MSN Messenger Kissing Pig Virus Still on the Web
	About one month ago, the folks at Panda Labs warned that a new MSN Messenger worm was spotted on the web, searching for vulnerable computers through the popular instant messaging client. The "kissing pig" worm still exists on the web, according to some users, but what's more important is that the majority of anti-virus solutions have already included protection against it. Now, how can you notice the worm? Well, it ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2008, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Finger Regenerated Using Pig Bladder Extract
	The process of regenerating fingers would not benefit only injured soldiers or hurt civilians, but could also be a first step on the way of regenerating entire limbs or damaged parts of skin (in the case of scars), hearts and spinal cords. Some animals can regenerate their limbs naturally, like the salamanders (starfishes and octopuses are less relevant in studies aimed towards future human applied technologies). Up to about age 2, people ... [read more >>]
	06 May 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Mysterious Nerve Disease Caused by Pigs
	We know that pork is not very healthy, but pig brain proves harmful in a very unexpected way. 18 pork plant workers in Minnesota, 5 in Indiana and 1 in Nebraska have been detected so far with a mysterious neurological disease got while removing brains from slaughtered pigs, as signaled at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Chicago. The condition appears to be totally new, provoking from inflammation of the spinal cord t ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Toraja: The Burial that Can Ruin You
	Indonesia makes the world's largest archipelago, with 17,000 islands. One of its largest islands is Sulawesi (Celebes), which is like a bridge between Australia and Asia. A particular universe in Sulawesi is represented by Tana Toraja ("the Land of the Highlanders"), in the southern part of the island, dominated by the Rante-Kombola peak, 3,455 m (11,516 ft) tall. The Toraja people consider that the soul is the most im ... [read more >>]
	13 March 2008, 17:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Oral Pills for Coyotes and Wild Hogs!
	Just one female cat can generate 420,000 offspring in its lifetime. Only in US, 7 million dogs and cats are euthanized annually. In Texas, the 3-4 million feral hogs have turned into a serious problem to farmers and ranchers. The elimination of large predators, like wolves and grizzlies, has led to a deer population boom in many areas. The smaller number of wolves led to an increased number of coyotes, and even wild horses require number c ... [read more >>]
	26 February 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Pig of St Valentine: Heart Shaped Spots
	We use to call "pig" an insensitive person. But why do we offend pigs this way? Pigs can be so romantic... While humans are desperate to make love woos and express their affection on Valentine's Day, this little English piglet offers us all its affection in an image. Named, of course, Valentine, the female piglet is a star amongst the neighboring hogs after being born with an unusual, heart-shaped marking on its ... [read more >>]
	13 February 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sexy Lips, Coming From Pig Gut
	If so many stars and starlets can introduce all kind of synthetic stuff in their lips for a sexier look, then why not an implant derived from pig intestines? In fact, the new product could come with a longer lasting period than injections for filling out thin lips, as pointed by the new research published in the Archives of Facial and Plastic Surgery. "We think there is a viable product here. However, just one implant wa ... [read more >>]
	29 January 2008, 06:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fluorescent Sow Gives Birth to Fluorescent Piglets!
	Soon, we could make barbecue during nighttime, as the pigs of the future seem to be fluorescent. The protein named aequorin, from the luminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria and many other marine organisms, produces a blue glow in the presence of Ca2+ ions, due to a chemical reaction, that's why it has been used to image calcium flow in cells in real time. In December 2006, a team at the Northeast Agricultural University, in Harbi ... [read more >>]
	11 January 2008, 03:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pig or No Pig?
	I was really in the mood for a bit of a diva scandal, especially with all the Britney drama going on. My stomach simply could not take in any more serious theories and big words such as "multiple personality", "bipolar disorder" and the likes. I just couldn't. So I was extremely happy yesterday when news came out of a diva (I almost wrote "bitch" but then realized that would have been, um, wrong) fight... ... [read more >>]
	09 January 2008, 06:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weather and Contamination Indicator Species
	Indigenous and rural people, staying in a closer contact with nature, can predict the weather by "reading" flora and fauna. For example, in Europe, people know when a rainfall is approaching because lettuces, Hipochoeris radicata (a forb), and wall lettuces open their leafs. Bees, too, hurry up to their hive, the butterflies fly near the windows and the swallows and martens on "air pillows" at 10-20 cm (4-8 in) from ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 07:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Giant Forest Pig Discovered!
	These are the New World's native wild boars: the peccaries. And till now, the largest pig-like species have stood hidden from scientists in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil. It is the largest peccary in the world, about the size of a large dog. The new species, the forest giant peccary (Pecari maximus) was discovered first in 2004 in the basin of the Rio Aripuanã and recent DNA analysis made at the Leiden Centre for Env ... [read more >>]
	05 November 2007, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Silence of the Hams
	Could you imagine your life without ham? Pork is essential for the European cuisine. Now, a team has attempted to shed light on how pig husbandry emerged in Europe. Livestock herding appeared in the Near East about 11,000 years ago, when sheep were the first meat-providing domesticated animals. Three hypotheses have been proposed regarding the way animal husbandry later emerged in Europe: migration to the west, cultural crossing, or Eu ... [read more >>]
	05 September 2007, 02:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

6-Legged Double-Penised Double-Headed Piglets!
	This is the Year of the Pig in the Chinese zodiac. Accidentally or not, some bizarre pigs were born in China this year and they are being given special attention. The birth of these pigs is likely to be seen as a particularly good omen. Or a bad one. In January in Quanzhou a two-faced four-eyed piglet was born, in March a two-faced three-eyed two-mouthed two-nosed one was born. The latter was bred by specialist pig farmer Liu ... [read more >>]
	04 August 2007, 03:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cloned Pigs Are Demented
	After the mad cow, why not the demented pig? This is what Danish researchers at Institute of Human Genetics, Aarhus University, and University of Copenhagen, led by Associate Professor Arne Lund Jorgensen, are going to produce: the first pigs containing genes that trigger the Alzheimer’s disease. The first cloned piglets will be born in August. The Alzheimer linked gene was inserted into the somatic cells. The nuclei of these ... [read more >>]
	06 July 2007, 06:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pig DNA Shows How Early Humans Colonized the Pacific Islands
	Pigs are not just for ham; indigenous pigs can trace the origin of the people that raise them. DNA analysis of wild and domestic pigs has made archaeologists change the ideas of where the Malayo-Polynesian colonists originated and which their migration routes were so that they reached the remote Pacific islands. Researchers from Durham University and the University of Oxford, investigating DNA and tooth morphology in modern and anci ... [read more >>]
	13 March 2007, 06:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia