Adam the Atheist – Lessons from the Bible
Hello. My name is Adam (it really is). My surname isn’t Atheist, but I am an atheist…and for good a reason. Here’s a strange story from the Bible that doesn’t regularly get air-play. This is a most bizarre tale from Genesis, with its utterly bemusing explanation of the genetic code. Basically, Laban is taking all … [Read the full story]
Listening to new music is good for the brain
A new study has discovered that listening to new music is good for the brain. A team of Canadian scientists have used MRI scans to establish that areas of the reward centre of the brain become active when people hear a new song for the first time. A report published in the Science journal explains … [Read the full story]
Melt proof choccy biccy’s – what a waste of money
Man has been on the moon, and made countless advances in medicine and now scientists have been issued a new challenge…the melt-proof choccie biscuit. Understanding what is happening to chocolate at a molecular levels is enabling overpaid scientists with fuck all else to do, to develop chocolate that does not melt in warm climates. This … [Read the full story]
The origin of man comes from a place in Africa
The theory that modern humans came from one place in Africa has been challenged by new research. A study showed the Khoe and San peoples of the sub-Sahara are descendents of the earliest diversification event in the history of all humans, some 100,000 years ago. The findings, involving 220 participants representing 11 populations across southern … [Read the full story]
Gibbons just love helium gas
Scientists from the Primate Research Institute at Japan’s Kyoto University reported that they had given helium gas to apes (gibbons), which, predictably, made their voices high-pitched. However, it was not a fraternity prank or lab assistant’s initiation, but a way for the scientists to determine whether the famously sonorous gibbons could yell just as loudly … [Read the full story]
Your last chance to save Earth as we know it
An international consortium of more than 8,000 scientists have called for urgent help to save Earth’s 100 most threatened animals, plants and fungi. While Nature has always operated by survival of the fittest, humanity’s increasing need for space is adding to the stresses on the natural kingdom. The report blamed a loss of habitat, caused … [Read the full story]
Better to have a fat arse than a fat belly
Scientists at Oxford University have found that storing fat in your bottom, rather than stomach, cuts levels of ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol and raises the ‘good’ HDL cholesterol that protects against hardening of the arteries. Their review, published in the International Journal of Obesity, showed the benefits of an ample derriere extend even to cutting the … [Read the full story]
Have Russians found Hitler buried in Antarctica?
Russian scientists have finally drilled down through four kilometres of Antarctic ice to a lake that has been sealed for the last 20 million years. Veteran Antarctic researcher Professor John Priscu says that he expects to see ‘unique organisms’ in the lake. But it was revealed this may not be the only surprise from sub-glacial … [Read the full story]
Your cock size is the ratio between your fingers
Korean scientists say the ratio between the second and fourth fingers is linked to stretched penile length. The scientists descended on 144 Korean men aged 20 or older who were in hospital for urological surgery and who signed away their right to dignity. The hand in question was the right one and the fingers were … [Read the full story]
