Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen — they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Mr Guerro has developed a machine that can send foamy clouds as wide as 4ft and shaped like corporate logos drifting into the sky
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More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.
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Smashing Magazine puts together yet another great list of well-designed blogs. Very inspirational and some really unique designs made the cut.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/08/now-more-than-ever-50-more-excellent-blog-designs/” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title

As the House Committee on Energy and Commerce considers the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, testimony from the interested parties reveals that opinions on ‘Net neutrality may tell us more about those doing the testifying than what a neutral ‘Net entails. For the ISPs, at least, it appears that neutrality is a threat to their ability to innovate
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-riaa-piracy-fight-more-important-than-net-neutrality-bill.html” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title

Batman is darker, has a tortured soul, rubber pants, and all those sexuality issues with Robin, but come on, does he have a stripper pole in his private plane? Of course not. And what about all the rest? Can he make his own gadgets without having to go run for help to daddy’s company? Can he let girls do their make-up while they look at his…
http://gizmodo.com/387583/who-kicks-more-ass-batman-or-iron-man” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title

Real mechanics reveal more tips to help you avoid an auto-repair scam
http://www.rd.com/advice-and-know-how/13-more-things-your-auto-mechanic-wont-tell-you/article62928.html” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title

The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 15,000 people, Myanmar’s government has said, with at least 10,000 killed in the township of Bogalay alone, according to the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/myanmar.cyclone/index.html?eref=rss_topstories” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title

Asked if Yahoo would still leave a door open for Microsoft to return, Yang said: “If they have anything new to say, we would be open. … I am more than willing to listen.”

Some who have supported her say they’ll switch to Barack Obama if she doesn’t make big gains in the remaining Democratic primaries.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/clinton-superdelegates-wo_n_100127.html” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title