LGP Science Thread

[shafnutz05]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/10545542.stm

Link between inactivity and obesity queried.

I wonder how much of the British taxpayers' money was wasted on this asinine study?

[doublem]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/10545542.stm

Link between inactivity and obesity queried.

I wonder how much of the British taxpayers' money was wasted on this asinine study?

I'm sure not much.

[doublem]

Antibodies found that provide protection against AIDS

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38151534/ns ... id=twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HomerPenguin]

Antibodies found that provide protection against AIDS

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38151534/ns ... id=twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I hate to nitpick, but

The bodies of some people make these immune system proteins after they are infected with the AIDS virus, when it is too late for them to do much good. But a properly designed vaccine might help the body make them much sooner, the researchers reported in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

Nobody thought to try this until now? Really?

[doublem]

I would assume it is a little more complicated then that.

[PensFanInDC]

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/health ... =1#slide=1

Good for him?

[doublem]

I guess some type of normal life.

[eddysnake]

worked better for Nic Cage and Travolta, but what are you going to do?

[Corvidae]

I would assume it is a little more complicated then that.

Retroviruses usually are. They mutate quick as hell, too. I'm guessing that has something to do with it.

[doublem]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/scien ... your-wife/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Freezing Your Head May Anger Your Wife.

[HomerPenguin]

I would assume it is a little more complicated then that.

The problem has to be with how the article was written.

[doublem]

I would assume it is a little more complicated then that.

The problem has to be with how the article was written.

Gotcha.

[BadHands71]

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/health ... =1#slide=1

Good for him?

It's pretty amazing what they can do with surgery these days.

[doublem]

This is pretty amazing news.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100708/hl_ ... 9tYWtleQ--" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A pill to make you smarter? Drug grows brain cells.

[Geezer]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/ ... oceratops/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Those wacky paleontologists.

[Geezer]

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42007" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Unicorn is real (sort of)

[doublem]

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... &gt1=42007
Unicorn is real (sort of)

[doublem]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100712/ap_ ... _volcano_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Towering undersea volcano mapped off Indonesia.

[Sarcastic]

Boy, l do I have a science story for you guys! Best one yet! Unless you're Indian!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6161691.stm

A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.

[doublem]

[shafnutz05]

One of my groomsman is just about to marry an Indian woman. Explains why she is going foreign.

[doublem]

I loves Indian chicks.

[Sarcastic]

In related news!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4155390.stm

A range of extra-large condoms has been launched in South Africa, to cater for "well-endowed" men.

This reminds me of the elephants, where the African elephant has bigger ears than the Indian one.

[Kicksave]

[newarenanow]

In related news!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4155390.stm

A range of extra-large condoms has been launched in South Africa, to cater for "well-endowed" men.

This reminds me of the elephants, where the African elephant has bigger ears than the Indian one.

Thank god! I can now have protected sex.