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

[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

Seems to me that it could also be possible to have some actions affect the present you left behind, and others not. All it would require is a theory of temporal inertia, where a timeline tends to try to lead to the same ends despite minor interference but can, with sufficient effort, be altered.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Since the model depends on what the time-traveler knows, and since most people don't know as much as they think they know, it seems to me there are plenty of ways to change the timeline without being entirely sure that you had.