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Genetic Archaeology News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists and to the public. Yet little has been known about the evolution of this early branch in the animal tree of life. In a paper published today, researchers have unraveled the evolutionary relationships among the various...
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It Seems to Me... (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
It sounds like a scene from a low-budget sci fi/horror film:A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass.But for Japanese fisherman, it's all too real:This year's jellyfish swarm is one of the
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UniqueDaily.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
“Sorry, kids—scientists have not discovered the first known bubblegum-blowing sea creature. But they have found the only known corals to eat adult jellyfish, a new study says. Opening wide — yes, that’s a mouth — a mushroom coral ingests a roughly 4-and-a-half-inch-wide moon jellyfish in the Red Sea in March 2009. And this coral wasn’t [...]
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Experts say more warning signs are needed at Far Northern beaches to stop boardie and bikini-clad swimmers dicing with death in open waters.
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TechLifeBlogged (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Sites that I found interesting for November 22nd 2009 through November 23rd 2009: From Twitter – RT @SkyGridTech Google Opens Chrome Extensions To Developers, Will Only Review Certain Ones (http://bit.ly/87oQqL) From Twitter – RT @jackbrewster Animated map showing unemployment rate increase http://tinyurl.com/yjvndyk (via @nick_harris) From Twitter – RT @CoachDeb RT @mashableA New...
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Medgadget (Free subscription) | yesterday
Glowing in the dark has always been contributed to people exposed to radiation in cartoons (think Homer Simpson) and in popular myths about nuclear accidents (Chernobyl). Turns out we all glow continuously, but with a diurnal rhythm, as long as we have a powerful enough digital camera to detect the luminescence. A team of Japanese scientists used a light-proof room to detect photon activity coming...
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The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | yesterday
This would be the most derrworthy headline of the year if it wasn't necessary to point it out to the jellyfish in Congress. Via Taegan- A new Public Policy Polling survey finds the political repercussions for Congressional Democrats of not passing a health care bill could be severe. Democrats currently lead Republicans 46% to 38% on the generic Congressional ballot. But when asked how they would vote...
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WWdN: In Exile (Free subscription) | yesterday
It turns out that all this talk about getting excited and making things, uh, got me excited to make something: a Memories of the Futuremug that I think is pretty awesome.
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Sound of the City (Free subscription) | yesterday
Trouble & Bass featuring Joker, Nomad, and Bok Bok & L-Vis 1990 Santos Party House Saturday, November 21 Joker's hypeman MC Nomad wants to know if the audience can FEEL IT IN THE RIBCAG...
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Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
A team of scientists has built models of how marine animals mix the waters ocean-wide and concluded that the effect may be extensive.
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CSI Files (Free subscription) | yesterday
The franchise offers backstory for Cardoza, the climax of the Compass Killer arc and a repeat of Langston’s first day. Official plot details and cast lists after the jump. Starting out the week on Monday at 10:00pm ET/PT, one team member’s past is explored in the CSI: Miami episode “Kill Clause”: Deadly jellyfish are used as a [...]
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Show Tracker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Nov. 22 - 28 in PDF format This week's TV Movies USE THE FARCE: Action figures make stop-motion mockery of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and company in the updated special...
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The Medical Quack (Free subscription) | yesterday
This was sent to me and I thought worth sharing, new ideas that I had not thought of. The hair thing sounds good to me and know a couple folks that could certainly benefit from a foot soak with vodka too. The toothache was the first use of this sort I had heard of. I guess if all else fails you can drink it (grin). Not too long ago there was a case where vodka did save a life through a drip too. BD...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed and luminous jellyfish are just two of the strange creatures that have been discovered in the sunless depths of the ocean.
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A. Film L.A. (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Our third own hand-drawn feature film was also the most expensive film to have been put into production in Denmark in the last millenium. Originally released theatrically on October 6th, 2000 as " Help! I'm a Fish ," it was released on DVD in the US as " A Fish Tale " some four years later, with a CG cover, to make it look like "Shark Tale" which came out four years later...
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