Re-growing cut fingers

Accident Victim says: "I lost a finger in an accident...booo hooo..."

Pig says: "Here, take some extract from my bladder and apply it on your wound. You will get your finger back (at the cost of my life)

Well, apparently this might be possible sometime in the near future. Want to know more? Read this.

Pheromones

I got this from 'How Stuff Works'. Its a very interesting read on Pheromones and its connection with the immune system.

The debated topic of human pheromones still carries some weight in the field of love research. The word "pheromone" comes from the Greek words pherein and hormone, meaning "excitement carrier".

In the animal world, pheromones are individual scent "prints" found in urine or sweat that dictate sexual behavior and attract the opposite sex. They help animals identify each other and choose a mate with an immune system different enough from their own to ensure healthy offspring. They have a special organ in their noses called the vomeronasal organ (VNO) that detects this odorless chemical.

The existence of human pheromones was discovered in 1986 by scientists at the Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia and its counterpart in France. They found these chemicals in human sweat. A human VNO has also been found in some, but not all, people. Even if the VNO isn't present in all of us -- and may not be working in those who do have it -- there is still evidence that smell is an important aspect of love (note the booming perfume industry). An experiment was conducted where a group of females smelled the unwashed tee shirts of a group of sweaty males, and each had to select the one to whom she was most "attracted." Just like in the animal world, the majority of the females chose a shirt from the male whose immune system was the most different from their own.

Whats after this life?

This is a question that comes to my mind quite often. A question like this tends to get an answer based on beliefs of the person answering this question. Some say that you will be born again, some say that you will be judged and sent to either heaven or hell while others (like me) tend to believe that its the full stop to another life.

The same question popped in my head today but this time under a totally different circumstance. Our pet dog back home in Bangalore had to be put to a never ending and premature "sleep" today. Sitting here, all I could do was to hope that he slept well and that he is happy?? wherever he is. Well, if I think about this from my "pragmatic" point of view, the latter part of my last statement doesn't make any sense. But at this point in time, I don't want to believe the "pragmatic" myself.

Anyway, the fate of attachments: we know that we will have to let go one day and yet we don't see any point in living without them. Rest In Peace Rubel...you will be missed..

This wierd weather

Its confusing me. One day its freezing with snow, frost and all. The next day, its comfortably cold. Well, if this is my situation, I wonder what our flora and fauna are going through. I can hear some birds thinking, "Should I lay eggs or not?". Some trees cursing, "Dammit, I just spent so much energy into these new leaves and its getting cold again. All this for nothing.."

If any of you are still wondering if climate change is all but just hype, think again. Well, actually, stop thinking and do something about it.