Science, Technology, and Oddities Links JD 2454413.70833

November 9th, 2007

Mangy Bear

Sasquatch? Chucabrawhatchamacallit? No, it’s just a Bear with Mange.

Never underestimate the power of the zombie dittohead lobby as Free Republic, NewsBusters, Steve Milloy, Small Dead Animals, and countless wingnut blogs once again proved they can blitz any online poll as they voted a climate change denialist blog first place for the 2007 Weblog Award for “Best Science.” Actual winner has yet to be announced.

Dandruff’s genes have been sequenced, which will hopefully provide insights to the interactions between fungi and humans, and has opened the possiblity that Dandruff might be having sex on your head right now.

I’m struggling to come up with a “pee in the pool” joke here, but I’m too baffled by the recklessness of Dumping Urea in the Ocean to Sink Carbon.

Cool bit of ecodesign, a 1,000 Year Clock Using Trees with animated demonstration.

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring, according to this paper (PDF). Environmental factors are thought to be the culprit.

Here they come to save the daaaaaaaaaay!!!! Scientists Create Fearless Mouse, by knocking out genes related to smell in the brain.

The camera adds ten pounds? Now it’s taking them off with this HP Camera’s “Slimming” Effect, a feature anyone DIY with a little image resizing.

Going… Going… Gone!

4 comments to “Science, Technology, and Oddities Links JD 2454413.70833”

speaking of global warming and what not.
Michael Mann talked at our school went! I of course went as a budding scientist and geology major.

He was pretty good, had a power point. I’m sure he would have been more captivating if he didn’t have to start 10 minutes late, and cause me to almost be late for work.

You should be jealous Ryan, oh yes.
by Nick Hamden November 9th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I am jealous! Well, until I add him to my face book.
by ideonexus November 10th, 2007 at 1:08 am
That’s not the same Chupacabra that’s been in the news, however. That would be the one that was actually caught, which they had a good photo of. According to this conspiracy site - http://www.cuerochupacabra.com/id25.html - the DNA was almost a match with a coyote. I’m too lazy to verify anything, but just thought I’d share.
by Clint November 11th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Ooops, I should finish the damn thing before replying to it. I read the big-foot half of the article thinking it was about the chupacabra.
by Clint November 11th, 2007 at 7:34 pm