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Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20080724

July 24th, 2008
  • Odorrana tormota is a frog that can tune its ears to different frequencies.

    • Odorrana tormota

    Odorrana tormota
    Credit: Albert Feng
  • An estimated 19 percent of total energy used in America goes toward food production. Healthy eating and traditional farming could reduce that energy consumption by 50 percent.
  • Dentists are learning bedside manners from virtual patients in Second Life.
  • Large, highly detailed, and zoomable map of the US Patent System’s classification system.

    • US Patent Hierarchy (detail)

    US Patent Hierarchy (detail)
  • The Bush Administration tried to find a way to redefined CO2 emissions from automobiles as not being CO2 to avoid having it classified a pollutant.
  • There is 90 billion tons of microbial carbon mass in the deep ocean.
  • Noise Awareness Billboards.
  • Outflow from the Amazon river is feeding plant life thousands of kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean, creating a powerful carbon sink.

    • True-color image of the Amazon outflow

    True-color image of the Amazon outflow
    Credit: Norman Kuring/NASA
  • Awesome talking point: Blind salamanders disprove creationism.
  • Samsung Presents 10 Optical Illusions in 2 Minutes (HT Clint):



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