> [Original Message] > From: What's New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11/3/2006 1:34:36 PM Subject: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday November 3, 2006
WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 3 Nov 06 Washington, DC 1. DIETARY SUPPLEMENT: WHAT DID JESUS KNOW ABOUT RESVERATROL? Researchers report in Nature that massive doses of a natural substance found in red wine, resveratrol, offsets some of the bad effects of a high-calorie diet and extends life span - if you're> a mouse. Resveratrol is in the skin of the grape where it serves as a fungicide. The corresponding dose for a human would be staggering, but many will try and stagger. It's been sold as a dietary supplement for years on the basis of the "French paradox" of low incidence of coronary heart disease. The first miracle of Jesus, related in John 2:1-12, was performed at a wedding party. When they ran out of party drinks, Jesus turned 6 jugs of water into wine. He could have turned it into beer I suppose, or even Dr. Pepper, or maybe he saw ahead to discovery of resveratrol's benefits. Thousands of Bible-Belt ministers have preached that the "wine" Jesus made must have been unfermented grape juice. 2. TED HAGGARD: ADMITS BUYING METH FROM HIS MALE PROSTITUTE. A year ago Ted Haggard said Heaven is only for born-again Christians http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN05/wn122305.html . Is there some place with higher standards? 3. EVOLUTION: THE HONEY BEE GENOME MAY REAWAKEN A CONTROVERSY. Four years in the making, a consortium of 150 researchers in 20 countries deciphered the 236-million-base genome. This is the fifth insect sequenced so far. It's of interest because of the bee's complex social behavior. People communicate by dancing, and so, it is said, do honey bees. The claim is that scout bees do an elaborate dance to let the hive know where the flowers are. It earned Karl von Frisch a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1973. Not everyone agreed. No other animal exhibits such a language, and language takes a lot of genes. The experiments of Adrian Wenner at UCSC seemed to show that bees just smell the flowers. The genome reveals a huge group of genes for odorant receptors, but no unique cluster of brain genes. So why do bees dance? In June I spent days watching as carpenter bees tried to convert my deck into sawdust. Carpenter bees are loners. They don't have hives, preferring to drill individual holes in my deck. But they dance like crazy. I think they're just hovering, but that's not easy. Like helicopter pilots, they must constantly make corrections. 4. HUBBLE: NASA PLANS REPAIRS OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST TELESCOPE. Planned for May 2008, it was a rare piece of good news coming out of NASA. It should extend Hubble's life to 2013. The decision was attributed to the ability to inspect the shuttle in flight. 5. PROLIFERATION: NORTH KOREA AGREES TO RETURN TO 6-NATION TALKS. As part of a deal brokered by China, North Korea agreed to resume the suspended talks and the U.S. agreed to discuss the financial sanctions it has imposed. Countries around the world prepared to impose U.N. sponsored sanctions following the recent test. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. Opinions are the author's and not necessarily shared by the Unversity of Maryland, but they should be. ---> Archives of What's New can be found at http://www.bobpark.org What's New is moving to a different listserver and our subscription process has changed. To change your subscription status please visit this link: http://listserv.umd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=bobparks-whatsnew&A=1
