Blood scrubbing

One researcher is proposing using a dialysis unit to treat various types of viral infections

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,70545-0.html?tw=rss.index

The lighter side of science

http://improbable.com/

"Annals of Improbable Research" satirizes research. Typically published by scientists with a quirky and twisted sense of humour, this magazine has a number of sample articles online. You can also order the full journal which appears 12 times a year.

This month's free articles are Canine Reactions to the Mona Lisa and Is the Grand Canyon a Fake. All articles are in PDF format.

Sri Lankan spices and recipies

( Raw curry powder )

( Roasted curry powder )

More Sri Lankan recipe sites
http://asiarecipe.com/srimain.html
http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/food/recipes.html
http://paradisaya.tripod.com/recipes/
http://www.chandrage.com/recipies/recipie.html

Invoking the Shania defense

Shania's gonna getcha

The defense that didn't work:
On Thursday, the Winchester Crown Court in Hants, England, heard how a newlywed woman, after a night of drinking wine with her husband, accidentally shot him to death while she danced provocatively to Ms. Twain's Man, I Feel Like a Woman....

The defense that did work:
On Monday, Ms. Twain's music once again figured prominently in the successful defence of a man charged with impaired driving, who claimed the singer was helping him drive telepathically at the time of his arrest in Ottawa last October....