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September 8th 2009 01:00

Hey all,

This is just a notice to all that I am back from vacation, and will start posting soon.

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Chicken egg question solved: Why the egg came before the chicken.

August 17th 2009 12:55

After countless years of debates, theories, and experimentation dating back to Aristotle’s time; scientists have finally come up with proof that the egg did in fact come before the chicken.

Researchers from Nottingham and London reached this same conclusion shortly after analyzing prior data and comparing it with modern records. A genetics researcher at the University of Nottingham told the press, "The living organism inside the eggshell would have had the same DNA as the chicken it would develop into. "

"Therefore, the first living thing which we could say unequivocally was a member of the species would be this first egg. So, I would conclude that the egg came first."

However their theory resides on the fact that the organism which laid the egg could not be considered a chicken, since the chicken egg had to have been the result of a genetic mutation.

Professor David Papineau of London said, "If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg."

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Found: A Second Earth?

August 11th 2009 18:44

Could Titan be a second earth?

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the second largest moon in our solar system, has become a place of extreme interest for scientists worldwide. Although Titan is over 1.5 billion kilometers away from Earth, scientists have found that it shares many common characteristics with Earth.

Titan not only has a variety of weather such as wind and precipitation, but it also contains geographic similarities with earth. It possesses volcanoes, tectonic plates, mountains, dunes, and large lakes. However, the precipitation and “lakes” on Saturn’s moon are far from what you would expect to find on Earth. Instead of a water based weather system, Titan contains large pools of liquid hydrocarbons including methane and ethane. Furthermore, Titan’s geographic masses similar to Earth’s volcanoes release ice and ammonia rather than molten lava released by Earth’s volcanoes.

Nonetheless, scientists are still amazed at the geographic similarity presented by Saturn’s moon Titan.

"It is really surprising how closely Titan's surface resembles Earth's,” said Rosaly Lopes, a planetary geologist specialist who works for NASA. "In fact, Titan looks more like the Earth than any other body in the solar system, despite the huge differences in temperature and other environmental conditions."

Scientists also speculate over the possibility of life on this desolate and freezing cold world.

"It has not escaped our attention that ammonia, in association with methane and nitrogen, the principal species of Titan's atmosphere, closely replicates the environment at the time that life first emerged on Earth. One exciting question is whether Titan's chemical processes today support a prebiotic chemistry similar to that under which life evolved on Earth?"

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The Truth about Organic Food

August 6th 2009 01:02

A seal certifying that the food meets USDA organic requirements.

Over three fifths of the United States population purchases organic food regularly—spending nearly fourteen billion dollars on organic products. Unaware to the general population is the fact that organic foods sometimes cost double and even triple the amount of regular, locally grown food

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Super Collider Scheduled for Reopening in December

August 2nd 2009 19:58

Side view of the large hadron collider.

The super collider, also known as the large hadron collider (LHS), was originally designed as a field test for the big bang theory as well as to prove the existence of many hypothesized particles including the Higgs bosom. Built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), it is also the largest and highest energy particle accelerator which has the capability of colliding and smashing together atoms. However, just a few days after the large hadron collider was successfully started, two helium leaks disrupted the machine

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Go to the Moon in Google Earth

August 1st 2009 02:20

We see and hear about it every day in the news and radio. But imagine traveling and touring the moon yourself. While that isn’t possible yet, the next best thing is Google Earth’s virtual moon, which provides an interactive and feature-packed add-on to their Google Earth software. This free add-on allows users to immerse themselves into a hands-on experience of the moon, and can be found in version 5.0 [or higher] releases of Google Earth

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Space Exploration: Man, Machine, or Mistake.

August 1st 2009 00:40

Space exploration is a term that almost everyone [in this country] is familiar with. Thanks to NASA, we are going to be hearing it even more in the near future. However, the context in which space exploration is going to be used in is not what you think. In fact, the topic of discussion is more likely about whether or not to send man out into space [and whether or not to even continue with NASA] rather than plans of new exploration

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Hello

July 31st 2009 01:17

Hello everybody!

This is my first post on this blog, so I would like to welcome everyone and introduce what this blog is about

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Garvan St Vincent’s Campus Cancer Centre

October 22nd 2008 10:13

A brand new Cancer Research Centre is to be built in Darlinghurst, in the research and biotechnology precinct that has rapidly become the largest biomedical hub in NSW. Delta Goodrem, a former St Vincents cancer patient, is the Patron of the new Centre, and intends to dig deep and donate her own money to ensure the establishment of this much needed facility, slated for completion in 2010. Goodrem underwent treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital five years ago, and is now in remission.

The Centre will focus on personalised medicine and be a one-stop shop for cancer patients who can receive various treatments, as well as participate in trials and research. The land for the facility, worth $10 million, has been donated by the St Vincent's Hospital Trust, while $20 million has already been raised from private donations. But with much more dollars required for this $100 million state-of-the-art facility, a series of fundraising events are planned and funding will also be sought from the NSW and federal governments

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Hail Mary

September 3rd 2008 10:17

As I often complain about the lack of funding for medical research in Australia, it's only fair that I should recognise when money is wisely invested in this area.

Today the St Vincent's Victor Chang Lowy Packer Building in Darlinghurst, Sydney was officially opened by Danish Crown Princess Mary. This $80 million world class medical research institute is a joint initiative of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (named after the distinguished heart surgeon who was gunned down in 1991 after a failed extortion bid), St Vincent's Hospital and the Garvan Institute. This new building will allow the Cardiac Institute to expand from their one-floor occupation of the Garvan Institute, to the new 10-floor building which will enable the addition of 5 new research teams and 55 new research staff

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