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- "A Year On the Wing" Enthralls by Science On Tap on Nov 23, 2009 in birds book review Tim Dee
Dee-licious, Dee-lightful! "A Year on the Wing: Four Seasons in a Life With Birds" by Tim Dee I'll cut to the chase: this is the most beautiful piece of nature-writing I have ever read. Period. There are other contenders, other gre...
- Altruism In Plants! by Science On Tap on Nov 22, 2009 in botany
Fascinating... Plants recognize, and share light/nutrients with, their own kind: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=plants-share-light-if-neighbor-is-r-09-11-20 http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/whos_th...
- Science and the Cosmos by Science On Tap on Nov 20, 2009 in Carl Sagan
The Friday video: Classic Carl Sagan from "Cosmos" on the triumph of science: Classic Carl Sagan from "Cosmos" on the triumph of science var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl.&q...
- LHC Restart Begins Tonight! by Science On Tap on Nov 20, 2009 in large hadron collider
The Large Hadron Collider, under repair and preparation for the last 14 months since it's initial startup shutdown, is finally due to re-startup tonight (the beginning of a lengthy process): http://tinyurl.com/y8ulct7 var gaJsHost = (("https:...
- Butterflies In Space by Science On Tap on Nov 19, 2009 in insects space
Somehow it's a lovely image; Monarch and Painted Lady butterflies are headed to the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Atlantis as part of a 'science outreach project': http://news.discovery.com/space/butterflies-atlantis-space-station.h...
- Blindness and Hallucinations by Science On Tap on Nov 19, 2009 in neuroscience
Do blind people experience visual hallucinations on LSD: http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/11/do_blind_people_hall.html http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/11/do_blind_people_hall.htmlvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protoc...
