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2005 Scientific Highlights

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the where-we're-at dept.

Nomad37 writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has a great wrap-up of the great moments in 2005 for science. The story covers everything from evolution to space exploration, the role of genetics in brain disorder to nuclear fusion. The story provides a neat overview for those of us who haven't been checking Slashdot regularly enough!"

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  1. Why check? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    The story provides a neat overview for those of us who haven't been checking Slashdot regularly enough!

    The dupes make it so we don't have to check regularly, silly.

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    Trolling is a art,
  2. 2005 isn't finished yet by Frequency+Domain · · Score: 5, Funny

    The authors of the article are really going to have egg on their face when the aliens land next week.

    1. Re:2005 isn't finished yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      It's premature to reveal everything, but let's just say that NASA aren't the only ones capable of placing a probe on Uranus.

      like the kind of probes with a big satellite dish that cause you to fart fire?
  3. Re:Nice - oh yeah, I forgot... by Starker_Kull · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...from the article: "Not even the US President, George Bush, could ignore the historic hurricane season in the north Atlantic this year." - heh, heh, heh....

    [Ducks and applies SPF50 flame-block]

  4. 2005 Scientific Highlights by Forget4it · · Score: 5, Funny

    2005 Scientific Highlights That's whole lot of highlights!

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  5. Wait a minute, wait a minute by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...who haven't been checking Slashdot regularly enough!"

    What, you mean BSD isn't dead?

  6. Mickey's genetic code by jdbartlett · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the real breakthrough was when they cracked Mickey's genetic code and found out that while man shares 96% DNA with chimps, he also shares 90% DNA with mice, his other cousin. Woman refuses to share DNA.

  7. Re:Nice. by jdbartlett · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was a T-Rex and a domestic cat, actually.

    Eventually, dogs replaced the T-Rex as the most popular non-feline household pet, but the name "Rex" was still kept for the sake of nostalgia.

    The cat's name was Tiddles.

  8. Re:Hey, fucktard. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    umm... you need to get laid.

  9. How does that song go... by ch-chuck · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dupe dupe dupe dupe of url
    dupe dupe dupe of url
    dupe dupe dupe of url

    As I walk through this world
    Nothing can stop the dupe of url
    And you, you are my girl
    No one can hurt you, oh, no

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    try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
  10. Funny...explain this... by Imposter_of_myself · · Score: 0, Funny

    For all of the "evolutionists" out there... The world of science can't explain the power source for a "permanent" magnet as it hangs on a refrigerator door, YET you can explain the "origin of species". Hubris? (Weekends are good for a little "trolling" ;-)

  11. Re:Power source for post it note by Darby · · Score: 2, Funny

    If a refridgerator magnet needs a power source, what is the power source for the Post-It(tm) note hanging beside it?

    Gluons, duh.