The first?
Teaching lab rats to sing.
To wit: "A female rat is placed into a cage with a male rat. When the male expressed interest in her, the female was removed from the cage, causing the male rat to vocalize. The male was rewarded with food for singing, and after eight weeks of operant conditioning in which rewards were only given for certain responses, all of the rats in the treatment group had been trained to, well, sing."
It turns out that singing rats sound a bit like birds. And that as rats age, teaching them to sing make their voices last longer.
Okay, can we expect to see singing rats on Stupid Pets Tricks on David Letterman's late night show? America's got talent? Singing the national anthem at an upcoming Super Bowl. The mind boggles.
The other is that sea turtles have fingerprints. Doubtless useful in solving crimes involving miscreant sea turtles, so don't be surprised if you see teams of federal agents down by sea shore finger printing turtles.
Finally, news out of the UK: The truth can now be revealed, as the final cache of documents and UFO reports compiled by the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been released to the public. The British Ministry of Defense concluded that operating the UFO Desk is a "massive waste of time and money."
At last, the truth about the UFO phenom is out in the open for all to see.
I could have told them that.
If you need me, I'll be out having a drink with two tall Grays who just beamed down from their base on the Moon. They've offered to buy, and I'm broke.
Jacomus
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