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You may be girly, but at least you're smart. http://www.bath.ac.uk/pr/releases/fingerlength.htm

I've found it interesting how the British and Australian prime ministers have faced the same issue. Blair made it known this would be his last term, and now he's going in less than a year. The prime minister here, John Howard, has never made any such commitments. A crucial difference is that the government in Britain has been declining, while the government here had an important gain in popularity last election. But I suspect Blair's commitment to leave actually damaged the party, and I think Howard will be taking notice.

NCBI has a few good books online, but reading them is a pain because you have to search for things within them. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books These books from there are pretty good, standard textbooks for alot of biology subjects. Biochemistry Berg, Jeremy M.; Tymoczko, John L.; and Stryer, Lubert. New York: W. H. Freeman and Co.; c2002 Molecular Biology of the Cell Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter New York and London: Garland Science; c2002 Developmental Biology Gilbert, Scott F. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates, Inc.; c2000

I use mine to affect my mood. Mine's a beach I go to often, which I enjoy being at. I like to see the beach when I get on the portal here.

I think this is a question which would take alot of answering to do it in any detail. Basically though, DNA codes for the production of RNA, many of which then code for the production of protein. These processes are carried out, and controlled, by proteins. These proteins bind to specific sites on the DNA and RNA, and this in itself is another 'code'. The proteins that bind to DNA often do so because of signals that come from within the cell or from outside the cell. These signals may be in the form of simple molecules or ions, or as other proteins. These molecules, ions and proteins form signalling 'pathways', and the pathways form a kind of circuitry that is interlinked and often circling back on itself to produce feedback. This circuitry is how much of the 'decisions' are made within a cell controlling gene expression. Part of that is the release of signals from the cell, which in multi-cellular organisms is how much of the co-odination in development of an organism is achieved.

The basic assumption in regards to natural selection is that more offspring are born than can survive to produce offspring of their own. Natural selection is a concept that encapsulates how those that are to survive and reproduce are selected by nature.

That movement would drive the windmill, but because the system isn't 100% efficient, the drag of the windmill would be a greater force than the thrust of the propeller that results. So you'd come to halt. It only works if there is the wind to overcome the inefficiencies of the system.

From what I've read I imagine it's a matter of looking at how the assassination would lead to a change in US policy. That is, in itself, a reasonably interesting point, and reflects on the synergy of politicians, policies and the public. I.e. if Bush were to die, would Bush's policies die with him? Would people no longer believe in them without Bush? I find it interesting in the contrast between representatives and leaders. Or maybe it's simply a Ur Prez died in the azz, lolz film, I don't know.

Yeah I think what was said is right. A big advantage of yeast is the secretion part, as this reduces the amount of purification necessary and also reduces the chances of contamination. Diabetics obviously don't want to be injection E. coli cell contents into themselves.

I was chasing one around on the weekend so I was surprised to hear the news. There are lots around where I live and I think it's strange few people get stung by them.

The world became 12% less sexy the day he died.

The main point is that science is misrepresented as parodies: wacky stories, scary stories or breakthroughs. This is largely due to reporting single studies and unpublished research. The reporting itself is criticised because it is deviod of the pertinent information, i.e. research methodology and statistical analysis. The root cause of it all is that science communicators are humanities graduates and don't understand or like science.

Oh yes, it's challenge time. The aim is find as many animal species in your backyard as you can. These can be insects, molluscs, worms, vertebrates, whatever. Try to find out their scientific names, but common names will do. A description or links would be nice too. Maybe take a picture of the more interesting things, y'know, tigers and the like. If you don't have a backyard you could go to a park. Go forth and edify!

Don Chipp founded the Australian Democrats in 1977. He was previously a member of the Liberal party, which forms a conservative coalition with the National party in the federal parliament. He had been active in removing censorship during the sixties. During the seventies he became disillusioned and around him formed a grassroots movement that led to the Democrats being formed as a roughly centrist party. Chipp dubbed the role of the party as to "keep the bastards honest". The Democrats never became a major party in their own right but often held the balance of power in the Senate. He handed over the reigns in 1988 and the party moved more to the left. There competed with the rising Greens party for voters, and was seen to be more willing to make deals with the major parties, particularly in regards to the introduction of a goods and services tax. The party is now struggling to survive. Chipp was often critical of the party as it fell apart, but his own attempts to re-enter politics, such as running for Mayor of Melbourne, were unsuccessful.

The point is that no-one has made a baby in a dish before, or anywhere outside of a womb. So honestly, it's pretty reasonable of me to doubt you when you say that you can.

Sorry, please carry on with talking crap then.

Plenty of Islamic groups condemn terrorism, such as this by a Islamic conference of foreign ministers. http://www.oic-oci.org/english/fm/11_extraordinary/declaration.htm

I doubt it.

It's handy if you want to install a screen door, since you can just attach it to the outside of the door frame and have it open outward. If the door opened outward you couldn't open it and leave the screen door closed. I don't know if that's the reason though. I think the hot and cold water are set up so right handed people can turn on the cold tap without reaching across.

They give birth to immature young that are reliant on their mothers for a long time. Like people.

Yep, but it also runs over the outside of your elbow (funny bone area). If there's damage there it's called cubital tunnel syndrome. It's similar to carpal tunnel syndrome in that the nerve runs through a tunnel of bone and soft tissue and becomes damaged or irritated. The simple way to test for it is tapping on the area and you'll feel sharp tingly sensation in your two fingers.

That's why they invented bloodhounds.

Cubital tunnel syndrome?

The UN has its own standing army, it's co-located in Bangladesh and Pakistan. But really, maybe the UN needs to look at greater financial compensation to the wealthy countries that provide the high-end technology and skills. Modern 'peace keeping' is becoming much more dangerous with the proliferation of RPGs and explosives.

Another thing is that in small areas of research you will get a group of people citing each other in their papers and then every few years writing a review paper citing all the papers they've been citing each other in. There's nothing wrong with it though, untill you put a premium on citations.