Good (news) Friday
Jun. 13th, 2008 05:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jenkAccording to some Dutch statisticians, it's safer to drive on Friday the 13th is safer than an average Friday, at least in The Netherlands. Also fewer reports of fire & theft.
A weedy sea dragon in Georgia is expecting. "Sea dragon pregnancies are rare because researchers don't know what gets them in the mood to mate."
Life expectancies continue to go up.
The Mars Phoenix lander is not only on Twitter, it's "conversing" with other folks on Twitter.
A weedy sea dragon in Georgia is expecting. "Sea dragon pregnancies are rare because researchers don't know what gets them in the mood to mate."
Life expectancies continue to go up.
"[D]eath rates for 8 of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States all dropped significantly in 2006 ... Life expectancy at birth [chart] hit a new record high in 2006 of 78.1 years, a 0.3 increase from 2005."Michigan teenager survives lightening strike AND wins lottery. Ok, it's only $20, but who can resist a headline like that?
— CDC press release with a link to the PDF of the report; this chart is from the report.
The Mars Phoenix lander is not only on Twitter, it's "conversing" with other folks on Twitter.
