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  1. Re:Not quite suspended by nbritton · · Score: 1 · on Doctors Claim Suspended Animation Success

    Scorpions are cold blooded animals that can survive being frozen.
    http://www.museums.org.za/bio/scorpions/biology.ht m

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  2. Modern drugs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Sonic-powered Mosquito Larvae Eliminator


    You correctly present the problems in creating a vaccine for malaria.

    However, Is it not a simply a matter of insufficient international research funding, for a non-western/tropical disease, that leaves this disease without modern drugs

    After all chloroquine was introduced in 1943, 61 years ago, and was highly effective.

    The recent outbrake SARS show the speed and technology that modern drug companies can throw at a problem when energised to do so, why not for malaria?


    History of malaria

    Ideal malariavaccine

    world map of malaria
  3. Re:What the hell... by Isaac-Lew · · Score: 2, Informative · on Simpsons Fan Creates Real Tomacco Plant
    Splicing/grafting plants together is not that hard, but I thought this could only be done with plants of the same eh..family.

    According to http://www.museums.org.za/bio/plants/solanaceae/, tomatoes & tobacco are both in the same family (Solanaceae), along with potatoes, peppers and eggplants. I don't know how closely they have to be related for splicing/grafting tho.

  4. Re:10km doesn't seem so big by robogun · · Score: 1 · on Halley's Comet Imaged As Transneptunian Object

    No one knows, but here is an article which addresses this issue.

  5. water boatmen != water strider by Suchetha · · Score: 2, Informative · on New Theory on Water Strider Propulsion

    water boatmen are not water striders

    Suchetha

  6. Przewalski;s Horse and the three species of zebras by geoswan · · Score: 2 · on Mule Gives Birth
    Przewalski's Horse is pretty interesting. Something like 150 of these equids survive. All in zoos. There are people dedicated to trying to re-introduce them to the wild.

    There are three different species of Zebra, including the Quagga , which genetic analysis shows to be a subspecies of the Plains zebra.

  7. Re:Why? by Spudley · · Score: 2 · on How To Clone A Mammoth

    Why not bring back a species that was extinct due to the actions of mankind

    We are. Follow this link to see info on the Quagga Project, in Cape Town.

    Quaggas were a sub-species of zebra which lived only in the tip of the cape region and were wiped out by hunting.

    The Quagga project is an attempt to bring them back by selectively breeding from normal zebras that have quagga-like traits.

  8. Compare to the Tsetse fly approach by iiii · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Collapsing P2P Networks
    The comparison of P2P use and animal populations is fascinating, and although the parallels will be limited it might yield some useful ideas.

    The most interesting parallel animal model has got to be the experiment designed to reduce (or eliminate) Tsetse fly (and other insects ) populations by releasing large numbers of sterilized males into the natural population.

    The process of P2P sharing would correspond to mating, since you have to have two participants. A successful mating would correspond to a user getting the file they wanted, and therefore being more likely to use the service in the future. Getting a dud file is like a wild female mating with a sterilized male. Yields no offspring, user is less likely to continue using service. One or two cases of sterile matings have no impact, but when it is a significant percentage the population will decline, I'm sure the parallel with P2P holds.

    The author seems focused on studying the best way to eliminate P2P, though, so he's probably hoping to get research grant money from RIAA.

  9. Re:Pheromones by Like2Byte · · Score: 1 · on Nuclear Mutant Flies Are Good For Africa?

    Here's your GED .

    Apparently, I was mistaken about pheromones. It's actually species-specific cuticular hydrocarbons.

    I'm SOO clueless.