Release the Carnivorous Insects!
Mother Nature was certainly cooperating when it came the delightful Mother’s Day weather. That’s why I chose this weekend for my annual release of carnivorous insects! For the past decade or so, I release two different groups of predators: Ladybugs and Praying Mantis. An order of 1500 Live Ladybugs is about $9 — they take...
Get Your Science On: Super Moon, May 5, 2012 11:34pm
Perigee Moon
Another “super-Moon” is in the offing. The perigee full Moon in May will be as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02may_supermoon/ for m...
Get Your Science On: Super Moon, May 5, 2012 11:34pm
Perigee Moon
Another “super-Moon” is in the offing. The perigee full Moon in May will be as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02may_supermoon/ for m...
Things That Will Change the World
Overcoming spinal cord injuries (I learned a lot about the spinal cord from the first segment, e.g. the systems that control walking are at the base of the spinal column, the brain has little to do with it), remote brain...
NASA | THEMIS Mission
I know the Themis Guys!
NASA’s THEMIS mission consists of five identical probes that will track the violent, colorful eruptions of aurora near the North Pole.
The satellite is scheduled to liftoff on February 15, 2007 aboard a Delta II rocket fr...
See Northern Lights from space station
NASA released time-lapse video from the international space station
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Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world
Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets’ research is the Northwest’s native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break...
Explore Your Solar System
The Solar System” is a simulation/educational program designed to help make the experience of learning more enjoyable. Even if facts aren’t your interest, it’s a great way to explore the universe around us. It has been designed from the ground up with the distinct intent to make exploring and learning about the solar system fun,...
The Future of America
One of the things I have taught myself to do over the years was to think in different time frames. This includes very long geological epochs and astronomical eons. Maybe it was an interest in dinosaurs and astronomy as a kid, but historical time frames was a concept I was familiar with. Perhaps that was the...
Left vs Right Brain
Are You Left or Right Brain? www.onlinecollege.org/left-or-right-brain >
