ET Genetic Code May Be Found In Human DNA
For those of us who wonder if earthlings are the only intelligent species in the Milky Way and beyond, try this theory on for size: Two scientists in Kazakhstan believe humans may have an extraterrestrial “stamp” embedded into our genetic code, a mathematical message that would not be explained by Darwin’s theory of biological evolution.
The scientists are suggesting that an advanced alien civilisation “seeded” our galaxy eons ago with an ET signal that eventually found its way to Earth, implanting a genetic code into humans, reports Discovery.com. Physicist Vladimir I shCherbak of al-Farabi Kazakh National University of Kazakhstan and astrobiologist Maxim A Makukov of the Fesenkvo Astrophysical Institute refer to this far-out concept as “biological SETI.”
Makukov and shCherbak contend that life throughout the galaxy may have been spread by intelligent design, that instead of life developing as a result of random processes, maybe extraterrestrials had a hand in it. (Huffington Post)
Drunk driving: Man Calls 911 On Himself
A northern Indiana man who called 911 and told dispatchers he was driving drunk and needed to be taken off the road got his wish when a sheriff’s deputy arrived.
State Police say 24-year-old Matthew Devore of logansport was arrested early Monday along Interstate 65 in Jasper County. Police said Devore had a blood-alcohol level of .09, just over Indiana’s legal limit for driving. He was being held at the Jasper County Jail on a driving while intoxicated charge.
State Police say Devore lost control of his car early Monday and it ended up in a grassy median with a flat tire. Police say Devore then called 911, saying he was a drunk and needed to be taken off the road. (Huffington Post)
MontanaMan claims his Dog has eaten up $500
A Montana man said he is hoping the US Department of Treasury will replace the five $100 bills he rescued in fragments from his dog’s droppings. Wayne Klinkel said he and his wife left their 12-year-old golden retriever, Sundance, alone in the car while they had a meal during a trip to Colorado to visit their daughter around Christmas, and they returned to the vehicle to find the canine had eaten five $100 bills, the Helena Independent Record reported.
“Sundance is notorious for eating anything and everything, so right away I knew what happened,” Klinkel said.
Klinkel said he followed the dog around for days to retrieve fragments of the bills from Sundance’s droppings, “but it wasn’t nearly enough there to do anything with it.”
However, Klinkel said his daughter recently came to Montana to visit and brought along more $100 pieces she discovered in dog droppings in her back-yard when the snow melted. (UPI)
Pay phones will take you back to 1993
Want to journey to a grittier time in New York City’s not-too-distant past, when the murder rate was sky-high, Times Square was a crossroads of crime and porn, Starbucks had yet to arrive, and hardly anyone owned a cellphoneIJ
A project designed to promote an art exhibit has turned 5,000 Manhattan pay phones into time machines that take callers back to 1993, a pivotal year in the city’s art, culture and politics.
Pick up a receiver on the rarely used phones that still dot the New York streetscape, punch 1-855-FOR-1993 and you will hear a notable resident recounting what life was like on that block 20 years ago. “We liked, creatively, the idea of using a sort of slightly broken, disused system as the canvas of this project,” said Scott Chinn of Droga5, the ad agency behind the campaign for an exhibit titled “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.”
An eclectic mix of artists, writers, food and fashion stars, and others has been recruited to reminisce, including chef Mario Batali, actor Chazz Palminteri, porn performer Robin Byrd and former Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott, who threw a no-hitter in 1993.
The narrators describe a New York that was dirtier, bloodier, raunchier and less gentrified than today — but also an easier place for a talented young person to gain a foothold. (AP)
Arizonasets aside day to honour cowboys
The cowboy now has a home on the range in Arizona.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently signed legislation creating an annual “National Day of the Cowboy” to honour the Western state’s “unique cowboy culture” and recognise its proper place in history.
“Many of the blessings enjoyed by Arizonans today are because of the contributions of our Keepers of the Range: The Arizona cowboy and cowgirl,” Brewer, a Republican, said in a statement.
“These men and women — of all races and backgrounds — are among the truest symbols of the American southwest.”
The cowboys will be honoured every fourth Saturday in July. It will not be a paid legal holiday.
Arizona, which last year celebrated its 100th anniversary, becomes the fourth state in the nation to observe such a day, joining New Mexico, Wyoming and California. (Reuters)