Science Etcetera Mercuryday, 20080213

Posted on 13th February 2008 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera - Tags: , ,
  • And the best Darwin Day presentation goes to Rocketboom for their Delightful Explanation of Whale Evolution (video).
  • Science has lost one of it’s ambassadors, Robert Jastrow, Who Made Space Understandable, Dies at 82.
  • Awwww… Check out the Tree-Bound Pterodactyl, it’s a cute little bugger.
  • Seed Science Bloggers are calling for Jim Watson, one of the discoverers of the DNA double helix who is also a sexist and racist, to step down from the Seed Media Board (See also here,here, and here).
  • Bee-dee-bee-dee-beep! Researchers are field-testing on Earth a robot destined for Jupiter’s Moon Europa, where it will explore the liquid water beneath the ice.
  • Handwriting has gone the way of clay tables and chiseling text on stones, argues Anne Trubek, so let’s Stop Teaching it.
  • And now a moment of Science. Check out the online exhibit Bodies of Knowledge, which explores the way different cultures throughout history have viewed the body.
    • Bodies of Knowledge

    Bodies of Knowledge
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