Science Etcetera Mercuryday, 20080319

March 19th, 2008

The prolific hard-SF writer Sir Arthur C. Clark has died at the age of 90 (HT Kav).

Mammals evolved mammary glands first, to keep eggshells wet with milk, before eventually abandoning eggs altogether.

A new method of modeling strain can predict where statues will break.

Statue of David with Stressed Areas Highlighted

1,500 post offices in America are now offering special envelopes you can put your old (small) electronics in so they will be mailed to a company for recycling for free.

Retrofitting old buildings and houses with green technologies could cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 percent.

DIY!!! A British surgeon working in the Ukraine has been using a Bosch cordless drill to perform brain surgery.

Researchers at the University of Washington are looking into using satellites to locate food for starving herds in the Arctic. As the author notes, it’s sad that this is what we have come to in order to preserve species.

Geckos are NINJAS!!!