Entries Categorized as 'Science'

Happy Earth Day…

Date April 22, 2008

I’m just saying…

The World Is Awesome…

Date April 21, 2008

Apologies for a third straight video-post.. but maybe not really. My sentiments are probably expressed well in this video.

We’re Not That Different [But We Should Be]…

Date April 17, 2008

Jane Goodall (Wikipedia, TED) at TED says that humans and primates aren’t so different… and that one of our most distinguishing differences is that we communicate with spoken language:
Traveling from Ecuador to Africa, Jane Goodall takes the audience on an ecological journey, discussing highlights and low points of her experiences in the jungle. She shows [...]

The Immortal Jellyfish…

Date April 3, 2008

Turritopsis nutricula is a hydrozoan (jellyfish) with a life cycle in which it reverts back to the polyp stage after becoming sexually mature. It is the first case in which a metazoan (animal) is capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary stage (Piraino et [...]