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Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20090430

Posted in Science Etcetera on April 30th, 2009
  • New Scientist graphic of how long world resources will last.

    • World Resources

    World Resources
  • Here’s a controversial topic to cover on a blog: The Adaptive Significance of Semen Flavor.
  • NASA’s new online flash game Scope it Out! teaches kids about telescopes.
  • The column Why Minds Are Not Like Computers is heavy on descriptions of how computers work, but thin on making a convincing case for why minds aren’t like them.
  • A distant 10-second flash of energy from a dying star spotted by astronomers occurred when the universe was a mere 630 million years old, making it the oldest object ever observed in the universe.

    • 13.1 billion light years away

    13.1 billion light years away
  • It took 24-hours of being submerged underwater for wolf spiders to drown, but then, unexpectedly, they came back to life. (HT Carolyn)
  • Muscle fatigue is in the mind, which explains why energy drinks give us a boost long before the carbohydrates within them could have been absorbed.
  • Remarks by the President to the annual NAS meeting supporting science.
  • Pine bark beetles, which are wiping out North American trees, carry a bacteria which attacks a hostile fungus but not the fungus the beetle shares symbiosis with. (HT Mom)



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