Interesting News Stories

Tumblr

Pat — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:30:16 +0000

This site is way better than wordpress. Go to Tumblr.com to make your own blog or check out my new tumblr blog.

Paper Airplane

Pat — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:21:00 +0000

I think the design of plane was good for this experiment. It was heavier in the front and had wings with a lot of wing surface. The problem was how I through it. I through it down instead of up, and I through it lightly. If I had thrown it more up it’s front would have brought it down faster and it may have flown farther. Because it was more of a rigid plane I think I would have been able to through it harder. Next time I would throw it harder and more up.

Funny Cats

Pat — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:41:29 +0000

Upload your own pictures of funny cats and add your own funny captions.

Go here.

King Davey III

Pat — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:24:05 +0000

This one is better.

King Davey

Pat — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:33:05 +0000

I give to you, King Davey.

Nervous System

Pat — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:23:48 +0000

Today we learned about the first stages in brain developement and saw the brains of other animals through their developing stages.

Half Man / Half Tree

Pat — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:34:11 +0000

An Indonesian fisherman, Dede, age 35, is in reasonably good health except that his hands and feet resemble something out of the “Alien” movie series, with huge root-like growths that render his arms and legs useless, according to a November Discovery Channel TV program, “Half Man, Half Tree,” reported on by London’s Daily Telegraph. Dermatologist Anthony Gaspari of the University of Maryland flew to Indonesia and determined that Dede’s condition was caused by a genetic inability to restrain the growth of warts (“cutaneous horns”) produced by the human papillomavirus. Gaspari prescribed a regimen of vitamin A, which he said should reduce the size of the warts enough so that, with surgery, Dede could eventually use his hands again. [Daily Telegraph, 11-21-07]

Story taken from News of The Weird.

Links to sites with pictures of this condition. Site #1 Site #2 Site #3

Darwin of the Day 12/07/07

Pat — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:48:04 +0000

Today’s Darwin is “Gangster Blues“

Urinary System Animation

Pat — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:34:16 +0000

Links to sites with good Unrinary System Animations for school.

http://www.medindia.net/animation/anatomy_urinary.asp

http://natsci.parkland.edu/bio/122/bio_122_Links.htm (scroll down till you find the Urinary System links, B-9)

http://catalog.nucleusinc.com/categories.php?A=&CatID=069&I=2

Old Radio Shows

Pat — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:17:24 +0000

I couldn’t find them as podcasts but I found a really good site for old radio clips, t’s http://www.oldtimeradiofans.com/ They have a large variety of clips from 30′s, 40′s, and 50′s. Including my personal favorite “Whos on First” by Abbot and Costello.