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Swiss military socks unveil new high-tech socks
GENEVA (AFP) – The Swiss defence ministry on Friday unveiled new high-tech sweat-absorbing socks that were tested by dozens of soldiers roaming the countryside with a different sock on each foot.
Sixty recruits equipped with a pair of boots and 10 socks each of three different types were sent off on a "merciless" five-day test mission, with orders to wear odd socks, the defence ministry said in a statement.
"The recruits were not informed beforehand about the socks they would wear, in order to obtain results that were as objective as possible," it added.
GENEVA (AFP) – The Swiss defence ministry on Friday unveiled new high-tech sweat-absorbing socks that were tested by dozens of soldiers roaming the countryside with a different sock on each foot.
Sixty recruits equipped with a pair of boots and 10 socks each of three different types were sent off on a "merciless" five-day test mission, with orders to wear odd socks, the defence ministry said in a statement.
"The recruits were not informed beforehand about the socks they would wear, in order to obtain results that were as objective as possible," it added.
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Neanderthals live on in some of us - DNA study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neanderthals and modern humans interbred, probably when early humans first began to migrate out of Africa, according to a genetic study released on Thursday.
People of European, Asian and Australasian origin all have Neanderthal DNA, but not Africans, researchers reported in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
The study may help resolve the long-running debate over whether Neanderthals and modern humans did more than simply live side by side in Europe and the Middle East.
"Those of us who live outside Africa carry a little Neanderthal DNA in us," said Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany, who led the study.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neanderthals and modern humans interbred, probably when early humans first began to migrate out of Africa, according to a genetic study released on Thursday.
People of European, Asian and Australasian origin all have Neanderthal DNA, but not Africans, researchers reported in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
The study may help resolve the long-running debate over whether Neanderthals and modern humans did more than simply live side by side in Europe and the Middle East.
"Those of us who live outside Africa carry a little Neanderthal DNA in us," said Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany, who led the study.
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Police: Woman attempts robbery, tries to eat note
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Authorities in Ohio said a woman tried to rob a bank with a note and then attempted to eat it once she saw a uniformed officer in line behind her. FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas said the woman wearing sunglasses handed the teller the note at a Columbus Chase bank branch Wednesday morning.
Trombitas said in a statement that the off-duty officer wasn't aware of what was going on, but when the woman noticed him, she grabbed the note and fled.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Authorities in Ohio said a woman tried to rob a bank with a note and then attempted to eat it once she saw a uniformed officer in line behind her. FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas said the woman wearing sunglasses handed the teller the note at a Columbus Chase bank branch Wednesday morning.
Trombitas said in a statement that the off-duty officer wasn't aware of what was going on, but when the woman noticed him, she grabbed the note and fled.
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You know what's sad? There's a whole bunch of neo nazis out there who are - as we speak - doing an abrupt about face and declaring that it's really the neanderthal genes that are the most advanced, and that mongrel Eurasians are superior to pure-bred homo sapiens because of it.Denny wrote: "Those of us who live outside Africa carry a little Neanderthal DNA in us," said Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany, who led the study.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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I rather like mutts.
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That's self aggrandizement all on it's own. Homo ambulens is a far more accurate descriptor.s1m0n wrote: homo sapiens
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Scientists stunned as grey whale sighted off Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP) – The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years.
The whale, which was first sighted off Herzliya in central Israel on Saturday, is believed to have travelled thousands of miles from the north Pacific after losing its way in search of food.
"It's an unbelievable event which has been described as one of the most important whale sightings ever," said Dr Aviad Scheinin, chairman of the Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center which identified the creature.
A population of grey whales once inhabited the north Atlantic but became extinct in the 17th or 18th centuries and has not been seen there since.
JERUSALEM (AFP) – The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years.
The whale, which was first sighted off Herzliya in central Israel on Saturday, is believed to have travelled thousands of miles from the north Pacific after losing its way in search of food.
"It's an unbelievable event which has been described as one of the most important whale sightings ever," said Dr Aviad Scheinin, chairman of the Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center which identified the creature.
A population of grey whales once inhabited the north Atlantic but became extinct in the 17th or 18th centuries and has not been seen there since.
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Spidey's Secret?
Spider silk is stronger than steel and any available man-made fiber, and engineers have long puzzled over how to concoct a material with such strength and flexibility. They might be one step closer.
Researchers have just figured out one step in the silk-making process: how the liquid proteins the eight-legged creatures carry onboard get spun into webs at a moment's notice.
Specifically, spider silk has five times the tensile strength (a measure of how much something can be stretched before it breaks) of steel, and triple that of the best artificial fibers available today.
Spider silk is stronger than steel and any available man-made fiber, and engineers have long puzzled over how to concoct a material with such strength and flexibility. They might be one step closer.
Researchers have just figured out one step in the silk-making process: how the liquid proteins the eight-legged creatures carry onboard get spun into webs at a moment's notice.
Specifically, spider silk has five times the tensile strength (a measure of how much something can be stretched before it breaks) of steel, and triple that of the best artificial fibers available today.
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Giant, 11-Foot Herring Turns Up in Sweden
Called the King of Herrings, an 11-foot fish was discovered on a beach in Sweden, the first time the fish has been seen in more than 130 years.
The Regalecus glesne, known as the King of Herrings or Giant Oarfish, was found dead in the small fishing village of Bovallstrand on Sweden's west coast, about 56 miles from the Norwegian border, reported the AFP.
The specimen uncovered, while a staggering 11.4 feet long, is surprisingly small for the King of Herrings. The fish can reportedly reach nearly 40 feet in length and can weigh as much as 600 pounds.
Called the King of Herrings, an 11-foot fish was discovered on a beach in Sweden, the first time the fish has been seen in more than 130 years.
The Regalecus glesne, known as the King of Herrings or Giant Oarfish, was found dead in the small fishing village of Bovallstrand on Sweden's west coast, about 56 miles from the Norwegian border, reported the AFP.
The specimen uncovered, while a staggering 11.4 feet long, is surprisingly small for the King of Herrings. The fish can reportedly reach nearly 40 feet in length and can weigh as much as 600 pounds.
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Quantum Internet May Become a Reality
Do you think you have slow Internet access with DSL, cable, broadband, or satellite? Do you have internet speeds of 3, 6, 1 2, or even 20Mbps? If you still think your Internet access is slow, then quantum Internet may be right for you. And that is exactly what physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics are trying to create.
The physicists have invented what they are calling a "quantum transistor." A traditional transistor is a semiconductor device which amplifies a signal, or opens or closes a circuit. Transistors are in about every known electronic out there and form a vital portion of your pc when it comes to computing speed.
Do you think you have slow Internet access with DSL, cable, broadband, or satellite? Do you have internet speeds of 3, 6, 1 2, or even 20Mbps? If you still think your Internet access is slow, then quantum Internet may be right for you. And that is exactly what physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics are trying to create.
The physicists have invented what they are calling a "quantum transistor." A traditional transistor is a semiconductor device which amplifies a signal, or opens or closes a circuit. Transistors are in about every known electronic out there and form a vital portion of your pc when it comes to computing speed.
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OK, which of you got this woman all wound up?
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Liz Carrollmutepointe wrote:OK, which of you got this woman all wound up?