The last good day of the year

...is slowly approaching. Is it going to be today? Tomorrow? NYE? It's getting close, so let Cousteu serenade you til you have yours:

Got blue eyes? We might be related!

Interesting post on LiveScience.com that "baby blues" came from a genetic mutation that occurred from one single ancestor about 6K to 10K years ago. The change happened when a genetic mutation "shut off" the ability to produce the standard issue brown eyes and diluted them to blue. The findings show that through DNA they can trace the mutation to a single common ancestor. The trait was a maternal mutation, so thanks mom!

We might be hurting Earth, but Earth might strike back

This little nugget of an article was on the Yahoo! homepage today (12/13/08). It's really comforting to know that all the destruction we've done to the planet, the planet can strike back with one punch and wipe our asses out with a magnetic field disrupting lava-gasm. Read on how we can kick Earth's ass before it gets us here on LiveScience.com..

I'm kidding, I love Earth, protect it the best you can. Read more on http://green.yahoo.com/