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The Clowns Of The Science Class
Do You Digg It! | August 18th 2008 by Sean Rasmussen
Where to Find Zooillogix: Blog URL: http://www.scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/ Category: Science, Hobbies Zooillogix Zooillogix is the collaborative effort of two brothers, both closet-zoologists using their day-jobs in the software industry as a fittin read more
Beaked whales avoiding predators, sonar?
RaisingIslands | August 13th 2008
Small whales around the Islands, which dive to nearly a mile deep and stay down for as much as an hour and a half, may sometimes make fast "bounce" dives in response to predators and also sonar. That's a conclusion in a new paper by whale researcher read more
Bigfoot’s Body Found
R.W Ridley | August 13th 2008 by R.W. Ridley
Two police officers in Georgia claim to have the body of Bigfoot. Apparently DNA tests have been done and they are planning to hold a press conference on Friday, August 15. I’m a bigfoot enthusiast, and even I am skeptical. They are only going to h read more
Lil Bits of Rancor or Not 8/08/08
A Feather Adrift | August 8th 2008 by Sherry Peyton
The question is asked: Do we actually want a government that is free from scandal and cheating? One has to wonder and we learn that so much corruption exists in Washington. The lobbyists and the politicians make deals that feather their own nests and read more
Of Beauty and Neglect
A Feather Adrift | August 7th 2008 by Sherry Peyton
This breathtaking photograph was done by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1947 and is named “Trees in Snow, St. Moritz.” I know it’s out of season, but I couldn’t resist it. It is the type of photo and the type of landscape that simply m read more
Regal 'Io, or Hawaiian hawk, to lost endangered species protectio…
RaisingIslands | August 6th 2008
The regal Hawaiian hawk, which has been on the federal endangered species list for 41 years, would be removed from the list under a plan announced today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The service said “the population is secure and no longer read more
Hawaiian endangered birds stunningly underfunded
RaisingIslands | August 4th 2008
Imagine coming upon a group of islands where birds were everywhere. Where multicolored species fluttered like gems in the trees, plumed in greens and reds, oranges and yellows, blacks and tans. (Image: Sheryl Ives Boynton painting of the golden Kaua' read more
SmartLab Amazing Animal Challenge
KidScience Blog | July 30th 2008 by Gayle Olson
Whether it slithers, sprints, swims, or soars, it’s all here and it’s amazing! Adding to the popular Challenge series, SmartLab introduces AMAZING ANIMAL CHALLENGE, a book and interactive game component packed with 1,000 trivia questio read more
Polynesian chickens in Chile? New furor, but they still look Poly…
RaisingIslands | July 28th 2008
A towering scientific furor has arisen over...chickens. Specifically, whether Polynesian voyagers introduced chickens to South America before the first Europeans showed up...carrying their own chickens.(Image: Red jungle fowl, the chicken of the Poly read more
Blogroll Update
Women in Science | July 25th 2008 by Peggy
Here are some new blogs on the women in science blogroll.General and MiscellaneousThe Alternative Scientist is a group blog about "alternative career options for scientists. There are many career paths for a scientist in addition to the traditional t read more
Swamped
The Cambridge Mission | July 25th 2008 by j
It could be her new job. It could be the state of her room. It could be the mountain of work teachers have decided to pile on her just before the summer holidays. Whatever it is, J hasn’t had a lot of time lately to write anything but excuses. read more
Alien Experience: Xenomorph Biology
Biology in Science Fiction | July 21st 2008 by Peggy
Have you ever wondered if the xenomorphs in the Alien movies smell or what happens to the species if they take on their host's DNA every generation? If so, you might want to check out the Alien Experience web site, which includes "everything Alien &a read more
Biology in Science Fiction Roundup: July 19 Edition
Biology in Science Fiction | July 20th 2008 by Peggy
Here are a few of the biology and/or SF links I've been reading the past couple of weeks. Note that blogging will be light the next couple of weeks due to tag team house guests.Written WordIn the Amazon.com blog Omnivoracious guest blogger Richard K. read more
Symbionts starve reef corals
RaisingIslands | July 18th 2008
Some corals may carry within them the seeds of their own destruction. Reef-building corals are understood to be a combined biological creature, made up of coral animals that contain plants known as dinoflagellates. The coral can feed off the waste pr read more
Primeval: Dinosaur Fact and Fiction
Biology in Science Fiction | July 16th 2008 by Peggy
