The New Scientist reports on a new ‘maggot juice’ to help heal wounds:
… Read the restBandages containing fluids secreted by maggots could help accelerate the body’s healing process, research suggests.
Live maggots are sometimes applied to chronic wounds because they eat dead tissue, but leave healthy tissue alone, boosting healing.
My wife and I are on a "babymoon" in Montreal, Quebec this week — a quick getaway before Kalehoff Junior enters the world sometime in December. This is my first trip to Montreal, and I’m amazed that we’re only a six-hour drive from New York City.… Read the rest
This is nifty: New Scientist reports on new emoticons based off of your actual face:
… Read the restSoftware that contorts an image of a person’s face to express different emotions could enrich text-based internet chat.
The researchers behind the system say it can quickly transform a user’s face to convey any of six emotions, ranging from anger to happiness.
The ongoing outbreak of E. coli in raw spinach is no laughing matter, though it is interesting that the crisis has also fueled discussion of Popeye in the blogosphere. See for yourself (click on image for higher res):
Online-classifieds listings – especially Craigslist – are fiercely disrupting traditional classified advertising models, mainly newspapers. When I hear about this disruption, I rarely think of the gritty, alternative urban weekly papers, like the iconic Village Voice, whose classifieds for decades have brought together buyers and sellers of everything to do with city life.… Read the rest
