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Science Etcetera, Moonday 20081027

Posted in Pure Speculation on October 27th, 2008
  • Some plants, when under pathogenic attack, signal the roots, which respond by chemically attracting beneficial bacteria to help out.

    • The green represents the beneficial bacterium Bacillus subtilis

    The green represents the beneficial
    bacterium Bacillus subtilis
    Credit: University of Delaware/Thimmaraju Rudrappa
  • Awesome photoset of faultline cracks in the Earth.
  • A 1953 experiment took ammonia, methane and hydrogen and applied electricity to them to produce amino acids, the building blocks of life. Today scientists are revisiting these compounds and finding volcanoes could have produced them as well.
  • Fall Colors from Space

    • Fall Colors from Space

    Fall Colors from Space
    Credit: NASA
  • The Nature Conservancy is enlisting postal workers in the battle against invasive Burmese Pythons.
  • It’s official, the Beluga whale is endangered.
  • Super cool T-Shirt, very clever, you must go see for yourself.
  • Kilauea Eruption October 12



    • 2 comments to “Science Etcetera, Moonday 20081027”

    1. [...] Tip, ideonexus) (tags: fallfoliage nasa) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Renew the New River [...]

           by links for 2008-10-27 « TGAW October 27th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    2. Oh that is some cool footage of Kilauea! Is that in the caldera? I have some video I shot when I took a helicopter ride over there. If you you ever have the chance to do that, I highly recommend it!

      -BMF

           by BMF October 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

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