What is it about kidney stones? [via the eyes have it] First Laura had them, and then the blogroll at Eye of the Goof pointed me at them.
This also in, regarding eyes:
Joachim Wittbrodt of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, and his colleagues have found that Platynereis has rhabdomeric receptors in its tiny eyes, and ciliary cells in its equally tiny brain. The ciliary cells perhaps regulate its daily activity cycle by sensing light, Wittbrodt guesses. “We think they are related to circadian rhythms. We have found that there is a direct connection to the area used for locomotion.”
From Nature [via As It Happens]
Some great election statistics maps out there. [thanks to Kerim at Keywords]