"What a lovely day. I think I'll go out."
Male Bowerbird Grows Tomatoes
The bowerbird is unusual to say the least. A fancy structure is built by the male to attract females. It is an arch of still growing undergrowth with a walk through from one side to the other. In the middle and to one side is a collection of leaves, fruit, shells, dead insects and odd glistening objects manufactured by humans.
When a female is in range the male "screeches" at the female to make her look at his handiwork. Males often wave fruit at females. The male stays in the area of the bower for up to ten years so he has an investment in that location. Researchers have found that males do not just pick up fruit laying around. The spotted bowerbird actually grows his own fruit.
As the male tends to his "plot" he throws out dried fruit of the bush tomato and clears the ground, thus leaving healthy seeds to sprout and grow into bushes. The area around the bower is full of bushes in fruit with tomatoes. This symbiosis is part of the bowerbird mating game.
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Ornithology
An Attempt to Get Survivors to Another Planet Is Futile
Australian astronomers are searching for planets in other solar system that could sustain human life. Dr Charley Linweaver says Mankind is reaching the beginning of the end. It's time to look for a way out at least for a small group of people. The number of planets identified orbiting other suns now exceeds 750. Though a few of these could be like the Earth, exact information is lacking.
The objective of getting people to such a distant destination is way "off the planet" at present. We do not have the technology to get people in orbit around other planets in our own solar system, let alone reaching a far away planet and landing safely.
Finding an identical planet to Earth is just not possible. This planet is a freak in regard to the universe. Most planets do not have life because they are regularly hit by asteroids and even other planets. Sending probes to a possible twin planet would be a waste of time. It would literally take a lifetime to get a message back.
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Science
Man Tries to Break Into a Cafe With a Chicken
There was no one around at the time. The thief gave himself away when he had to phone emergency services: he injured himself when trying to throw the chicken.
The man will face Kempsey Local Court. He was charged with break and enter offences, police alleging that he attacked a premises with a weapon, a chicken.
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Society
Women Get into Beer
In the past if you took a lady out for a drink you would buy her a shandy or a white wine. Today, she is likely to ask for a beer. They don't just like the stuff, they make it. The number of female brewers is increasing daily.
Brewing is much like cooking. Women find it interesting to vary the recipe and taste the subtle difference. It is an extention of cooking. They may cook but they brew as well.
Even Brewing companies are targeting both sexes for their "craft" beer. The female interest started at beer festivals where a few women ventured. Today 40 per cent of people attending will probably be female. Beer-interested women have formed a mutual support club - the Pink Boots Society. Some are so good they sell their craft beer.
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Society
Dark Matter Theory Is Questioned
Dark matter holds the universe together right? Well, the theory of dark matter may be widely believed, but there isn't much of it in our part of the universe. The research team puts forward its findings. Believers question the accuracy of what they have found.
This isn't a question of how much is out there. The team found no dark matter at all. The dark matter theory holds that dark matter should be plentiful, everywhere. As much as 85 per cent of everything should be dark matter. The sun should be pulled around with dark matter. Unfortunately, scientists cannot find it.
Dark matter theory is based on the premise that stars trapped in a gravitational well light years away travel at a fixed speed. This, with the shape of the well allows a calculation to be made. Star counts give the amount of ordinary matter. subtracting this from the mass determined from the calculation gives the amount of dark matter.
The team found that the dark matter theory was questionable. The speed of the stars did not need dark matter to explain it.
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Science
We Would not Be Here if Dinosaurs had not Existed
If an asteroid hadn't collided with the Earth 65 million years ago we would not be here today. Reptiles would still probably rule the world and apes would never have evolved. There was so much devastation after the impact that only small animals survived - very small mammals. These small creatures only came out into the open to take over the world when it was safe after the dinosaurs had gone.
Mankind's development actually depended on the dinosaurs existence. Small animals evolved to give birth to live young so dinosaurs could not eat their eggs. Even giving milk to their young was to avoid the danger from dinosaurs. Becoming warm blooded allowed them to hunt at night which dinosaurs could not do.
After the dust had settle it was a virtual paradise for mammals. The sun came out and they basked in it. A niche for large animals was vacant so mammals grew large and were successful. The climate changed and trees disappeared. Large mammals grazed happily until an intelligent ape began hunting them. Then large mammals died out and these apes, men, bred and spread all round the globe. Unfortunately, this "intelligent" animal is now threatening small mammal with extinction.
Mankind's development actually depended on the dinosaurs existence. Small animals evolved to give birth to live young so dinosaurs could not eat their eggs. Even giving milk to their young was to avoid the danger from dinosaurs. Becoming warm blooded allowed them to hunt at night which dinosaurs could not do.
After the dust had settle it was a virtual paradise for mammals. The sun came out and they basked in it. A niche for large animals was vacant so mammals grew large and were successful. The climate changed and trees disappeared. Large mammals grazed happily until an intelligent ape began hunting them. Then large mammals died out and these apes, men, bred and spread all round the globe. Unfortunately, this "intelligent" animal is now threatening small mammal with extinction.
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Paleontology
Taking Marijuana and Driving Could Be Safe?
If you drink alcohol your ability to drive a motor vehicle is definitely negatively affected. What about other drugs though? A US attorney Matt Abel claims that "stoned" drivers were much safer than those who did not use marijuana. The attorney is leading a petition calling for the decriminalization for people 21 and over.
He cites research studies that show marijuana affected drivers moved more slowly. Their body actions were slow. This, he claims makes them safer drivers. If a driver has another car speeding toward him from the rear, he would prefer that the other driver had extremely fast reflexes, not slow ones.
Some research has found that some marijuana smokers performed as well as they did without the substance, but there was no improvement. Most studies, however, show clear negative affects on driving from marijuana intoxication. In Australia marijuana smokers were most likely to be at fault in motor vehicle accidents. Like alcohol the more marijuana consumed the worse you drive.
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