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Mind Control by Parasites

Half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma, parasites in the body—and the brain. Remember that. Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite found in the guts of cats; it sheds eggs that are picked up by rats and other animals that are eaten by cats. Toxoplasma forms cysts in the bodies of the intermediate rat hosts, including in the brain. Since cats don't want to eat dead, decaying prey, Toxoplasma takes the evolutionarily sound course of being a "good" parasite, leaving the rats perfectly healthy. Or are they? Link:

4-core chip

In an effort to regain market share that its smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices has aggressively taken in the past year, Intel Corp.'s chief technology officer said Friday that the chip giant will start shipping microprocessors with four cores inside late this year. To show the product is well on its way, Intel CTO Justin Rattner demonstrated a working server computer with a pair of the new microprocessors, code-named Clovertown. Link:

A Real Transformer

This is a video of a real transformer changing from car into robot form. quite entertaining. I'm waiting for the consumer model so I can have a few minutes of fun in times of desperation. Link:

First-grader suspended for sex harassment

A 6-year-old boy is getting a lesson on the meaning of sexual harassment long before he’ll be able to spell it. The first-grader was suspended for three days for sexual harassment after he put two fingers inside a classmate’s waistband, school officials told his mother, Berthena Dorinvil. The boy told her he only touched the girl’s shirt after the girl touched him. Link:

Charity dinner for children mistakenly serves up naughty fortunes

A box of X-rated fortune cookies was mistakenly delivered to a fundraiser hosted by a Brooklyn politician. The 350 cookies stuffed with "the most graphically lurid" fortunes got mixed up in a batch of 1,750 cookies ordered for the Chinese New Year event, Borough President Marty Markowitz said Friday. Some guests "were stunned, to say the least." Link:

Toilet-delivered baby survives

A premature baby survived after being delivered in a toilet, police said. "I just had a baby," Salina Newman told the operator when she dialed emergency services Tuesday, according to transcripts released to the media on Thursday. "I was only six months pregnant and I went to the restroom and the baby is in the toilet." Littleton police officer Bob Carmody said when he arrived at the apartment, Newman told him the baby had been miscarried. Link:

Birth defect is plaguing children in FLDS towns

Fumarase Deficiency afflicts 20, is linked to marriages of close kin It's one of the darkest secrets of the Warren Jeffs polygamist community. An especially severe form of birth defect is on the rise and may mushroom in coming generations. Dr. Theodore Tarby has treated many of the children at clinics in Arizona under contracts with the state. All are retarded. "In the severe category of mental retardation," the neurologist said, "which means an IQ down there around 25 or so." According to community historian Ben Bistline, most of the community's 8,000 residents are in two major families descended from a handful of founders who settled there in the 1930s to live a polygamist lifestyle. "Ninety percent of the community is related to one side or the other," Bistline said. Link:

Boy admits stabbing mom 111 times

A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Friday to murdering his mother by stabbing her 111 times last year after she discovered he was trying to learn how to make a bomb. Under a deal with prosecutors, Christopher Dankovich agreed to serve up to 34 years in prison Link:

Child Thinks Illegal Drugs Are Candy, Shares Them

A 10-year-old boy thought he was giving candy to his friends on the school bus. But prosecutors in Fort Wayne, Ind., said the youngster was actually passing out the illegal drug Ecstasy. Investigators are trying to figure where the kid got the pills. Some of the students put the pills in their mouths but spit them out because they tasted bad. Some students reported stomachaches and one felt tingling down the arms. The driver then collected the bag of turquoise pills. Police estimate the value of the stash of more than 130 Ecstasy tabs at about $3,000. Link:

Boy charged with felony for carrying sugar

A 12-year-old Aurora boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project this week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug, Aurora police have confirmed. The sixth-grade student at Waldo Middle School was also suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag of powdered sugar to his friends. Link:

New Super Mario Bros. - Leaked Video

A leaked video of the new Super Mario Bros game for the Nintendo DS has turned up on "YouTube", and it looks awesomeWith retro 2D graphics it is very lovely (though the footage doesn't show what the bottom screen is doing). Based on this, I might just buy a DS to play it. Click the link below to check out the video on "YouTube" Video: "It's been 14 years since Mario last starred in a 2D platformer of the variety that launched him to fame. In that time, Yoshi's been in four and rival Wario's had something like half a dozen. Even on Virtual Boy! Sure, Mario's been innovating (inventing the 3D platformer and stuff) and kickin' the sports spin-offs, but it's been a while since he's revisted his roots." Use the link below to read more of this article about the release of Mario on DS Link:

Cingular 8125 Now Available to Everyone!

Alright, we've done a lot of waiting here. Cingular's officially launched the 8125 (aka the HTC Wizard) on their site for consumers. Expect to pay $350 retail for it with a two year contract, not including that bonus $50 mail-in rebate you'll send in that'll get the cost down to $300. Feature: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for enhanced global use Windows Mobile 5.0* 128MB SDRAM / 64MB ROM TI OMAP 200MHz Processor Integrated, sliding QWERTY keyboard 2.8" QVGA 320x240 64K Color LCD Touch Screen Integrated Bluetooth Class II Integrated 802.11b support Integrated Mini-SD slot for greater storage and expansion Optional 1.3 mega-pixel camera * supports upgrade to Microsoft's Messaging and Security Feature Pack Link:

Mice Lacking Social Memory Molecule Take Bullying In Stride

The social avoidance that normally develops when a mouse repeatedly experiences defeat by a dominant animal disappears when it lacks a gene for a memory molecule in a brain circuit for social learning, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. Mice engineered to lack this memory molecule continued to welcome strangers in spite of repeated social defeat. Their unaltered peers subjected to the same hard knocks became confirmed loners -- unless the researchers treated them with antidepressants. "For both mice and men, social status is important; for mice, losing to a dominant mouse usually means that they avoid the dominant and they avoid social situations," explained NIMH director Dr. Thomas Insel. "These new findings add to a growing literature on the molecular basis of social behavior, helping us to know where as well as how social information is encoded in the brain." Link:

Al Michaels traded to NBC

Al Michaels was traded from ABC to NBC for a cartoon bunny, four rounds of golf and Olympic highlights. The rights to "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit," a bunny created by Walt Disney in the 1920s before he invented Mickey Mouse, were transferred from NBC Universal to The Walt Disney Co. as part of the agreement to release the broadcaster from his contract with ABC and ESPN. Link:

Physicist to Present New Exact Solution of Einstein's Gravitational Field Equation

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, noted physicist Dr. Franklin Felber will present his new exact solution of Einstein's 90-year-old gravitational field equation to the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) in Albuquerque. The solution is the first that accounts for masses moving near the speed of light. Felber's antigravity discovery solves the two greatest engineering challenges to space travel near the speed of light: identifying an energy source capable of producing the acceleration; and limiting stresses on humans and equipment during rapid acceleration. Link:

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