Science Etcetera, Marsday 20090331

Posted on 31st March 2009 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera
  • Today is Bunsen Burner Day
  • Please take a moment to vote in the All-Star Scientist Series, I had to go old-school in penalty kicks. (ht Vicky)
  • Long thought a unique loner among dinosaur herbivores, Triceratops juveniles apparently hung out in small gangs. (ht Carolyn)

    • Juvenile Triceratops

    Juvenile Triceratops
    Credit: S. Brusatte
  • A three-year study on the academic performance of 12-year-olds found video game-playing hurt overall grade point averages, math skills were unaffected and visual-spatial skills improved.
  • 11 percent of deaths in men and 16 percent of deaths in women could be prevented by reducing red-meat consumption.
  • Melting ice from Global Warming is forcing Italy and Switzerland to redraw their borders.
  • The world’s data is rotting.
  • Slideshow: Earth Hour 2009.
  • The art of restoring forgotten lunar mission photos.

    • Restored Lunar Photo: Copernicus Crater

    Restored Lunar Photo: Copernicus Crater
    Credit: NASA
  • Does venting anger only increase its intensity?
  • The importance of science in television and film storytelling.
  • Action video game players are 58 percent better at perceiving fine contrast differences in images. (HT Darin)
  • DNA traces of an unknown eastern-European woman at 17 crime scenes the result of cotton-swab contamination.
  • Clean energy FAIL. (HT Clint)
  • Seagull diving in super slow motion



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