Sunday drive through the blogosphere

China isn't the only one producing questionable drugs:  Bad pharma: Drug research riddled with half truths, omissions, lies. Industry-funded trials are too common, can't be trusted -- and bring pills to market that likely don't work

State EPA plans to list BPA as harmful

Procter & Gamble Must Scrub Carcinogen Dioxane From Tide

Climate change..  predictions are a lot worse than imagined.

A pet fox.

A Belgian's experience traveling in the US.

If abortion is made illegal... women will have illegal abortions.

What's going on with the banks?

Fondly remembering Mussolini... and forgetting how he ended up.

Farmers who don't give in to monocrops.

Our DNA will become our own computers.

Crafting a homemade book.

Palate cleanser

And more: The world in 60 seconds.

Blog sprinkles

Cambrian explosion!





Dumping 14 million bees on a highway... just think of what would have happened if they had been SUPER BEES!

Saving a humpback whale and getting a show.

Raising rabbits for food.

The difference between extreme weather and climate change.

Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis) talks about the last 11 years of Harry Potter making....

Michele Bachmann and why we should stop sniggering and start paying attention to this batshit crazy woman.

29 life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight

Home again

Yurp is full of them there ferriners. Somebody shoulda tol' me!

Traveling....

With a chance of blogging.... We're taking the Feline Express!

And you think you've got problems?

Try world traveling:

Concerns about the sand being too white, anger at too many fish being in the sea and feelings of inadequacy after seeing an aroused elephant were among the most bizarre complaints made by British holidaymakers.

Does this explain all the drunks on the planes?

If humans took a daily supplement of melatonin from the age of 30 or 40 onwards then they too could delay the normal ageing process, the scientists suggest.

The researchers, therefore, recommended that people wanting to fight the ravages of time boost their levels of melatonin through eating more foods such as onions, bananas, rice and cherries - plus drinking red wine.

Red wine has long been associated with all kinds of health benefits.

Previous studies have suggested that a glass of red wine a day may protect the heart. Other research has also shown it can help reduce the risk of developing some cancers and may even help stave off gum disease.

Melatonin plays a key role in the body clock and has become widely used by frequent travellers to try to counteract jet leg.