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Science Etcetera, Saturnday 20080802

August 2nd, 2008
  • Chem4Kids.com has a great site for learning the Elements.

  • Periodic Table and 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.

  • Markinetic

    Markinetic
  • 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:


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