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Friday Poll: Bacon-Flavored Seaweed?
Bacon-Flavored Seaweed?Scientists in Oregon have created bacon-flavored seaweed: What grows quickly, is packed with protein, has twice the nutritional value of kale and tastes like bacon? The answer,...
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“Why Elephants Don’t Explode: How Nature Solves Bigness”
See, Why Elephants Don’t Explode: How Nature Solves Bigness @ Noticing. Extra-Special Bonus: The link above about animals’ sizes includes a video trailer of the legendary B-movie, The Killer Shrews.
View ArticleTo Scale: The Solar System
On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe. A film by Wylie...
View ArticleCold Fusion Research Wasn’t Bad Because It Was a Budget Buster
There’s a brief discussion at the end of Whitewater City Manager Clapper’s state of the city address from 9.17.15 that comes to mind this morning. (I’ll get to the substance of his specific remarks...
View ArticleRare Nautilus Spotted for the First Time in 30 Years
About 30 years ago, biologist Peter Ward and his colleague discovered a new species of nautilus, and, for the first time since, Ward recently laid eyes on the rare creature again. About 30 years ago,...
View ArticleFarmer Finds a Woolly Mammoth
A Michigan soy farmer made the astonishing discovery while he and a friend were digging in his soy field. James Bristle, from Lima township just south-west of Anne Arbor, told media that what he...
View ArticleHuman v. Horse Marathon
Many animals are faster than humans at short distances, but are they faster than humans over long distances?
View ArticleThe RoboBee
For decades researchers have been trying to create this incredible vehicle, but with little success, Harvard University reported. The largest challenge has been a serious conflict in design...
View ArticleThe Hon. Alex Kozinski on Good Science
The Hon. Alex Kozinski is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit has jurisdiction over most federal appellate matters in the western continental United...
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