Fun Stuff

[hummingwolf]

According to the BBC, New model 'permits time travel': "If you went back in time and met your teenage parents, you could not split them up and prevent your birth - even if you wanted to, a new quantum model has stated."

"The European Space Agency... has developed a nine-ingredient menu designed to keep the space-farers healthy - in body and mind." The ingredients: "rice, onions, tomatoes, soya, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, wheat and a protein-rich alga called spirulina" which will be "organic, GM-free and grown onsite by the astronauts themselves." A show of hands, please: Who here would be willing to live in a world without chocolate?

Common cat parasite may alter your personality.

Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive. Women, on the other hand, appear to exhibit the “sex kitten” effect, becoming less trustworthy, more desirable, fun- loving and possibly more promiscuous.

Interestingly, for those who draw glib conclusions about national stereotypes, the number of people infected in France is much higher than in the UK.

That story's from 2003, but apparently is still exciting amusementinterest among certain folks. mind_hacks also provides a link to a PDF of this related Scientific American article. Meow.

In non-newsy stuff: Joshua Ellingson has some great pictures. I love the one of Dethbot & Mr. Skittles.

Finally, for those curious about such things: Ben & Jerry's Gobfather ice cream ("the flavor you can't refuse") tastes good with frozen blackberries.

Comments

[allisburning.livejournal.com]

- "The European Space Agency... has developed a nine-ingredient menu designed to keep the space-farers healthy - in body and mind."

I emailed them a while back asking if recipes were available and didn't get an answer.

I do think that fans and geeks would buy a cookbook.

- "rice, onions, tomatoes, soya, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, wheat and a protein-rich alga called spirulina"

-- I don't see a sweetener in there. People are going to miss that.

Why lettuce? Why not broccoli or cabbage?

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