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May 12, 2005
From the science and technology file...
Here are a few science stories that caught my eye this week.
Hmm, so size matters in getting the girls, but also makes it more likely you'll be lunch.
In fish, sexy mates can be easy meals, study findsST. LOUIS -- Size really does matter to female fish when choosing a mate.
Females of two species of fish prefer males with larger genitalia, a Washington University researcher has found. But while males with large sex organs are more likely to get mates, they're also more likely to be eaten by predators because their genitalia are a drag on their swimming speed.
Great, "Terminators' are just around the corner...
Go Forth and Multiply, Little BotIt has long been held that self-replication is one of the fundamental processes separating the living from the nonliving. To watch a robot make it happen is a bit spooky.
A robot that makes functional copies of itself was announced this week in the journal Nature. Researchers at Cornell University's Computational Synthesis Lab say their robot is a working example of machine self-replication and evidence that self-reproduction is not unique to biology.
This is just appalling given how much time and money we spend to educate our children.
40 per cent illiterate in Canada: reportTORONTO — More than 40 per cent of Canadians don't meet everyday reading requirements
About 58 per cent of Canadians aged 16 to 65 possess skills in the top three literacy levels in prose -- indicating they can meet most everyday reading requirements, a new study suggests. The flip side of that is 42 per cent of Canadians do not have everyday reading skills.
Posted by maxthecat on May 12, 2005 at 09:24 AM | Comments (0)
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