Sorry, guys, no shortcuts:
A new drug designed to boost sexual desire in women is controversial for some and eagerly awaited by others, but it's hit a potentially serious snag. The drug didn't boost women's desire any more than a placebo in two clinical trials.
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But we know with absolute certainty that all that can be known about climate change is known and the debate is over except for a few fringe wingnuts who won't face reality:
New research by astronomers in the Physics Department at Durham University suggests that the conventional wisdom about the content of the Universe may be wrong.
Two different views from two sets of experts. The National Academy of Sciences:
Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems."
But from the Royal Society:
The Indianapolis Star tries to have it both ways over the news that the American College of Sports Medicine has judged its city's residents among the most unhealthy in the nation:
Tempus fugit, but the shuttle won't for long:
No matter how often the Malthusians are wrong, they just keep talking:
Even revered former astronauts get caught up in the partisan divide:
When President Barack Obama finally details (and defends) his plan for the future of manned spaceflight in Florida this Thursday, he will face opposition from a slew of Apollo-era astronauts who are disappointed that the budget cuts near-term plans for a moonshot. But one lunar-walking astronaut will be in the president's corner—Buzz Aldrin.
Aliens exist and they live in our midst disguised as humans -- at least, that's what 20 percent of people polled in a global survey believe.
The story says most of the blievers are under 35 and across all income classes. Of those who do not believe, most are women. I'll let someone else do the flip comments on this one.
Deepak Chopra has made millions and millions giving navel-gazing Americans an excuse to sit around with their eyes closed and doing nothing. But I guess we should be careful about making fun of him:
I don't know who will be angrier about this -- conservatives who think they're being suckered into climate-change legislation, or liberals who think their environmental concerns are being sold out:
