This week, scientists announce a new dinosaur named after our local Garden of Gods: Theiophytalia kerri. The fossil was misclassified when it was originally discovered in the 1880s.
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Archive for the “Science” CategoryOn April 15, Expelled will have their complete response to the film which claims that educators and scientists are being persecuted for their belief that there is evidence of design in nature. (via my favorite science blog, Pharyngula.) Tags: ScienceAstroprof writes about Daylight Wasting Time? and a research study that was done in Indiana. Play Cellular Automata Blue Cells, also known as the Game of Life. The mission of the Mars Rovers, which was supposed to last several months, has been extended yet again in the fifth extension in three years. I was shocked the other day to read the other day that only 38% of Americans could give blood if they wanted to. The CBS article Number Of Americans Eligible To Give Blood Overestimated By 60 Percent explains why. When I started donating in college, I think they asked potential donors about seven questions, including about how the donor was feeling that day. I think there were several dozen questions that I answered to today before I donated. Without working at a place with a regular visit by a blood bank, I hadn’t donated in four or five years. With my new job, I now drive past a hospital with a blood bank four days a week, so I decided to schedule an appointment there. I am pleased to report that the juice and chocolate chip cookies were very good. Wikipedia has an article on Bighorn Sheep, two herds of which I was thrilled to see on our Sunday trip. Like many others, I just went to our pantry and verifed that we didn’t have any of the peanut butter mentioned in FDA Recall. If you are tired of buying batteries, use these instructions for a Potato powered mp3 player. |





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