I’ll be in transit (airport or airplane) at the time this hits your feeds. I may not get online, but you can – enjoy these links:
The Copy-Cat Scientist
Parasite of the Day: Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita
Depth perception – or why pigeons bob their heads
Pennies for Polar Bears (Again)
The technical trouble with humanoid robots
Nodalpoint is back, as a podcast
Probiotic use spreading, lots of money being made, known benefits still murky
A Great Cock-Up On Great Cockup
Can explosions move faster than the speed of light?
Good, popular history of science II
Not the centre but the garbage can.
An Ocean Chill and 20th Century Climate
The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend
Rare footage of physical treatments in psychiatry, 1957
Dreams of a consciousness measuring device
Reporting back on the ‘Science of Pulling’ – making science work for you
Flightlessness in azhdarchids, marsupial brains and pelagic desmostylians: SVPCA 2010 (part II)
Endemism in the Time of Chasmosaurs
The Cambridge Camel is Just Plain Wrong
World’s first dog genomics program
Want to raise literacy rates? Try subtitling music videos.
Facebook: 7 Highly Effective Habits
Neuroscience Journal Club: Misconceptions about Androgens
Who was that mysterious stranger?
How to learn how to (not) spay a dog, Part 3: Surgery
Distinguishing deposits from andesitic eruptions
Decycling Graphs and Terrorists
In Fuel-Efficient Auto Contest – Gasoline trumps Electricity
The US Stamp Design Selection Process
Ladybusiness anthropology: Physical activity and prevention of reproductive cancers
45 Year Old Female, Single, Never Married: Is Something Wrong?
If Antimatter Falls in a Black Hole, Does It Make a Sound?
Avoiding Baby Momma Drama – the hard way
Wordless Wednesday: Water Quality
Honduras and Micronesia Throw Down Global Challenge to Save Sharks