Thursday, April 29, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Thursday, April 29, 2010)
(1)- ASSIGNING BLAME -- Promiscuous women are responsible for earthquakes, a senior Iranian cleric says. Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi told worshippers in Tehran last week they must stick to strict codes of modesty to protect themselves.

(2)- HUMMER LOVE -- There's a feeling one gets when one sits behind the wheel of a really big stupid military-lite American Hummer. You have that feeling of being strong and safe, high on your pleather throne, above the fray, above the danger.

(3) - SPECIAL GENES -- Cancer, obesity, and even atherosclerosis share a common set of differentially expressed genes, suggesting a diverse number of human diseases share the same disrupted biological pathways, according to new research.

(4)- WIFE DID IT -- An extraordinary literary "whodunnit" over a mystery reviewer who savaged works by some of Britain's leading academics on the Amazon website ends with a top historian admitting the culprit was, in fact, his wife.

(5)- DONE -- This time, says the 79-year-old actor-director-photographer Leonard Nimoy, there are no more possibilities. Spock, his pointy-eared alter-ego, will live long and prosper. But it will be without Nimoy. He’s retired for good.

(6)- ROBOT SKIN -- For humanoid robots a fleshy covering is more than mere aesthetics, it could be essential to making them socially acceptable. A touch-sensitive coating could prevent such machines from accidentally injuring folks.

(7)- SHARK REPELLENT -- A company introduces a shark bite repellent, made by Repel Sharks, LLC. It is made of a series of magnets and attractive beads that fits like a piece of jewelry, but repels sharks.

(8)- SELF-SHEARING SHEEP -- Self-shearing sheep that shed their own fleeces naturally are being bred in Britain. The new breed, called Exlana, lose their woolly coats automatically in spring.

(9)- HIGH CLEANUP -- Nepali climbers set off to Mount Everest to remove decades-old garbage from in the world's highest ever clean-up campaign. None has ever before dared clean above 26,246 feet.

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