Here's some more quick links for your enjoyment. I'm a little puzzled that the most popular posts on UnSpace are movie reviews and quick links, but I'll be happy to go along with what people want.

  • In the case of a heart attack, one study may indicate that mouth-to-mouth hurts instead of helps because of the time it takes away from compressions. It's been known for a while that compressions without mouth-to-mouth is better than nothing, but this is a real surprise. As the article points out, in the case of hypoxic causes of cardiac arrest (drowning, etc.), mouth-to-mouth is still important. In pediatric cases of cardiac arrest, where respiratory arrest is almost always the cause, mouth-to mouth is paramount. If you're a parent, you have to know mouth-to-mouth, full CPR, and how to deal with choking in infants and children. If you don't, please take a class as soon as possible.
  • To me, there's no question about whether global warming will occur. The only question left in my mind is whether we have stalled so long in doing something about it, we will be unable to prevent most of the damage. And then there's a post about a catalyst that might make it feasible to turn atmospheric CO2 into fuel or other usable compounds. The advantage to this process would be we would not have to change the basic infrastructure of our technology. Hydrogen is simply too messy to handle and batteries don't offer the energy density we truly need. Unfortunately, even with the catalyst, converting CO2 into usable chemicals will still be expensive.
  • By the way, this past winter was the warmest on record for the Earth. I know it didn't feel like it at times here in Pittsburgh, but it's true.
  • The mom claims the dog bit off the infant's genitals. Rob the cynical former paramedic and amateur profiler, thinks the damage to the baby was done by humans. I just don't believe a dachshund would do this. Strangely, I believe an adult human would. From everything I read, the police seem to be thinking along the same lines.
  • I stopped and stared at this article: ‘Hairspray's’ the word: Travolta plays fat mom. John Travolta can pull this off. Despite Battlefield: Earth, he is that good an actor. I don't know how much CGI was involved in the picture, but he looks believable in the part, unlike most men in drag in the movies. Kudos to Travolta.
  • You'll want to check out The Ig Nobel Tour - a unique experience.
  • Going through the Ig Nobel tour, I came across the reference to this paper. They put couples in the MRI to see what actually happens to human bodies during sex and during sexual arousal. I think this proves I am the ultimate nerd. I actually find this interesting from an engineering standpoint. The way the penis flexes during intercourse is slightly frightening. I know how a fractured penis is treated in the E.R., and it's horrifying.
  • There are vast stores of water ice found on Mars and this may change proposed Martian missions significantly. It also makes manned trips to Mars much easier to pull off.
  • Feel-good story of the day: Amputee found fit to be N.J. city firefighter. Go dude!
  • When you think of breakthroughs in quantum physics, you think of big cyclotrons and atom smashers. But a strange triangular crystal may prove that the universe is a string-net liquid. And no, I'm not sure even I understand it completely, but it's really cool.
  • Kimberly Reed Photography pointed me to a wonderful blog with tips about photographing your child. The post Blogging Tips to Increase Traffic is good, too!
  • A Day in My Moccasins has nice pictures of her Terrace Kitchen Garden. My sister-in-law did something similar last year with bucket tomatoes on her porch. If you're short of plantable land, it's a good suggestion.
  • Given the amount of plastics in my environment, this article explains a lot about my hair. One of these days, I'm going to do a Britney on my hair. Given some of the scars I got while a medic, it's not really a good idea. I may look a bit like Frankenstein's monster. Although, come to think of it, at least he had a full head of hair.
  • I don't get all the jokes in "Emerging Heroes" but it's still cool. I need to get a lego "Rob." One for winter with a beard, one for summer without. Hat tip to Emerging Sideways, a great blog.