science and nature

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• I Dig Dinosaurs T-Rex Skeleton Excavation Adventure

  
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• Insert Potato Joke Here

  
  ninme — Authority: 136
  BBC – South Africa HIV-row minister Tshabalala-Msimang dies South African ex-Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, criticised for questioning whether HIV causes Aids, has died aged 69 from liver disease. Her critics dubbed her “Dr Beetroot” for her advocacy of healthy eating rather than drugs to ...
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• You Lost ‘Em at “Sensible”

  
  ninme — Authority: 136
  I feel like this is Solomonic, but I’m not sure. In the National Post : This will never happen, but the New York Times carries a column today in which University of Guelph professor Ross McKitrick proposes a simple solution to the carbon tax conundrum: Tie taxes to temperatures. He suggests imposing ...
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• Quick, Read This!

  
  ninme — Authority: 136
  I’ve had a busy day of sitting places reading stuff on my phone. So much read, but no time to sit at the computer and link to any of it properly… So here, RC2 has a HUGE post on pretty much everything Copenhagen (with videos!): Wheat & Weeds – “I Tried To Tell Them….” That’ll keep you all ...
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• Talkin’ Sid the Science Kid

  
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• The Universe: The Music Video

  
  ninme — Authority: 136
  Curtsy: Vanderleun in his awesome post about awesome Saturn’s awesome hexagonal ring. It’s this kinda thing that’ll make kids wanna study science.
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• TickleMe Plant

  
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• Sid the Science Kid Plush Toy & DVD

  
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• The astrolabe - a 13th century computer

  
  TYWKIWDBI — Authority: 589
  An explanation in nine minutes of how the astrolabe worked. The earliest devices date from about 200 BC, but by medieval times they became sophisticated mechanical computers.
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• A Deluge of Winter Coats, Complaining, and Bad Vibes is Upon Us

  
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• Subscription to Educator.com

  
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• Western Liberal Do-Gooders Destroy a Few More Swathes of China

  
  ninme — Authority: 136
  Lovely. The Sunday Times – Chinese pay toxic price for a green world Just outside the heavily polluted industrial city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, surrounded by smokestacks, lies a lake with no name. At this time of year the lake bed freezes into waves of solid mud. In summer, locals say, it oozes a ...
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• Spectacular video of Venus flytraps

  
  TYWKIWDBI — Authority: 589
  A three-minute segment from the BBC "Life" series was posted at YouTube this week. As with most BBC offerings, it has embedding disabled, so you need to view it at this link . Theres nothing "new," but the photography is worth the click. Screencaps above. One almost feels sorry for the fly. Almost. Via ...
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• The mimicry of the Superb Lyrebird

  
  TYWKIWDBI — Authority: 589
  Last April I posted the famous video of David Attenborough introducing the Superb Lyrebird to the world. If youve not seen it, its worth a click, because the birds skills are jaw-dropping. Somehow last August I missed the remix. Rectifying that now. Via Neatorama .
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• The Leidenfrost effect

  
  TYWKIWDBI — Authority: 589
  Probably everyone who has cooked in a kitchen has seen this effect without knowing it had a name or a sophisticated explanation. The video above is brief and to the point. This longer and more comprehensive video - shows that the same principle applies when the person sticks his bare hand into liquid nitrogen.
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• I Think I’d Rather Get Chased By the Sharks

  
  ninme — Authority: 136
  Telegraph – Australian dives face-first into deadly peanut-sized jellyfish An Australian man was fighting for his life on Friday after he dived face-first into a venomous jellyfish the size of a peanut in waters off north-east Australia. Sing it (curtsy (again) Brett McS) everybody!
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• Tiger drives sales of physics book

  
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  A photograph showing a copy of Get A Grip On Physics by John Gribbin on the floor of Tiger Woodss wrecked SUV has seen the book rocket up Amazons bestseller chart Its been a terrible week for Tiger Woods, but the golf stars moment of madness at the steering wheel has brought a surge in sales for a book written by a ...
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• Absolutely the Funniest Item of the Day CCXXII

  
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  Jon Stewart on Climategate: Hilarious.
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• Feels like a Sunday

  
  It's A Jungle Out There... — Authority: 134
  I think it feels like Sunday to me because I made a big meal – Mom always made big meals on Sundays for everyone to enjoy.    I made roast, mashed potatoes and steamed peas.  It was awesome.  The gravy turned out so good that I’m actually saving the leftover, much to the chagrin of the dogs who were looking ...
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• Flying carp approaching the Great Lakes

  
  TYWKIWDBI — Authority: 589
  I believe Ive posted this topic before, but the Star Tribune ran an updated article today, excerpted below: CHICAGO - Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the ...
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