Global Warming and Farting, Frogs with Teflon coating & Robotic Snot

Did you know that.....?

"There are 1.4 billion cows worldwide, each producing 500 litres of methane a day and accounting for 14% of all emissions of the gas.

Carbon dioxide is by far the biggest contributor to climate change, but methane has 23 times the warming potential of CO2 so reducing its emission is also considered important."

Of course you did....

Did you know kangaroo farts are environmentally friendly?

Ha ha you did not!

"Scientists already know that kangaroo stomachs are more than just green. Instead of methane, they produce acetate, a chemical that improves digestion. Feed laced with kangaroo bacteria could give rise to livestock that is not only greener, but also faster-growing and more fertile.
Methane-busting feed supplements could be available commercially in as little as three years, but some scientists point to a more direct solution – instead of slapping a hunk of beef or lamb on the barbie, why not kangaroo meat? This would help cap the marsupial population, which has reached plague proportions in parts of Australia, and connoisseurs say the meat is good. " It is also low in fat, high in protein and kangaroos are the ultimate free-range animal," says Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales."

Next time you go to the local butcher ask...... no.... no.... demand for a pound of best kanga roast. By the way if you want to know more about farts go here.

Did you know that the scientists at the University of Michigan, created non-stick frog cells? Why? Leave the frogs alone they are becoming extinct!

There is something called antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) which are the first line of defence against bacterial infection in all animals from insects to frogs to humans. Boffins found the best form of AMPs called pexiganan in the skin of Xenopus laevis frog.

AMPs attack viruses, fungi and even cancer cells, so drugs designed to mimic them could have widespread medical applications. But there is a problem..... There is a protein-degrading enzymes called proteases, which is secreted by the bacteria and naturally present in the body. This stuff breaks the AMPs down before they can do any thing to the horrid bacteria. So the boffins increased the doze of AMPs but then the sticky part of the AMPs started attacking the host's cell membranes creating toxic effects eg kill the red blood cells.

In the meantime the Teflon is non stick. How? Teflon is fluorinated polymers, plastic-like compounds composed of chains of carbon atoms completely surrounded by fluorine atoms. Fluorine makes the surface slippery and inert to all chemicals.

So Neil Marsh biological chemist at the University of Michigan, "replaced certain amino acids in pexiganan with fluorinated alternatives, and called the new, non-stick peptide fluorogainin-1".

Did you know snot makes you smell better..... hang on you don't smell better with snot....... let us start again.....

Did you know snot enhances your sense of smell?

Mmmmm tricky this. I got a big nose because I used to dig me nose and eat the snot . Tasty!

First it is the itchyness in the nose which makes me dig it. Then as we all kids do taste it, does not matter what it is. As a baby we all did it, taste it. The salty taste is nice and daring so I kept on doing it when no one is watching me.

Right back to smell business. Here it is.

"Mucus, it turns out, separates the myriad chemical compounds that make up the smell of, say, frying onions. These compounds travel through the mucus at different speeds, hitting our scent receptors at different times. By dissecting and separating smells in this way, mucus allows our brains to identify scents more quickly and accurately.

It was with this in mind that, in April, Professor Julian Gardner of the University of Warwick started to improve his electronic noses, which have been used (without mucus) for years, in everything from the production of artificial fragrances to quality control in crisp factories.

"We built a polymer that replicates the function of snot," says Gardner. "It's not green but it has the same consistency as human snot and, applied to our sensors, means our artificial noses are at least five times better than those without snot.""



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Put Option On America

I started reading this artcle called "Put Option On America ". Well I am going to site some excerpts from it and exoplain about it.

This is something I never had any idea about. Who is Francesco Cossiga? He was the Italian Prime Minister in 1979-1980 (Christian Democrat). Then he was the president of Italy from 1992 to 1999. The article says:

"Meanwhile, regarding CIA/Mossad...former Italian President and Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga fired a truth missile (12-05-07) with the declaration that the attacks of 9-11 were run by the CIA, and Mossad with Zionist aid, something he insists is commonly accepted by global intelligence agencies. (1) Cossiga was forced to resign in 1992 after admitting he helped set up the CIA’s Operation Gladio, where a group of neo-fascist paramilitary operatives carried out false flag operations across Europe from the 1960s through the 1980s that were blamed on leftists. An agent of Gladio, Vincenzo Vinciguerra, in the Italian parliamentary investigation of 2000 that revealed the attacks were being overseen by the U.S. intelligence apparatus, stated under oath: "You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple—to force...the public to turn to the state to ask for greater security." False flag terror has long been in the playbook of the CIA, as well as MOSSAD (Israel’s "CIA")."

Well finished reading the part 1 got only the above bit of news I was not aware of. And it is full of put options and call options in the stock market. Yawn Yawn.

Nothing in Part 2 but just about what we know of the Trade Centre saga. Then in part 3 I found this:

"Those cherished American icons, Hollywood, Disney—they are now Jewish. Production and distribution of films had been mostly Jewish-controlled since the early 20th century, then Walt Disney’s death in 1966 removed the last barrier to total control. Jews grabbed Walt’s company, and now call all the shots in the movie industry.
In 2003, 94% of American box-office receipts went to the Jewish companies: 20th Century Fox (News Corp.); Universal (NBC Universal); Warner Brothers; Disney; Columbia (Sony); Paramount (Viacom); Dreamworks."

The part 3 of the article is here. You can get the other two from there.


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