Pig

Today’s Time Waster

by Haitham Sabbah January 17, 2006

Should you have any to waste, read these: 1. Pigs glow in the dark: Scientists in Taiwan have used jellyfish genes and created pigs that glow in the dark. They are the only ones that are green from the inside out. Even their heart and internal organs are green. Although the pigs glow, they are [...]

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China to send pig sperm to space

by Haitham Sabbah July 19, 2005

China is planning to study the effects of space on sperm, by sending the semen from pedigree pigs into orbit. Some 40 grams of pig sperm will be taken on board the Shenzhou VI spacecraft for its October launch. Some of the sperm will be kept outside the spacecraft’s biological capsule and some inside, according [...]

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