Science Etcetera Venusday, 20071207
Friday, December 7th, 2007
The Whitehouse might be staying the do-nothing course on Climate Change, but the Senate Panel Passed a Bill to Limit Greenhouse Gases today and the World Applauded.
Kangaroo farts contain bacteria that eat methane, and could help combat global warming, unlike cow farts, which produce mass quantities of the greenhouse gas. Hmmm. I can just see the advertisements now, Eat Mor Kanegrew.
Whales can hear each other’s songs across the oceans, long thought to be a mating call, one scientist hypothesizes that whale song is for navigation.
Quick! Dump all Netflix Stock! The sticky flap on Netflix mailing envelopes jam post office sorters and require hand-sorting, prompting the US Postal Service to consider a 17-cent surcharge on them.
Reverend Michael Dowd Preaches that Jesus loves Evolution, and so should all Christians. I expect “Culture Warrior” Bill O’Rly? to burn a cross in this guys yard any day now.
Which is more disturbing, this video of product testers torturing a Pleo robotic dinosaur and making it whimper, or the below video of live goldfish being made to swim in formation (probably with implanted magnets)?
