Wednesday, October 05, 2005
- Using DNA from medical specimens and a corpse buried in the Alaskan permafrost, researchers have recreated a living, infectious incarnation of the virus that caused the deadly 1918 flu pandemic. [New Scientist]
- A quote from Neil Gaiman I can heartily relate to:
"The biggest trouble with black clothes...is trying to work out which bit of the general blackness in the suitcase in a dimly lit hotel room when you aren't really awake yet is going to turn out to be socks."
- Rocker Pete Townshend now has a blog, "The Boy Who Heard Music." [via Rebecca's Pocket]
- Spell out words ransom-note style using Flickr images [via Tsuredzuregusa]
- The Countess recounts the recent history of bird flu, and evidence it may mutate to a human-to-human transmissible form
- Some lovely tourist images from a Tokyo shopping trip [Replete with high-tech gewgaws that put most stores here to shame - note the RZ3 Shower Toilet™, which is indeed both a shower and a toilet.]
- Honda's new WOW car features a built-in dog compartment [via Gizmodo]
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