Health & Fitness
Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains from Stem Cells
Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains from Stem Cells: Scientists in Austria report having grown the first mini human brains in a laboratory and say their success could lead to new levels of understanding about the way brains develop and what can go wrong. That’s all fine, but no one seems to be addressing real issue here - just how do these mini brains taste on a cracker?
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones Separate: People Magazine is reporting that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have decided to separate, the separation coming not long after Michael Douglas gave an interview claiming that his throat cancer was caused by contacting HPV from having oral sex. Apparently after she heard the oral sex claims, the relationship ended “lickety split.”
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Clint Eastwood Separates From Wife: Its being reported that Clint Eastwood and his wife, former reporter Dina Ruiz, have separated after 17 years of marriage. Well, he’ll always have his chair if he ever needs anyone to talk to.
Study Says Earth Life Likely Came from Mars: Scientists now say that evidence is building that life on Earth originated on Mars and was probably brought to this planet aboard a meteorite. Good grief, its beginning to sound like Orson Wells may have been on to something after all!
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Nine Million Americans Take Sleeping Pills: Americans are drugging themselves to sleep more than ever, says a five-year government study, the first ever to track use of sleeping pills in the U.S. I may sound a bit old fashioned here, but whatever happened to drinking yourself to sleep?
Police Seize Putin Underwear Picture: A provocative painting featuring Russia’s president Putin in fancy women’s undergarments has been removed from a gallery in St. Petersburg after it was deemed illegal because it breaks a Russian law that bans the spread of “gay propaganda.” Those who saw the painting say it really makes the Russian president look as if he’s "Putin on the Ritz!”