest [...]