What did early humans like to do?

Something grabbed my attention during my busy period. The scientists have found some evidence that early humans were a bit sophisticated than previously thought. During the glacial period from 125,000 to 195,000 years, the early humans have cooked mussels and other shellfish, especially with mussels. They also used red pigment, probably as body paint. The evidence was discovered in a cave in South Africa. For one thing, I'm pretty certain that they loved to try different things when they discovered something extraordinary. So, they had to put the paint on their skin. We have to keep in our mind that they had more freedom to do things. On other hand, did they have language? We may not know for sure. For further reading click on the link below.

For early humans, a beach party and clam bake

NYT : Stretching the Search for Signs of Life

I have to write a brief summary about the article that I read from The New York Times. They are trying to build some sites that can increase the capacity of searching for signs of life. The new Allen Telescope Array will allow them to search over a million stars within 2 decades.

Let me tell you my opinion. Is there any advanced civilizations on other planets in this galaxy and other galaxies? I don't personally think so. I think that there is a good chance that there are numerous of planets with living things that can swim or crawl. It's difficult for the living species to become complex through evolutionary process. I think that we are only one kind.

But, it cannot hurt to search for the sign of life. If there are advanced civilizations out there then they may have been observing us. I think that is extremely unlikely.

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Stretching the Search for Signs of Life

Congratulations to Al Gore & the UN Climate Panel!!

In fact, I was very pleased that Al Gore and the United Nation climate panel won the Noble Peace Prize for Climate Chinage Work. I have tremendous respect for them. Even though Al Gore appears uninterested in running for 2008, I think that his presence is vital even though the global warming is inevitable. Not many people actually understand what the global warming is.

Three Nobel Prize Winners

Today, my father sent me an e-mail to my Blackberry. He urged me to read an article about three scients who won the 2007 Noble Prize in medicine yesterday. I finally fired up my computer and went to The New York Times and found this article.


The winners are Mario R. Capecchi, 70, Oliver Smithies, 82, and Sir Martin J. Evans, 66, of Cardiff University in Wales.

They have developed the knockout technique that allowed researchers to use tool to find out what gene does, especially with the mice. They can observe what can happen to the mice.

The article also covered a brief biography of each scientist. Congratulations to them!!

NYT : Hillary on Science

Mrs. Clinton has said that she would sheild science from politics. As matter of fact, I am quite pleased with her speech. She supports evolution. That's one of the most important thing. She feels that it's more important to focus on gloabl warming than sending humans to the Moon and to Mars. Frankly, I agree with her. The funds need to be used to help the world. We already sent men to the Moon. If Russia or China wants to go to Mars first, let them do that. Finally, she wants to ensure that there are funds available for stem cell research.

I want to see what other candidates have to address on science.

If you wish to keep reading the New York Times article, click on the link below.

Clinton Says She Would Shield Science From Politics

NYT : Texas Man Linked to Past and Future of Space Exploration by Sputnik and Soyuz

I have found another interesting article about Richard Garriott, a key figure in the video game industry. I'm not going to discuss about the video game here -- my passion in video games has faded away years ago. Something has caught my attention. He is a collector of space memorabilia. He has an authentic version of Spuntik in which he paid for less than $15,000. He even has a Lunakhod 2 rover and a Russian space suit. After looking at the slideshow, I was awed with his collections. You can view the multimedia by visitinghere.

If you wish to read the New York Times article, click on the link below. Enjoy!

Texas Man Linked to Past and Future of Space Exploration by Sputnik and Soyuz

NYT : Proving That Seeing Shouldn’t Always Be Believing

I'm posting the second entry today. There is an interesting in the New York Times about fake photographs. The number of fake photographs have grown significantly, thanks to digital camera, PC< and Photoshop. Hany Farid is an expert in identify fake photographs by using computer and mathematical techniques. There are some tricks such as lighting and size. The article covers an interview with Mr. Farid. It's worth reading. It tells me that I have to be careful on what I believe!

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Proving That Seeing Shouldn’t Always Be Believing