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Cow belches and farts are a major source of greenhouse gases that affect climate change even more than vehicle emissions. A new type of cattle feed that is supplemented with oregano, developed by a dairy scientist, could help reduce cow gas emissions by 40%. It also improves milk production.

PhysOrg.com quotes its inventor, Alexander Hristov, as saying, “Cattle are actually a major producer of methane gas and methane is a significant greenhouse gas. In fact, worldwide, livestock emits 37% of anthropogenic methane.” (Anthropegenic methane is methane produced by human activities, such as agriculture). And methane has 23 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. [Thus] “any cut in the methane emissions would be beneficial.”
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A genetic test has been developed that can predict whether someone is likely to live beyond the age of 100, but scientists have warned that society is still not ready for such predictions. But if such a test is developed, will people take it? It will mean that in order to reach that projected age, they have to eat and act (such as exercise) in certain ways that many people may not want to know about.

Geneticists think they have learned the secret of longevity and that they can analyze your DNA and find out if YOU are one of the people who will live a long time. Living to 100 is rare–only one person in 6,000 in industrialized countries makes it. The news is that 90% of them are still free of disabilities by the age of 93.
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People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious, but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether.
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Soon we will have TVs that we can control with a wave of the hand, but the Japanese are going even further: They have developed 3D TV that allows viewers to touch, poke or pinch the images floating in front of them (this may be especially effective when it comes to shows about aliens, which will probably become more popular in the future, since sightings are increasing exponentially).

PhysOrg.com quotes its inventor, Norio Nakamura, as saying, “It is the first time that you can feel images in the air. You can have the sense of touch like poking a rubber ball or stretching a sticky rice cake.”
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