Tuesday, August 22, 2006

A Smoke Angel from Airplane Flares


Astronomy Picture of the Day has a great picture of a smoke angel formed from a flare released from a jet.

Read more about the picture from the APOD website.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Male Sympathetic Pregnancy

A Quirks and Quarks podcast on male monkeys who gain weight after their partners are pregnant, even before the female shows significantly. They propose that the fathers are helping to prepare to care for the infants.


Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Star Trek Inspirational Posters


Amusing posters to inspire! Available for download to your computer.

See them all here: Star Trek Inspirational Posters

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Cat parasite affects human culture

A cat parasite affects human personalities, according to a story in LiveScience. Makes one wonder about households with lots of cats....