Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Nuclear Cotton Candy Makes You Horny
Now that I've got your attention. A 17-year old Michigan kid has built a functional mini-fusion device in his parents' basement. It was his only choice - his mother said 'no' to the hyperbolic chamber. That's pretty damn cool.
Nuclear radiation being just one way of getting genetic mutants, researchers have engineered cottonseeds to be edible, promising to feed many people. Normally, cotton seeds contain high levels of the toxin gossypol, which also sounds like what you might get if you elected a talk show host to congress. The researchers removed gossypol from the seeds, while leaving it in the rest of the plant, so that it remains resistant to pests. Clever!
Speaking of clever, a Brazilian town has started giving out free Viagra to make its residents happier. The catch is, they'll only give it to the wives of older men, because giving it to the men themselves was 'causing adultery.' This is brilliantly hilarious!
Nuclear radiation being just one way of getting genetic mutants, researchers have engineered cottonseeds to be edible, promising to feed many people. Normally, cotton seeds contain high levels of the toxin gossypol, which also sounds like what you might get if you elected a talk show host to congress. The researchers removed gossypol from the seeds, while leaving it in the rest of the plant, so that it remains resistant to pests. Clever!
Speaking of clever, a Brazilian town has started giving out free Viagra to make its residents happier. The catch is, they'll only give it to the wives of older men, because giving it to the men themselves was 'causing adultery.' This is brilliantly hilarious!
