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Science Etcetera Jupiterday, 20080403

April 3rd, 2008

New Species of Anglerfish

New Species of Anglerfish
Photo by M.Snyder
  • A fish with forward-facing eyes and mouth prefers to crawl around in coral reefs and squeeze into crevices is a strange sight
  • Mark your calendars!!! May 28 - June 1, five New York Universities will host a World Science Festival!!! Yay! Yaaaay!! Yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!
  • As an MMORPG “Outside” is highly over-rated.
  • We’ve all heard that we should drink lots of water to maintain good health, but there appears to be a profound lack of evidence for the claim.
  • The Fongoli chimps use spears and beat on drums. They are possibly the closest living primate tribe to how our ancestors lived and behaved.
  • The United Nations has a huge database of global statistics online. See also the World Bank.
  • Super-cool pic of a dew-covered colorful dragonfly.
  • Drilling and filling may soon become a thing of the past as scientists are figuring out how to remineralize decaying teeth.
  • The Department of Homeland Security is overriding endangered species protections to finish its boarder fence; however, they are allowing the fence to skip property owned by a major Bush donor. The best government money can buy, eh?
  • 18 states, two cities, and 11 environmental groups are suing the EPA for refusing to regulate green house gas emissions.
  • In defiance of the Vatican, scientists have created human-animal embryos. God was unavailable for comment.
  • When the space shuttle retires in 2010, it will take 8,600 jobs with it.
  • Astronomers have found an extrasolar plaent less than 2,000 years old.
  • Here’s a classic I never get tired of watching, a computer animation of The Inner Life of the Cell:

    • 3 comments to “Science Etcetera Jupiterday, 20080403”

    1. Ewe mispelled plaent. Hugh mite juant tew phix thagt.

      -BMF

           by BMF April 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 am

    2. None of these dental articles ever mention the stem-cell-injection-to-the-gums method the UK was working on … You simply grow a brand new tooth from scratch, for $1000 — cheaper than a root canal + brown, and you end up with a real tooth.

      Sounds like this remineralizing is a lot cheaper.

           by ClintJCL April 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 am

    3. I watched that video like 5 times in a row. Beautiful! Just Beautiful!

           by sour Swinger April 4th, 2008 at 12:09 am

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