I just read the news that in August BBC America will begin broadcasting the science fiction series Primeval. According to previews, it's a mixture of science fiction with a healthy dose of science fact:The series stars Douglas Henshall as "Professor read more
Orca - Killer Whale
KidScience Blog | July 14th 2008 by Gayle Olson
Even though whales and dolphins live in the ocean they are not fish. They are mammals. Mammals are animals that feed their young on milk. Mammals have lungs and breathe air, they have a backbone and they are warm-blooded. The reason that mamma read more
Strawberry guava biocontrol possible
RaisingIslands | July 12th 2008
The introduced strawberry guava fruit is a tangy little morsel when you're on a hike in Hawai'i, and it makes tasty jam or jelly. (Image: Strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum) leaves and fruit. Credit: Forest and Kim Starr, USGS.) A strawberry guava read more
Celebrate The Blob
Biology in Science Fiction | July 6th 2008 by Peggy
“Beware of The Blob!It creeps, and leaps, and glides and slides,Across the floor, right through the doorAnd all around the wall.A splotch, a blotch,Be careful of The Blob!”If you are near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania next weekend, you might want t read more
Ocean acidification requires action; the science is clear
RaisingIslands | July 3rd 2008
The science showing the increasing acidification of the oceans is clear and concise—and does not require reliance on complex computer models, a University of Hawai'i researcher reports. (Image: Coastal Hawaiian coral reef at Nu'alolo, Kaua'i.)The e read more
Secrets
The Cambridge Mission | June 28th 2008 by j
So far, J hasn’t provided any real reasons as to why she thinks she has a shot at Cambridge. She wants to share some of that information now so that others don’t think she is a complete lunatic that is just attention seeking. J really wan read more
Survival of the fittest !!
melange | June 28th 2008 by mdvasanth
The biological life theory of Struggle for existence and survival of the fittest is what most of the Scientists agree on unanimously, watch this video, and tell me if there is any relevance between my first few lines and the video. read more
Breathing Life Deeply
A Feather Adrift | June 26th 2008 by Sherry Peyton
These haunting eyes are of a Nova-Walpi, North American Indian. I sadly don’t know if Nova-Walpi is a tribe or Nova is his name. Such things didn’t seem important enough to record I guess. The picture was taken by Edward Sheriff Curtis read more
Green Porno
Biology in Science Fiction | June 20th 2008 by Peggy
Isabella Rossellini's latest project, Green Porno, is a series of short films about the sex life of bugs. But they aren't your typical nature documentaries:Each film is executed in a very simple childlike manner. They are a playful mixture of real wo read more
Pandora’s Proximity
A Feather Adrift | June 17th 2008 by Sherry Peyton
Entitled “Pategonia, Chile #5, this was done by Rene Bass Forman in 2004. Another day with sun! Will wonders never cease? I had another of my bad dreams this morning, actually two of them together. One is the infamous pee dream. I gotta go in r read more
Oh Deer - It's a Unicorn!
The OddBlog | June 16th 2008 by ManoDogs
Someone taped a one-horned deer in a wildlife preserve in Italy and the media is making much of it's being a "unicorn." Of course, the media is not literally proposing this tape proves the existence... Read More... read more
Ratha's Creatures
Biology in Science Fiction | June 14th 2008 by Peggy
Clare Bell's Ratha series of young adult novels features sapient prehistoric cats who live by herding deer. The first novel in the series, Ratha's Creature (published in 1983) won young adult fiction awards from the International Reading Association read more
Vote for the "most celebrated female scientist of all time"
Women in Science | June 10th 2008 by Peggy
L'Oréal's For Women in Science Program is sponsoring a new UK website where you can vote for the most influential woman scientist. The candidates span more than a thousand years* and a wide range of scientific specialties:Mary Anning (1799-1847), pa read more
Finding the Spiritual in H2O
A Feather Adrift | June 10th 2008 by Sherry Peyton
This was an entry in the 2007 Spider Awards for black and white photography. It is by Matthew Septimus and is entitled “Ganges Bathing.” It struck me that we are not making anything spiritual of this experience with water. Perhaps that is read more
The worst jobs in science
Women in Science | June 10th 2008 by Peggy
MSN has put together a list of the "10 worst jobs in science" that are dirty or uncomfortable. Only one woman made the list:Rosalind Rolland is a scientist at the New England Aquarium who "pioneered whale-feces research in 1999"."It surprised even me read more
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