Daily Rotten Archives October 28, 2001 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Microwaving People New Scientist | Submitted by: Soylent The latest crowd control weapon devised by scientists is to... microwave mass groups of people, causing their skin to heat to painful temperatures. They (yes, it's those "them" again) say that it's necessary to be under the beam for 250 seconds before damage results. Of course this seems to assume that none of the beams are going to hit anyones eyes. Read article... Monkey Clones! Sunday Times | Submitted by: Soylent Embryos from Rhesus monkeys have been cloned, at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center. While this work somewhat applies to human cloning (monkeys and humans both being primates), the principal interest in the Center is to create a race of identical monkeys, suitable for laboratory experiments. A good lab monkey can sell for $50,000 -- if you can get one. Read article... Mexican star impregnates self with smuggled semen Observer | Submitted by: Soylent "The dramatic fall from grace of Gloria Trevi, once Mexico's most successful pop star, took an increasingly bizarre turn last week when a police investigation concluded she had become pregnant in a Brazilian prison using a syringe of semen smuggled into her cell." Read article... Neutralizing Paki Nukes Times of India | Submitted by: thbb Presence of nukes in Pakistan are a sticky question and nobody really wants to think about what happens if the government there should fall to the fundamentalists. "Biden was asked about an article in The New York Times on the need to render Pakistani nuclear weapons ineffective if the Musharraf regime falls. The Democrat senator replied: Those discussions are underway with the Democratic and Republican members of Congress and the president on setting those priorities." Read article...