Google
Who would have thought? There's more to Google than meets the eye as this article from MIT's Technology Review proves. If you're like most people, you just go to Google, and type in your search - blindly. But, if you take a few minutes to learn how to use the search engine, you might actually get more value out of it. It's like every piece of software - it will do as much as you want it to do, and not much else. Of interest to me was the find that there is a Google Labs site, where you can find, among many other goodies, papers written by a lot of Google folks over the years. Other points of interest from the article: Froogle, Cookin' With Google, Googlism, and Googlefight. Checking out Google's other services will reveal a wealth of other information rich Google sites.
Inner Cow
This has got to be one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. Researchers cut holes into the sides of cows and insert an cannula, which allows access to a live animals stomach. These holes are so big, you can actually see what's going on inside -- literally, reach into the stomach of a cow. Cows stomach have millions microbes that aid in digestion, and surprisingly, cannulated cows are usually the healthiest of the herd. You would think that walking around with a hole in your stomach would be bad for you, but apparently not. Some farmers apparently keep cannulated cows in their herd so they can serve as microbe donors to sick cows. Just bizarre. [Source: Oddity Central ]
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