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Birth-Controled Pills Maybe Dangerous to Baby

Let's not use them. We have condom!

Pregnant women could be unwittingly exposing their unborn children to harmful amounts of the hormone oestrogen. Researchers have demonstrated that tiny quantities of this hormone, found in birth-control pills and some plastics, can cause serious deformities in male mouse fetuses.

Earth holding onto Sun's Heat

Article from Scientific American.
Nasa Scientist made climate model that calculates 0.6 watt per square meter of energy is Earth holding right now.
This means that we must really act right now to reduce the usage of energy or find better energy source.

"The most effective actions that we could take now are strong efforts to improve energy efficiency, employ renewable energies, and reduce air pollutants, especially fugitive methane, other ozone precursors, and black carbon (soot)," Hansen remarks. "[In] the long-run we will need either carbon-free power sources or we will need to capture and sequester CO2.�

Slumbering Fruit Flies Shed Light on Genetics of Sleep Needs

Amount of sleep one needs is genetical. Potassium ion's concentration could affect sleep in humans.

From sleep hogs to early birds, people have a wide range of shut-eye needs. Now researchers report in the journal Nature that they have identified a single gene in fruit flies that determines how much rest the creatures require. Because humans carry a similar gene, the findings may shed light on the mechanisms and functions of sleep...

Read more in Scientific American

Swedish TV Interview - Billy Corgan

Watch it here.

16minutes long.

Talks about his auto biography on the web, new album, his belief of god and his way of living life.