Weekly Science Headlines

[Telarus]

Two thousand mice dropped on Guam by parachute — to kill snakes
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101240774

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Two thousand mice dropped on Guam by parachute — to kill snakes
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101240774

In related news, 300 sheep released in Zimbabwe to kill lions.   

[Telarus]

Koalas Have a Newfound Sex Organ—in Their Throats
http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2013/12/02/koalas_deep_bellows_folds_in_the_pharynx_make_males_sexy_and_dominant.html

[Telarus]

Tool use in crocodylians: crocodiles and alligators use sticks as lures to attract waterbirds
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2013/11/30/tool-use-in-crocs-and-gators/


Hmmm, very interesting.

[Junkenstein]

Proving the existence of DOUR's reptoid heritage takes another step forward.

[minuspace]

Tool use in crocodylians: crocodiles and alligators use sticks as lures to attract waterbirds
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2013/11/30/tool-use-in-crocs-and-gators/


Hmmm, very interesting.

I like it, I like it

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Proving the existence of DOUR's reptoid heritage takes another step forward.

Hey now, he almost never lurks in shallow water with sticks on his head to lure birds into landing.

Tucson doesn't even HAVE any water.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Proving the existence of DOUR's reptoid heritage takes another step forward.

Hey now, he almost never lurks in shallow water with sticks on his head to lure birds into landing.

Tucson doesn't even HAVE any water.

I have to use the settling pond. 

[Junkenstein]

Proving the existence of DOUR's reptoid heritage takes another step forward.

Hey now, he almost never lurks in shallow water with sticks on his head to lure birds into landing.

Tucson doesn't even HAVE any water.

I have to use the settling pond. 

Horseshit. I'd ask the herons about this, which I can't. Not pointing fingers but we all know why.

[minuspace]

Proving the existence of DOUR's reptoid heritage takes another step forward.

Hey now, he almost never lurks in shallow water with sticks on his head to lure birds into landing.

Tucson doesn't even HAVE any water.

I have to use the settling pond. 

Horseshit. I'd ask the herons about this, which I can't. Not pointing fingers but we all know why.

Lo, y'all too awful to demonstrate

[Salty]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205141900.htm?utm_source


So...because these people THINK the symptoms of these infections are autism-like enough probitics may be help autism?

Or have I missed something?

[Reginald Ret]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205141900.htm?utm_source


So...because these people THINK the symptoms of these infections are autism-like enough probitics may be help autism?

Or have I missed something?

Autism may be connected to leaky guts, lets make mice autistic by doing something to them that is known to cause autism in humans.
Hey, their guts are leaking just like in some autistic humans. What happens if we treat the leaky gut? Oh, hey the autism symptoms got less.
Let's try this shit on humans, since the treatment is already accepted and safe.

I believe it could work.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205141900.htm?utm_source


So...because these people THINK the symptoms of these infections are autism-like enough probitics may be help autism?

Or have I missed something?

It might make more sense to say that they think it's possible that at least some of the diagnosed cases of autism in humans may be caused by the same problems that caused autism-like behavior in their test mice, and that if that is the case, the treatment which helped the test mice may also help those humans.

[Junkenstein]

Cable firms starting to shit themselves about the existence of the internet:
http://bgr.com/2013/12/09/anti-cord-cutting-ad-campaign-wtf/

The cable cutter continues to embrace the bunny, and offers the small creature a ride on his bicycle. The rabbit then leaps up and latches on to the man's neck, biting down and continuing to hold on despite the man's struggles.

"And because he didn't get the news," a tablet tethered to a cactus reveals, "he didn't know mutant bunnies were on the loose."

Of course had you given the poor guy cable, disaster would have been averted. The tablet tethered to the cactus would have been revealed in time and it would have been streaming a breaking newscast informing the man that mutant bunnies escaped from a nearby lab. He would know, then, to put on a falconry glove and tame the mutant beast before taking it for a ride on his bike.

I lack the words.

[Junkenstein]

You know what Austrailia really needs? More danger.
http://gizmodo.com/miners-spill-a-million-liters-of-radioactive-acid-in-a-1479708013

About a million liters of radioactive acid sludge accidentally poured out of a tank at the Ranger uranium mine in northern Australia. As if the spill itself weren't bad enough, the mine is also located in the Kakadu National Park, where most of Crocodile Dundee was filmed. That place is a national treasure.

Luckily, this catastrophic-sounding event might be resolved without too much destruction. The people who run the mine say they can clean up the mess easily and there's been "no impact to the environment," because the spill was confined to the mine. Whether or not this is actually true remains to be seen, as the radioactive acid sludge is strong enough to damage the local ecosystem if it makes it into the nearby water supply. Again, this would be bad since this mine is sitting smack dab in the middle of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It's an impressive level of bribery that lets you do this in the middle of a heritage site.