Category: Preservation
Low-density amorphous ice.
Research on a form of water supports the idea that living cells could survive cryopreservation and be reanimated. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Ayalon Cave.
Underground cave that was sealed off from the world for five million years is discovered with an intact ecosystem. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 31st, 2006.
Y2Y.
Project that builds overpasses and underpasses specially designed to lure wildlife into safely crossing highways. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 24th, 2006.
Elastocoast.
Spray-on composite consisting of polyurethane and crushed stones is designed to help protect coastlines from erosion. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 16th, 2006.
Save sasquatch.
Bigfoot has been granted full protection by the Johor government.
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Mutational deterministic hypothesis.
Sex has evolved as a population cleansing mechanism by concentrating harmful gene mutations into individuals that will eventually be thinned from the herd. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, March 7th, 2006.
Oocyte cryopreservation.
Researchers have developed a procedure for women to freeze their eggs for later fertilization. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
Cryonics movement.
Rich people, dubbed cryonauts, are creating trust funds that they can reclaim when their bodies are unfrozen and reanimated in the future. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 23rd, 2006.
Northern right whale.
Two endangered whales spotted in the Gulf of Mexico.
Post date: Thursday, January 19th, 2006.
Once New Amsterdam.
Subway dig in New York City unearths Pre-Revolutionary War fort. (via)
Post date: Thursday, December 8th, 2005.
Unknown soldier.
World War II pilot found frozen in glacier. (via) UPDATE: The body has been identified.
Post date: Wednesday, October 19th, 2005.
Holy preservation!
Three Incan children with clear facial features and clothing intact are possibly the best-preserved mummies ever found. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, September 21st, 2005.
Mud man.
Indian man who ‘indulges in more than three servings of mud on a daily basis’ is making his landowning neighbors mad.
Post date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2005.
Stranglehold.
Ted Nugent is offering his hunting skills to protect Manitoba from bears.
Post date: Tuesday, August 30th, 2005.
Only in China.
Live pigs in Beijing tatooed ‘with designs ranging from the Louis Vuitton logo to Russian prison tattoos’. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 24th, 2005.
2K6.
If you loved the now-defunct ESPN NFL 2K5 video game, you can now upload the 2006 team rosters for both PS2 and XBox! (via)
Post date: Monday, August 22nd, 2005.
Beachmonger.
Protestor cartwheeling from Brighton to London.
Post date: Wednesday, August 10th, 2005.
City of the Apes.
Monkeys are taking over San Juan, Puerto Rico. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005.
Biblical revelations.
Monks to use hyperspectral imaging to reveal hidden revisions and passages in ancient Christian texts.
Post date: Monday, June 20th, 2005.
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