Go to ‘Speed Racer,’ go
Published 11:18 pm Thursday, April 24, 2008
Feather Club for Penguins: A penguin at the California Academy of Sciences suffered from what amounted to penguin pattern baldness, losing the feathers that kept him warm when he swam. Biologists made a wetsuit that now covers Pierre’s pink penguin posterior.
The wetsuit worked so well, Pierre’s gained back some of his feathers. The scientists now are working on neoprene caps for men hoping to cure their own plumage problems.
T. rex McNuggets: Scientists who studied some protein from a T. rex fossil say it provides further evidence that modern birds are descended from dinosaurs.
The discovery doesn’t solve the chicken-and-egg mystery, but it does establish “tastes like chicken” as the world’s earliest catch phrase.
Popcorn’s a-poppin’: Forget “Indiana Jones and the Hernia Truss of Gold” or whatever that sequel is named. The movie The Buzz is lining up for is the adaptation of one of his favorite afternoon cartoons, “Speed Racer.”
However, we will be disappointed if the Mach 5 is not fully equipped, down to the two buzz saws that jut from the bumper when Speed has to clear a way through unexpected forests.
