The big news story right now that the has the whole internet abuzz is this one:
The entertainment industry was still reeling today at the revelation of a homosexual in their midst, as George Takei, the beloved helmsman Sulu from the original Star Trek series, revealed in this week's edition of Los Angeles magazine Frontiers that he is gay. Co-stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, both of whom are reputedly still alive, were unavailable for comment.
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Researchers discover dyslexia gene: Up to 20% of dyslexia may be traced to an error on the sixth chromosome, on a gene known as DCDC2. Or CDCD2. Scientists aren't sure which.
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Biomimetics! At the University of Surrey, a team of robotics researchers headed by Dr Alex Ellery envision exploring distant planets with robotic flying squirrels.
Wait, did I just type that? I swear, sometimes this thing works like a ouija board; I don't know what's gonna come out until it's right there staring back at me in black and white. Nope, there it is: Robotic Flying Squirrels. Well I'll be damned.
Now that the generation of kids who grew up watching animé are old enough to secure jobs as big-shot roboticists, it's only natural that we are hearing their first public statements touting the practical advantages of exploring space using robots patterned after wasps, ants, eels and yes, flying squirrels. They claim it has something to do with "efficient use of energy." It has nothing, repeat nothing whatsoever to do with making wicked-cool looking robots to send into space!
That's just a side benefit.
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As part of the ongoing project to clone every animal that is considered edible and/or adorable, Italian researchers have produced a litter of 14 cloned piglets. This brings the list of successfully cloned mammals to: sheep, mice, cattle, goats, horses, rabbits, cats, pigs, mules and dogs. Next up: Baby seals!
Actually, that sort of brings up a good question: if, say scientists begin to successfully clone currently endangered species such as bald eagles and the like in mass numbers, are they then okay to eat?
Posted by: COMTE at October 29, 2005 10:48 AMNothing I like better than sittin down with a big bucket of extra crispy KFE.
Posted by: flamingbanjo at October 29, 2005 01:40 PMScientists believe that cloned baby seals will be 40 percent more clubbable.
Posted by: Ryan at November 1, 2005 01:43 PMIs cloned bacon any less delicious than non-cloned bacon? Because if it is, I will have nothing to do with it, the world should not have to sustain itself on less than completely delicious bacon.
And I never saw Sulu as gay, completely by surprise but not any concern. I'm still patiently awaiting Shatner's admission.
Posted by: Johnny Huh? at November 1, 2005 03:36 PMShatner's admission? You mean about his hairpiece?
Trouble with tribbles indeed.
Posted by: flamingbanjo at November 1, 2005 03:50 PMI so knew Sulu was gay. That episode where everyone's acting drunk and he's running around with his shirt off? One look at that prancing fruit in stretch pants, holding a sword-- I knew.
Posted by: Joshua at November 3, 2005 06:50 AMFinding out Sulu is gay is like finding out the guy playing Chekov isn't Russian. REEEAAALLLYYY?! How fascinating.
But if the anime crowd really wants to impress me, and they should want to, the robots will be flying foxes with two tails who won't be able to respond to the phrase "moshi moshi".
Posted by: JtotheP at November 8, 2005 04:44 AMYou know who else is totally gay? That red-haired kid from the Harry Potter movies. Queer as a three dollar bill.
Posted by: Joshua at November 8, 2005 01:39 PMWaitasecond -- Chekov wasn't Russian? Noooooooo!!
Posted by: flamingbanjo at November 8, 2005 03:47 PM