# Has anyone heard of Yahoo's World-Science Group? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 5, 2005, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188 "2005-09-05T11:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/1 "2005-09-05T11:26:21Z")
I’ve been asked to join it and I wonder if any Dopers have. How’s this for a list of intriguing topics which they mention in the email!(My bolding.) \*\*Below are some of our recent headlines: * * * RECENT HIGHLIGHTS - Researchers explore whether parrot has concept of zero: Scientists are investigating whether a bird hit on a concept that mathematicians failed to grasp for centuries. - Scientists blast hole in comet: A projectile slammed into comet Tempel 1 with a huge blast, in the crowning moment of a mission designed to learn more about the object’s structure. - Studies back tale that banished children founded tribe: Banished children survived in a southeast Asian jungle, it is said, to found the area’s only hunter-gatherer tribe. New genetic and linguistic evidence supports key elements of the story. - Genes behind transsexualism possibly found: Some men are convinced they are women trapped in male bodies. Researchers say genes may be to blame. - Giant telescope could eavesdrop on alien TV: An enormous new telescope should be able to pick up TV and radar signals from far-off worlds, scientists say. - Is the universe revealing its shape? New evidence suggests the shape may be a strange form of dodecahedron, a 12-sided object. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/2 "2005-09-05T11:31:06Z")
Damn. I should have mentioned that it’s **"…a free subscription to our WORLD SCIENCE email newsletter, which contains some of the world’s most exciting science news and photos long before they’re in newspapers and magazines."** ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/3 "2005-09-05T11:52:01Z")
I’ve never heard of this, myself. It sounds fascinating but I’m not sure if it’s worth reading :\ ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/4 "2005-09-05T12:20:19Z")
I got sent an invite by “accident” and decided it looke intriguing enough to join. I’m still undecided about it, the entire site just _looks_ so amatuer that you think that it must be some pseudoscientific crackpots. But I haven’t been able to catch out any blatant errors in scientific fact and they do trawl up some interesting stories which aren’t reported in the mainstream scientific press. I don’t know how they’re running it but it seems amusing enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/5 "2005-09-05T12:40:09Z")
So it’s invitation-only? Can anyone spare one for me? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JimMacMillan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@JimMacMillan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimMacMillan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/6 "2005-09-05T15:59:50Z")
I have seen that message floating around. Anyone can sign up. Here is the site. [http://world-science.net/](http://world-science.net/) And I’ll bet this is [Offer To Join](http://www.lojban.com/fr/lists/lojban-list/msg08961.html) you received. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/7 "2005-09-05T16:15:37Z")
> [@JimMacMillan](#): > > I have seen that message floating around. Anyone can sign up. Here is the site. > > [http://world-science.net/](http://world-science.net/) > > And I’ll bet this is [Offer To Join](http://www.lojban.com/fr/lists/lojban-list/msg08961.html) you received. Thanks for the link to the site. I went there and doubt I’ll sign up. It looks as if **Shalmanese** has posted an accurate assessment of it. Your invitation was bit a different from mine, Jim, but inconsequential. My thanks, to all of you. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/8 "2005-09-05T16:25:54Z")
I’ve been signed up for several months. There have been some very interesting articles, all of which seem to be legit, not crackpot science. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-of-yahoos-world-science-group/320188/9 "2005-09-05T18:34:55Z")
> [@snailboy](#): > > I’ve been signed up for several months. There have been some very interesting articles, all of which seem to be legit, not crackpot science. I have to admit to sonobbishness. I topok one look at that cluttered Home Page and wrote the site off. Then, thanks to your comment, **snailboy** , I went back and read an article or two. I think you’re right. so I will stay with it until they go crackpot on me. 😃 Thank you!