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Science Etcetera, Venusday 20090102

Posted in Science Etcetera on January 2nd, 2009
  • Snails use the same genes to grow left- or right-handed symmetry as humans.

    • Right- and left-handed shells

    Right- and left-handed shells
    Credit: Nipam Patel/UC Berkeley
  • College students with pets feel less lonely and depressed.
  • Shade grown coffee is grown under a canopy of multiple tree species, promoting biodiversity and healthy forests.
  • The nation’s first underwater wind turbine has been installed in the Mississippi river.
  • Just as home computing helped drive the Information Age, home genetic engineering may usher in the next age.
  • Umami is a fifth taste for which scientists are starting to figure out the molecular triggers..
  • Chumbawamba song about Darwin (lyrics)



    • 3 comments to “Science Etcetera, Venusday 20090102”

    1. It’s about time science acknowledges what I have known to be true for some time — the 5th taste is indeed real! Sometimes consensus comes about way too slow. 100 years?!?!?

           by ClintJCL January 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    2. I’ve been noticing for years that having a pet seems to help people stay human, especially people who live alone. Nice to see science validating my anecdotal evidence :)

           by Stacy January 3rd, 2009 at 12:53 am

    3. [...] [via ideonexus] Entered on 8 January 2009 at 6:57 in the Music file | [...]

           by The Guild of Scientific Troubadours » “Charlie” by Chumbawumba. A Darwinian folk song. January 8th, 2009 at 3:11 am

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