Tiny brained bees solve a complex mathematical problem

Tiny brained bees solve a complex mathematical problem

they are probably better at math than i am

When vertebrae cross dress: How sloths got their long neck

When vertebrae cross dress: How sloths got their long neck
A plug for a book by the wonderful Kari-Lynn Winter- read Jeffery and Sloth

Underwater robot to explore ice-covered ocean and Antarctic ice shelf

Underwater robot to explore ice-covered ocean and Antarctic ice shelf

Again, something I wish I had known several weeks ago when I was in Woods Hole

'Burpless' Grass Cuts Methane Gas From Cattle, May Help Reduce Global Warming

'Burpless' Grass Cuts Methane Gas From Cattle, May Help Reduce Global Warming
Less methane and more milk. Think there's an ad campaign in this? Got Gas?

Don't blame dairy cows for (greenhouse) gas emissions, new study shows

Don't blame dairy cows for (greenhouse) gas emissions, new study shows
Read this blog, then the next one on cow farts. The fact that scientists get money to study this blows my mind

Surgeons With Video Game Skill Appear To Perform Better In Simulated Surgery Skills Course

Surgeons With Video Game Skill Appear To Perform Better In Simulated Surgery Skills Course
Just what the doctor ordered- or not. It's better I suppose than a surgeon who played with "Operation"

Top 10 quirky science tricks for parties

Top 10 quirky science tricks for parties
i can't do this with kids, but it is so cool

eating newton's apples

It's a best kept secret- at the University of British Columbia there's a grove of trees grown from a cutting of the famous apple tree that sat outside of Sir Isaac Newton's room in Cambridge. He is said to have been hit by a falling apple which inspired him to write about gravity.

Ventriloquism In Motion: How Sound Can Move Light

Ventriloquism In Motion: How Sound Can Move Light

And this is something we will need for our next book which has a sound component.

Breaking ball too good to be true: Illusion behind batters' perceptions of 'breaking' curveballs and 'rising' fastballs

Breaking ball too good to be true: Illusion behind batters' perceptions of 'breaking' curveballs and 'rising' fastballs

The next time we update Sports Science, this will really have to be in the book!

Ocean acidification poses little threat to whales’ hearing, study suggests

Ocean acidification poses little threat to whales’ hearing, study suggests

one more thing I need to know if I want to write a book about sounds in the Ocean. Wish I had known this about 3 weeks ago,.
S

CM Magazine: Scary Science: 25 Creepy Experiments.

CM Magazine: Scary Science: 25 Creepy Experiments.
You have to love a great review, especially one not done by anyone you know. Thanks U of M!

TeachingBooks.net Book Reading | Bathtub Science

TeachingBooks.net Book Reading | Bathtub Science

YouTube - Shakespeare sketch - A Small Rewrite

YouTube - Shakespeare sketch - A Small Rewrite

No offense to any of my editors, but..........
Leslie and I once had a editor we called the "vampire" because she sucked the life out of anything we sent to her. Then there was the editor who put exclamation marks after every sentence.