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The bombs are blowing all over -- at the time of writing, five hits still recent in Israel, four in Saudi Arabia, five in Casablanca, one in Ankara -- and an indeterminately large number in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq. These last our media persist in describing as "looting and disorder," as if the seemingly random rapes, murders and property destruction in neighbourhoods that never had crime problems before were a spontaneous expression of joie de vivre. They're not, and according to the more respectable sources both Iraqi and U.S., the co-operative Baathist-Islamist underground are the authors of nearly all...

Anatomically incorrect carrot (one with a female body part) going for $69 million dollars on Ebay...

Group Capt John ‘Cat’s Eyes’ Cunningham, who has died aged 84, was a night fighter ace and later a consummate test pilot whose name guaranteed the reputation of British aviation.After destroying at least 20 enemy aircraft, Cunningham piloted the maiden flight of the Comet, which became the world’s first passenger jet airliner.When the plane was involved in a series of dramatic crashes, Cunningham took a model off the production line, and tested it to the point of destruction. He then ushered its amended successors into both airline and Service use.The RAF’s continuing employment of Nimrod, the Comet’s maritime reconnaissance derivative,...

Carrots Modified to Contain Hepatitis B VaccineFri May 10, 5:35 PM ETBy Hannah CleaverBERLIN (Reuters Health) - German scientists have grown genetically modified carrots that contain the vaccine against hepatitis B, which they say could dramatically cut the costs of preventing the disease. Development has reached the stage where the carrots are ready to begin pre-clinical trials and researchers say that carrot-sourced vaccines could be a reality within about 3 years. The current vaccine against hepatitis B is expensive to produce and is administered via three injections, which further increases costs and strains health services. But now plant specialists and...