Topic: SCIENCE - on June 18, 2005 at 12:54:00 PM CEST
New model 'permits time travel'
If you went back in time and met your teenage parents, you could not split them up and prevent your birth - even if you wanted to, a new quantum model has stated.
Researchers speculate that time travel can occur within a kind of feedback loop where backwards movement is possible, but only in a way that is "complementary" to the present.
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 18, 2005 at 12:50:00 PM CEST
Oregon Cat Born With Two Faces
A newborn kitten recently entered the world with two faces and, hopefully, at least nine lives. Gemini was born Sunday with two mouths, two tongues, two noses and four eyes.
"I kind of feel sorry for her, because I can't know for a fact if she's going to live or die," its owner, Lee Bluetear of Glide, told the (Roseburg) News-Review. "If she makes it, she should be a perfectly normal and healthy cat. Other than having two faces."
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Topic: SEX - on June 18, 2005 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
Part Male, Part Female, Fully Mysterious
Dual-Sex Crab Found in Bay Could Yield Clues to Species' Genetics and Mating Habits. Watermen say that female blue crabs "paint their fingernails," meaning the tips of their claws turn bright red as they age. The male crabs, on the other hand, have sky-blue claws -- a sign as masculine as a mustache in the world of crustaceans.
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