] Scientists have recruited an unusual ally in their quest
] to produce safer, cheaper rocket fuel: bacteria.
]
] The microbes help make a key ingredient of a fuel mix
] used in missiles but could also reduce the cost of drugs
] used to lower cholesterol levels.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Bacteria help make missile fuel

] This experiment is designed to test whether you can spot
] the difference between a fake smile and a real one
]
] It has 20 questions and should take you 10 minutes
]
] It is based on research by Professor Paul Ekman, a
] psychologist at the University of California

Personally, I suck at this kind of thing... I need more context than just a face. But I still found it interesting, especially the discussion at the end.

BBCi - Science - Human Body - Spot The Fake Smile

A Dutch virologist warned hospital workers and health officials in Bangkok that pigs which feed on chicken droppings could catch bird flu. In turn, the infected pigs could pass the bird flu to humans....

[super - Nano]

Bird flu can infect pigs - (United Press International)

Ahhh, Valentines day.

Nothing says 'I love you' like a giant cockroach

] State Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox, in a press
] release Thursday morning, said she would ask that the
] word evolution be put back in the state's proposed
] curriculum.
]
] "I made the decision to remove the word evolution from
] the draft of the proposed biology curriculum in an effort
] to avoid controversy that would prevent people from
] reading the substance of the document itself," wrote Cox.
] "Instead, a greater controversy ensued."

GA Superintendent backs down on Evolution

Animated Cartoon using a legal pad with art skills about as good as yours...

Robot Love

] People who know they're being watched, and that their
] innocent actions can result in police scrutiny, are
] people who become scared to step out of line. They know
] that they can be put on a "bad list" at any time. People
] living in this kind of society are not free, despite any
] illusionary security they receive. It's contrary to all
] the ideals that went into founding the United States.

A fairly good article on why profiling doesn't work.

How We Are Fighting the War on Terrorism / IDs and the illusion of security

] A team of Russian and American scientists are reporting
] today that they have created two new chemical elements,
] called superheavies because of their enormous atomic
] mass. The discoveries fill a gap at the furthest edge of
] the periodic table and hint strongly at a weird landscape
] of undiscovered elements beyond.

Cooooooool! - nano

Uut and Uup Add Their Atomic Mass to Periodic Table

rock on

ThinkGeek :: Plush Microbes :: Additional Images

] Put 'em all together and what do you get? Timmy's Torrid
] Tonic! We like to call it TTT or simply Triple T. No
] matter what you call it though, it's the world's first
] habanero hot sauce constructed from quality ingredients
] and infused with caffeine

Umm....this is either brilliant or its going to kill someone....I can't decide which yet:)

ThinkGeek :: Timmy's Torrid Tonic - Caffeinated Hot Sauce