Re: [Vo]:OT: Are humans evolving faster?

2007-12-15 Thread leaking pen
actually, those people count for quite alot. if the selective pressure is societal, than someone who changes society will change what traits bring what results. and therefore are still of importance. thats like saying that the genocide of european jews by hitler has no effect on long term

Re: [Vo]:OT: Are humans evolving faster?

2007-12-15 Thread PHILIP WINESTONE
Layoffs... Been there, done that - both sides of the cut. The business version of Survival of the Fittest? P. - Original Message From: Stephen A. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 10:38:08 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Are humans evolving

[Vo]:Bye-bye Banyans

2007-12-15 Thread Terry Blanton
They are not trees: http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2007/12/12/arthur-clarkes-banyan-trees-on-mars-chopped-down http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_003443_0980

[Vo]:Happy Birthday Arthur Clarke!

2007-12-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/12/15/fea03.asp Nice comments about cold fusion. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Hybrid farms for hybrid cars

2007-12-15 Thread Jones Beene
Correction: There are apparently only 8.5 million cows total in the United States at any given time, according to one site... each cow producing enough manure to generate about 30 cubic feet of biomethane per day, which could replace significant amounts of natural gas but not nearly so much as