A press release describes an impressive dieting regimen. Researcher Brenda Davy of Virginia Tech says: “We found that over the course of 12 weeks, dieters who drank water before meals, three times per day, lost about 5 pounds more than dieters who did not increase their water intake.” (Thanks to BoingBoing for bringing this to […]
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Man-bearing squirtgun
Behold a device called the JetLev flyer (thanks to Wendell Maradonna for bringing it to our attention). The manufacturer opines: “A flexible water supply hose delivers power to the jetpack with pressurized water. It also serves as the tether, enforces a flight ceiling, discourages the pilot from flying over land, acts as a stabilizer, dampens […]
New View of the Importance of Water
A new appreciation of how beetles appreciate fluids: “Female Callosobruchus Maculatus Mate When They are Thirsty: Resource-rich Ejaculates as Mating Effort in a Beetle,” Martin Edvardsson, Animal Behaviour, vol. 74, no. 2, August 2007, pp. 183-8. (Thanks to Kit Howard for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Uppsala University and the University of […]
