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What makes this "different" is the fact that this is the first time scientists have created a species like this in the lab. Organisms like this have been found many times in nature, but whenever people tried to make them in the lab, the offspring were sterile and could not reproduce. This is the first time people have made all female lizards than can successfully reproduce. Neat!
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Cows aren't exactly sacred in India, although it depends on where you are and what your definition of sacred is.

Although I do find this weird, I think it's great actually...
While another commenter said it's "sad that "there's no difference between a calf and an infant"", I think the point here is being missed.

This woman values LIFE, wether it's an infant or cow or whatever. She is doing what she can to help this calf. It's mother died and this woman has the compassion to try and nurture it. That's wonderful. Even though the method is kinda gross to my brain. Nevertheless, it reflects something about human nature and our capacity to love and care for other beings.

So there's my mushy comment for the day! :)
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A japanese guy figured out how to create the same type of illusion, on a smaller scale... pretty neat! Here's a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGvNKA-E3zI&feature=player_embedded#!
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Yeah, Magnetic Hill is in Moncton, New Brunswick, in Canada. I grew up there and tried the hill a few times. It's pretty cool, but I still can't understand exactly how the damn thing works...!! And I have a master's in science... geez...

I've read the explanations, etc., but experiencing the "illusion" in real life is another matter... it's hard for the brain to comprehend and make sense of when you see it real life.

Pretty cool though! I'd recommend everyone try it out. And New Brunswick has lots of other great tourist attractions too!
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This won't produce generalized effects (e.g. from living under electrical poles, or from depression treatment).

Specific area of the brain need to be targeted for specific effects to occur... much like electrodes in the brain...
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Shannon hit it on the head - do we want to convert "empty matter" into "conscious matter". This has nothing to do with morality, and nothing to do with spreading "humans".

It's a question of wether or not we want to seed LIFE in it's most basic forms, allowing it to progress and evolve into something more complex. It's about wether we want to generate AWARENESS. And I think we should. I do think we need to be careful not to interfere with planets that may already have simple life, but should we seed "dead" empty worlds? Hell yeah! The Universe could use more opportunities to become self-aware, although it does already have mechanisms in place to do this... but we can still help :) Of course, we should focus on our own problems here on Earth first... especially since we're driving ourselves to extinction...
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I suspect that many cats are attracted to other aspects of sweet foods, besides the sweetness itself. There are various aromatic chemicals in fruits that may attract them... I think that they "like" cake and pastries because of the fats in them, or I should say, the smell of fats, since cats are initially attracted to foods by smell. Of course, for any species, there is always tons of variability amongst individual organisms, so in biology there exceptions to almost every "rule"...!
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Weird, I always assumed milk in bags was common! I'm 27, and I grew up drinking milk bought in bags!! (In New Brunswick, Canada). You can also buy milk in cartons, of course, but the bagged milk was available in larger quantities (usually 3 bags in a bigger bag, giving you at least 3 or 4 liters of milk, if not more). As some people have mentioned, you buy a special pitcher that holds the bag, cut one corner of the bag (gotta be careful not to make the cut too big or too small), and then you just pour the milk normally. You could also buy little single serving bags of juice (called mini-sips I think), but I never saw mini bags of milk. Only big ones.
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Excuse me, DaveL???
"Makes perfect sense to me considering how their culture works."
Just what is that supposed to mean? Please explain how "their culture works"? Way to go and make a huge unfounded generalization that Indians are immoral people who love selling their kids because that's just "how their culture works".

Get off your high horse.
Approximately one out of every 6 people in the WORLD is Indian, and India itself is comprised of many different cultures. But according to you they're all immoral savages, apparently.
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Also, I do have to agree that the throw was rather hard. You can't really tell if the wall was padded or not, but that guy throws the cat with quite a bit of force. I know that cats are great and jumping and landing from high locations, but that's not the same as being thrown from that distance with extra velocity. And yes, that cat's body is meant to "take that" impact, but that doesn't mean it's pleasant for the cat, and usually when a cat jumps it knows it's going to jump and can prepare for the landing, which is different from being thrown at a wall by some astronaut. I'm not saying this is animal cruelty and we should call the spca or whatever, I'm just saying that some people need to consider exactly what is being done here, and what the cat is feeling during these experiences. The human face is built to "take" the impact from a punch to the face, but that doesn't mean I should go around punching people in the face. That cat was unharmed, but was scared crapless a number of times during this experiment (which wasn't exactly performed in a very scientific manner). And in the long run, this experiment is not a big deal and I'm sure the cat was fine, but it's not fair to gloss over the fact that an animal in such an experiment cannot fully understand what is going on and will be temporarily stressed and scared, and that kinda sucks... it doesn't hurt to be aware of the feelings of others you know. Even if it's just a cat.
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I have mixed feelings about this video. I wouldn't say it's animal cruelty really, I mean that cat is fine and unharmed. However, that cat was definitely temporarily stressed out and scared when it was flailing about in zero g... I would describe this as an interesting but rather mean experiment... but in the end, the cat was fine, so I do think many people commenting here are overreacting.
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Ha, you know what, I work at Carleton University (as a biologist and graduate student) in a lab that works with caterpillars and butterflies... we just had a huge discussion on this research this week, and now I see it here on neatorama! Interestingly, the memories are only preserved if they are encoded at a certain age (5th instar). Memories encoded too early will not persist after metamorphosis. It's interesting that the memories can persist because so much of the caterpillar's body (including the brain and nervous system) is drastically reorganized as it turns into a butterfly or moth... Anyway, it's pretty neat...
Yay for neatorama!!

Ombor Mitra
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