although, now that I think about it, biomedical engineering may have had (relatively) greater numbers of women because ashton kutcher was in the program

evidently that autistic lady works with my uncle at Colorado State, he's also a prof in the ag science department. that's been raging through the family social network lately (or so I've been told)

Not in the news

The U.S. media seems to be a bit busy reporting on women's hockey at the moment, but let me take this opportunity to recommend a great book review I came across a few weeks ago. I can't remember if I passed it on or not but here it is again in any case.

Before I watch these I should mention that these guys made Frisky Dingo, a hilarious series that I referenced on the seventh page of the "Happy Earth Day!" thread because it kicks butt (or at least it did before a black president was elected and some of the jokes in the show became dated ). You have to watch the episodes in order though if you check it out or nothing will make any sense- also it is very inappropriate.

"intended for mature audiences sign up for a Hulu account"? Booooooooooooooo

BTW, only 4 or 5 episodes of Frisky Dingo are available on the official site. Booooooooooo.

Huh, I hadn't seen a pic either. I'm sure the doctors know what they're doing and all but I was thinking that there has to be more reconstructive surgery they could do? If he wants it that is. Actually, I'd say his current look is just about cute.

I read his reviews all the time, sometimes I agree, sometimes I don't.

Roger Ebert keeps voice alive through written words
After undergoing a surgery to treat cancer four years ago, Roger Ebert was left unable to talk and missing parts of his jaw. But while he may not be able to speak, the celebrated film critic's voice has lived on through his words.

In the years since, the prolific author (and first film critic to win a Pulitzer, which he won in 1975) has come to rely on his famous thumbs and his gift with turns of phrase to communicate on the job and at home as well.

In a touching interview with Esquire magazine, Ebert expressed himself through phrases jotted on Post-It notes and a set of computer speakers wired to broadcast his thoughts as he types them into a text-to-speech program.


"When I am writing, my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was," Ebert wrote in a journal entry, an online log that he continuously updates. His journal, he said, is saving him. "All is well. I am as I should be."

This sense of optimism is relayed in nearly every snippet Ebert offered about his post-surgery life.

He wrote on a piece of scrap paper after a passerby gave Ebert a glance filled with sadness, "There is no need to pity me. Look how happy I am."

Indeed, since losing not only his voice but also his jaw in a series of operations, Ebert has come to the conclusion that it's a crime to not at least try to contribute joy to the world.

"I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best that we can do," he said. "I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."

i saw that. place sucked anyway... maybe they'll get some improvements now.

Anyone hungry for IHOP?

holy sugary cereal batman!

BEEEEEEAAAAAAARRRRRRSSSS!!!

I agree with one of the commenters... someone needs to make a video game of this.

Whaaaaaaaa?

Luckily...

A follow up of $99 college

Let's burn some ivory.

Accelerated Evolution Experiments suggest mosquitos may become immune to DEET in a few generations.

Never mind, sign me up for the anti-bug drone lasers. *SIGH*

NO WAY

Tiny land mammal physiology might be interesting, as we have been providing examples for recently in the classified cute animal thread these last few days, but human physiology is another thing entirely!

These humans, in any case, were not fully modern and they did not expand from Africa, an episode that occurred some 30,000 years later. If there was any interbreeding, the flow of genes should have been both ways, Dr. Klein said, but Dr. Paabo’s group sees evidence for gene flow only from Neanderthals to modern humans.

The Leipzig group’s interbreeding theory would undercut the present belief that all human populations today draw from the same gene pool that existed a mere 50,000 years ago. “What we falsify here is the strong out-of-Africa hypothesis that everyone comes from the same population,” Dr. Paabo said.

In his and Dr. Reich’s view, Neanderthals interbred only with non-Africans, the people who left Africa, which would mean that non-Africans drew from a second gene pool not available to Africans.

evolutionary history is drawn from convergent factors characterized by neanderthals getting it on with female humans in geographically distinct population sets