Science Etcetera, Venusday 20090313

Posted on 13th March 2009 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera
  • Happy Pluto Day!!!
  • The London Science Museum has an online exhibit Brought to Life, which covers the history of medicine, including devices to prevent erections and a human stomach dissected to look like a fan. (Via New Scientist)

    • Wooden acupuncture model,<br /> Asia, 1601-1700

    Wooden acupuncture model,
    Asia, 1601-1700
  • Giving vegetables cool names like “X-ray Vision Carrots” gets preschoolers to eat more of them (Via EurekAlert!).
  • Earth’s highest microbial ecosystem discovered on top of a Volcano in the Andes, where the environment is getting close to Mars-like (Via LiveScience).
  • Giving elephant seals facebook accounts. (Via NPR)
  • How you can get involved in Barack Obama’s goal of making Government Data open and easy to access. (Via Wired)
  • Pink Dolphin spotted in Louisiana lake. Photos at the link.(HT Vicky)
  • Baroque Mandelbrot Zoom



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