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POPSTermites are actually social cockroaches: study DNA analysis reveals some unexpected relationships among animals, including this startling discovery: The order Isoptera is no more--termites are now more properly classified as members of Order Blattodea, along with the cockroaches. Remarkable creatures, all.
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POPSScientists find 8ft bug fossil The ancient sea scorpion, was estimated to have been over 8ft long, by the size of a fossil claw found. They say it was likely to have been one of the largest ancestors of arachnids, almost half a yard larger than any found previously.
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POPSWhen Journalist LIE, Innocence Dies! Rarely since the WW2 has a people been so vilified as the Palestinians. Rarely has a people been so frequently excused and placated as the Israelis. Israeli embassies are now buttonholing editors around the world, saying that it's not fair to call Israel's PM "hard-line". And the reporters are falling into line. ... R Fisk I think he should know.
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POPSThe girl in the window This story is upsetting. If you can stomach it, be sure to watch the video and listen to the audio that accompanies this story.
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POPSWill species extinction be the scientific effect of elitist greed? ' Elitist greed is killing the planet and murdering human civilization. These vampires are bleeding Mother Nature (and our wallets) dry. They are literally pushing the human species toward extinction, and yet our collective human sloth looks on with passivity and stupor. It's now or never, my friends. The fascists are the fatal symptoms, but the disease is limitless elitist greed. It's time to step on these cockroaches."
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POPSRocky The Robo-Squirrel an ornithologist with Cornell University, was able to talk to a parrot through speakers hidden in a bush. The parrot was later seen encouraging other parrots to follow a set of commandments. At Indiana University, researchers were even able to build a robot that could successfully challenge male lizards to push up contests. Can complete control of the reptile psyche be far behind? “Whether it's a bunch of squirrels in a field or humans in a mall, there are general principles of behavior that seem to hold up across species lines,” said Greg Demas, director of Indiana University's Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. This indicates just one eventual outcome of this line of research: creating robots that can successfully challenge humans to push up contests.
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POPSBorneo's pygmy elephant Looks like human 'advancement' is threatening yet another rare species. C'mon people! do you really want to live in a world inhabited by just humans and cockroaches? OK, this may be a slight exaggeration;p
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POPSMythbusters to test cockroache's radiation risk Can cockroaches survive a nuclear attack ? Mythbusters have arranged to irradiate cockroaches, with the help of scientists at the Hanford 318 building irradiator, near Richland Washington. The episode is supposed to air in about 4 months. Hope they don't mutate too much, or learn Martial arts.
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POPSOh, hell to the no And when all those damn roaches get loose from the exhibit? I'll have to avoid the museum altogether until this exhibit goes away. Seriously, after the exhibit are they going to loose all those bugs into "nearby park lands?" Hopefully the next exhibit will be the Giant Shoes of the World.
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POPSSo Much For Supporting Our Troops
President Bush is constantly bragging about how he and his administration always put the needs of our troops first and foremost in their considerations. Money is no object when it comes to supporting our troops says our president. And now we learn from both the Washington Post and the LA Times that inpatients and outpatients and Walter Reed Army Hospital, the number one military hospital in the country if not the world, does not have the funds to hire enough help to keep track of our soldiers when they are injured, or to keep the facilities in which they are treated and housed in livable condition. Our wounded heroes share their rooms with cockroaches, mice and rats, along with moldy wall paper and all around filth. This is a disgrace and I hope the next time the president holds a news conference and brags about supporting the troops again, the press on hand will confront him with this disgraceful information and demand clear and honest answers from him.
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POPSFunny signs II The cockroaches and the zoo animals one made me laugh out loud, so it's a cool site ;-)
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POPSCockroaches Are Not Morning People Just could not help clipping this seemingly useless piece of information. I wonder how much money was allocated for this study? Another waste of tax dollars perhaps?
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POPSNorwegian Pirates Begin Killing Again In 1992, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society scuttled the outlaw whaler Nybraena in the Lofoten Islands and two years later scuttled the outlaw whaler Senet in Southern Norway. Since then numerous Norwegian whalers have been deliberately sunk, the latest being the Willassen Senior sunk in August 2007 by Agenda 21 agents.
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POPSCockroach for GOP Smear Machine THE COCKROACHES ARE OUT TO SMEAR BARACK OBAMA. STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS! Stop the SWIFTBOATING COCKROACHES (like Jerome Corsi) before they get hold of the AMERICAN Psyche... AGAIN! :eek: Go to http://www.truthfightsback.com to fight back. Youtube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOOXWybFVj8 Website here: http://www.thethinkingblue.com/cockroachcorsi.html