Smoking Cockroaches Against Circumcision

I love the “March of Science” that now displays itself every day in a bland, non-partisan and stupefying way, don’t you? Here’s a selection of today’s “revelations” — and they are jaw-dropping as usual. Remember, people are actually paid to do this research.

Women Who Smoke At Increased Risk Of Lung Disease That one took you by surprise, right?

Asian Cockroaches Could Aid Texas Growers Doing the jobs that American cockroaches won’t do.

Circumcision Doesn’t Reduce Sexual Satisfaction And Performance, Says Study Of 4,500 Men Sort of depends on how soon after the operation, doesn’t it?

Intelligent design: New Laboratory Robot Can Lift The Burden Of Boring Work

2008 Likely To Be One Of The Top-ten Warmest Years Now you might think that would be bad news, right?

Well, you’d be wrong because: More Sun Exposure May Be Good For Some People

Rainforests. Now you don’t see them. Now you do: No Convincing Evidence For Decline In Tropical Forests

Breakthrough medical technique: Colonoscopy Fears Overcome When Patients Support Patients Hey, I’m not going back just to hold someone. Not even in a manly way.

Today’s “No shit, Sherlock” Award goes to: Emergency Responders At High Risk To Miss Work Because Of Injuries, with honorable mention to: Violent Shaking Pulps The Infant Brain, Forensic Researchers Find

And finally, Why Are Chickens Getting So Fat? Because they crossed the road to the McDonalds?

UPDATE: This just in — New Risk to Earth Found in Supernova Explosions First the global freezing, then the ozone hole, then the alar scare, then the warming, then the comet strike and now, now this, the FINAL INSULT! I tell you if this keeps up, sooner or later every single person alive on the Earth today is going to be dead.