Thanks, Zavatone. Fixed now.

Pegs -- yes, that's a better way of expressing it.

Love it!

Thanks, Gauldar. Fixed now.

Cool!

When I buy a house, I'm going to buy a doormat that says "Go Away".

Don't be too hard on JohnnyCat, Spooky. Sometimes it's hard to tell that a post is plagiarized and track down the original. I'm sure that it was unintentional.

Sure. Here it is:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100106/hl_afp/sciencebiotechgenomevirus_20100106184124

Whoops again, Alan Turing. Fixed now -- though I put it in the subjunctive mood.

Thanks, Alan Turing. Fixed now.

Just a side note about science reporting: I initially used an AFP article for this post, but wasn't pleased with its depth. So I looked for a meatier alternative in Science Daily. And what it said about the bornavirus discovery was substantially different from the AFP article.

I would guess that the Science Daily article was written by people with greater expertise, but in any event, it was a demonstration of how it pays to be skeptical of science journalism.

My suggestion: slap the Neatorama robot logo on it and sell it in the Shop.

Whoops! Fixed now.

@seekshelter -- some probably survived and got superpowers.

I would never have guess about the Edvard Grieg inspiration, but it makes a lot of sense.

"Wood gas"? I've never heard of that. Fascinating!