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Tom Hoofman, Ph.D.

All The Way Alive

About Me


Got no religion, don’t need no friends
Got all I want and I don’t need to pretend
Don’t try to reach me, ’cause I’d tear up your mind
I’ve seen the future and I’ve left it behind

My Interests

Superpods and baitballs.

My Blog

Nightmares Realized

Now scientists create a sheep that's 15% humanBy CLAUDIA JOSEPH - More by this author »Last updated at 15:53pm on 27th March 2007 Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which ...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PST

Soon They Will Come For Us

Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears'   Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates, according to a study in the journal Current Biology.   ...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:50:00 PST

Increasing the Pacific NW Horde

It's official: Allie and I are moving out to Seattle at the end of this summer. No official move time yet but we will definitely be out there by the beginning of September, probably sooner. Yes, Pickl...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:34:00 PST

So it goes

Science Fiction author, WW II veteran and humanist Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday following brain injuries incurred several weeks ago in a fall. He was 84 years old. One of his final public statements w...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:52:00 PST

Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn

Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on SaturnMarch 27, 2007 Pasadena, Calif. -- An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientist...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:11:00 PST

Haditha = My Lai

A photo contained in a Naval Criminal Investigative Service report obtained by The Washington Post shows a Marine inspecting a roadside scene near Haditha, Iraq, where five unarmed civilians were kil...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:01:00 PST

Architeuthis will be revenged

Researchers catch giant squid .. -->POSTED: 9:58 a.m. EST, December 22, 2006 TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese research team has succeeded in filming a giant squid live -- possibly for the first time ...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:03:00 PST

Bow to the Reptoid Messiah

Virgin Komodo dragon is expecting LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Flora, a pregnant Komodo dragon living in a British zoo, is expecting eight babies in what scientists said on Wednesday could be a Christ...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:37:00 PST

Atonement

World's tallest man saves dolphin Towels were wrapped around the dolphins' teeth The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out danger...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:17:00 PST

Ghost Mountains

Scientists look set to undertake a detailed survey of the Gamburtsev mountain range - one of the Earth's most enigmatic mountain groups. It extends for more than 1,200km and rises to about 3,400m, bu...
Posted by Tom Hoofman on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:19:00 PST