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Science Etcetera Saturnday, 20071208

December 8th, 2007
  • The FDA has warned that a drug used to control bed-wetting in children can cause seizures and death. I’m stuck trying to process the fact that there is a drug to control bed-wetting in children. Maybe someone should invent a drug that cures children of being children so long as we’re over-medicating.
  • Over a period of eight months, 11 Workers at a slaughterhouse who were exposed to vaporized pig brains developed neurological disorders.
  • A package of energy measures took a step toward certain presidential veto, while this political cartoon sums up the Bush administration’s misplaced priorities.
    • TickleMePlant
  • “Science is international. So there is no Chinese science, no German science, no American science. That means that all the free exchange of results between the different countries is necessary,” said a 2007 Nobel Prize winners this week speaking on why science must transcend borders.
  • Bite me Tickle-Me-Elmo, TickleMePlant is a breed of mimosa that responds to touch.

    • 3 comments to “Science Etcetera Saturnday, 20071208”

    1. This is my sons favorite plant. They sleep at night and have beautiful pink flowers. But best of all they close their leaves and lower their branches when tickled. It changed the way our family looks at plants forever

           by Samantha December 9th, 2007 at 1:01 am

    2. I google Tickleme plant and found this site.
      Seems like science fiction but I’ve seen this plant and it’s real all right! Great find!

           by Joe December 9th, 2007 at 7:00 am

    3. Yes, The tickleme plant is a very very sensitive plant. If you havent grown one as yet. They have a large selections of Tickleme plant products at
      http://www.seedlovers.com

           by Marylou January 31st, 2008 at 11:57 am

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