{"id":24,"date":"2008-06-04T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/?p=24"},"modified":"2008-06-04T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T15:07:00","slug":"stoopid-flies-live-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/04\/stoopid-flies-live-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoopid flies live longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20080604\/sc_afp\/switzerlandscienceanimal\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20080604\/sc_afp\/switzerlandscienceanimal\">Idiots with multifaceted eyes live longer<\/a>: &#8220;Scientists Tadeusz Kawecki and Joep Burger at the University of Lausanne said Wednesday they had discovered a &#8216;negative correlation between an improvement in a fly&#8217;s mental capacity and its longevity&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog_this.pyra?t=Scientists+Tadeusz+Kawecki+and+Joep+Burger+at+the+University+of+Lausanne+said+Wednesday+they+had+discovered+a+%22negative+correlation+between+an+improvement+in+a+fly%27s+mental+capacity+and+its+longevity%22.&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fs%2Fafp%2F20080604%2Fsc_afp%2Fswitzerlandscienceanimal&amp;n=Stupid+flies+live+longer%3A+study+-+Yahoo%21+News\"><\/a><br \/>I&#8217;ve wondered for some years now how it is that Robert Byrd has lasted so long in the Senate.  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