PART I OF VI
JULY 11, 2005



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ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD
By Caitlin Dowling

Overheard

“They rise vertically and backwards, so if you come from behind you have a much better chance."
Robin Wooton, an expert in insect biomechanics, on how to swat a fly effectively! (The Guardian)

“We found no association between levels of mental ability and reported happiness, which is quite surprising because intelligence is highly valued in our society,”
Alan Gow at Edinburgh University, whose research proves that intelligence is irrelevant to a happy old age. That’s the text books in the river then… (New Scientist)

“Also, if a family already has several girls and members of the family would like to have a boy, our laboratory can offer one of many tools to help make the selection of the sex of the baby."
Hmmm… Yuri Melekhovets, who runs the Paragon Genetics lab in Toronto, where parents can find out the sex of their foetus as early as 10 weeks into pregnancy. (CBC)

"They only crush, put it in water, apply it on the tajine itself and they cook it at very low temperature."
That’s all very well, Dr. Albert Nantel of the Quebec National Institute of Public Health, but it’s still a lead glaze on Moroccan tagines – no 2nd helping for me…


Elsewhere

Einstein attended a séance?

Codes for killers – knowledge of microbes could lead to cures of diseases

Why cocaine addicts are all about the fun…

Beauty is in the nose of the beholder



Caitlin Dowling's mission is to reach Mars. If this doesn't work out, Seattle will more than do. While waiting for news on her impending travel, she'd really like to compile data for a science website and maybe even post an article or two.

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