Science Etcetera Saturnday, 20080209
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Scientists are worried about the future of Tazmanian Devils, which are falling prey to a Contagious Facial Cancer, transmitted through bites and scratches.
Yeah, we’ve been trying to tell you they aren’t a sustainable alternative energy, now people are getting that Biofuels are a Greenhouse Threat.
Why is it that as our standard of living increases, we have less children? Carl Zimmer explores The Natural History of the Only Child
We need to Rearrange the Stars to Communicate with Aliens or look for signs of them rearranging their celestial neighborhood so we can get over our unbearable cosmic solitude.
I admire politicians taking a stand against pork spending, but why is McCain Attacking the Study of Bear DNA???
Filed under OUTRAGE, Australia has released photos of Japanese Whalers Slaughtering a minke Calf. While this is indeed sickening, the Japanese are equally horrified that Australians eat baby lambs. (Touché.)
Major kudos to Europe today as the Shuttle blasts off with their $2Billion science lab destined for the International Space Station. (HT to NASA too.)
Why are US Customs agents Stealing Data from American Citizen’s Laptops and Cell phones? The EFF is trying to find out.
Do People Only Use 10 Percent Of Their Brains? Only the people who believe that bit of antiquated commons sense.
And now a moment of Science, with the Children’s Hospital Boston’s Online Neuron simulator. Take a few minutes to learn all about the cellular “bits” that make up the three-pound universe in your skull.
Neural Circuit
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