- Giant fossil bird found on “hobbit” island of Flores – “The stork may have been capable of hunting and eating juvenile members of this hominin species, say researchers who made the discovery.” Important development in the monkey vs. bird debate! From cerberus40.
- New recommendations for calcium and vitamin D intake – “They are not what most of us anticipated. Since so many doctors had been advocating higher levels to prevent things like cancer, I thought official recommended intake levels would go up; instead, they went down.”
- Dilbert defines values – From Steve D.
- Australians “more interested in science then sport” – “A poll of 1,200 Australians to find out what issues people are most interested in has found science outranks sport.” From Tom.
Odd. You’d think that with Hobbit babies being so small, smaller storks would have evolved to deliver them.
@DoubtingT: *throws rotten fruit* (largely because he couldn’t think of a good “swallow sketch” response to it)
Had a doctor prescribe 100,000 units of Ergocalciferol Vitamin D3 two years ago and 50,000 units of it the year after.
This advice was ignored both times.
Happily it seems.
So, Frodo was eaten by the Eagles at the end?
Small hominids vs. giant birds. Where is Perry when we need him?
Anyone up for writing Jonathan Livingston Nazgûl?
@Pete Schult: COTW