Science Etcetera, Saturnday 20080802

August 2nd, 2008

Chem4Kids.com has a great site for learning the Elements.

Periodic Table and the Elements
Chem4Kids.com

Should the government start buying old cars to get them off the road?

While there is a strong consensus on Global Warming, the debate over the details gets the public confused about it.

Glass molecules are indistinguishable from that of a liquid, so why is glass a solid?

Scientists working with the Mars Lander must shift their schedules 40 minutes every day, keeping them in a state of perpetual jet lag.

AION - Giant Rolling Ball Clock.

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Talking to people with Alzheimer’s as if they were children causes them to become resistant because they are adults trying to maintain their adult identities.

Female fruit flies mate with many males, storing the sperm in specialized organs. This causes rapid evolution of sperm proteins, which must compete to fertilize the eggs.

Economists estimate 33% of China’s carbon footprint goes toward manufacturing exports.

What kinds of homosexual couples want to get legally married? Those who believe in god and have kids.

Robert Bruce Thompson on the demise of the chemistry set: