Posted in Science Etcetera on September 28th, 2009
Anchiornis huxleyi is yet another dinosaur-bird transitional species; however, researchers have recently figured out that it is firmly in the dinosaur category, which dramatically pushes back the history of bird evolution.
Anchiornis huxleyi
Credit: Arthur Weasley
Dr. Alan Carlin has been held up as an example of the politicization of Global Warming as the EPA refused to forward up the chain, and was outright dismissive of his skepticism on Climate Change; however, the agency’s motivations were not politically motivated, but were due to the fact that Dr. Carlin’s degree is in economics and he’s never done any research on Global Warming.
Children between the age of two and four who receive regular spankings from their parents have IQs more than 5 points lower, meaning pediatricians need to get the word out to never spank your children under any circumstances.
A sanctuary dated between 3500 and 3200 BC discovered in the Persian Gulf was dedicated to the worship of the sea cow or dugong, an animal that bares similarity to the endangered American Manatee.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York has unveiled an 11-by-4-foot tapestry made entirely of spider silk, which required more than 80 “spider wranglers” to collect the spiders daily, silk them, and release them back to nature.
Spider Silk Tapestry
Credit: R. Mickens/AMNH
Some species of Australian dinosaurs survived harsh winters by burrowing underground, which also protected them from predators.
Iceland intends to export whale meat to Japan, but the country may be forced to give up the trade as a precondition to joining the EU (Let’s hope).
Ten years after a group in Russia first claimed to have made it, superheavy element 114 has been confirmed, leading to speculation that we may be closer to the speculative “Island of Stability” where elements heavier than this are stable.
Bill Nye on Astrology:
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