Thank you, sir! But if everyone did the same, soon there would be no more scientists.
Photo via Cheezburger.com
Linkonomicon 17
1. All your bird call are belong to Cornell (via Debby Schade via Greg Laden).
2. Know your dino – stylish, but are those brachiosaurus nostrils in the right place? (UPDATE: According to Brian Switek, the nostrils ARE in the right place)
3. Duke teaching science through cooking (via Ashley Yeager).
4. Timeline of world religions (via Maria Popova).
5. Surprisingly, pseudoscientific gender stereotypes won’t solve gender inequality in science.
Meet the Arboreal Salamander
There is a recent natural history article in the Journal of Herpetology (click here for the link from D. E. Lee et al., 2012) describing the Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris). The authors have characterized the basic life history traits of this salamander by capture-mark-recapture studies covering a 4 year span. This information is important for many areas of future research, but specifically this will aid in future conservation endeavors.
Oh yeah and this little guy has TEETH! 
Basic life-history information like this is still lacking in many species because it is difficult to find funding. Check out the link above to read more about this salamander or click here to see more California salamanders.
“Meet the…” is a collaboration between The Finch & Pea and Nature Afield to bring Nature’s amazing creatures into your home.
The Walking Dead’s Bloody Mess 2 [repost]
Originally posted on 17 May 2012, we are reposting this piece to make sure you are adequately prepared for The Walking Dead to return from hiatus on AMC Sunday, 10 February 2013 at 9PM (ET). We’ll have a third post in this series for you on Saturday.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Previously on The Walking Dead’s Bloody Mess. . .
. . .we discussed how incredibly unlikely it would be that Rick would be the only available blood donor for Carl among the group of survivors on Hershel’s farm1. This led us2 to wonder what the blood type of his mother, Lori Grimes, might be. It is not at all unusual for a parent to not be a compatible donor for their child, especially for a direct transfusion. Lori is pregnant and her blood type could be important to the health of the wee baby Grimes (WBG). Continue reading “The Walking Dead’s Bloody Mess 2 [repost]”
Less Porn for the TSA
Last year I wrote a post about the potential dangers of x-ray backscatter scanners in use at airports around the country. According to a recent post on the TSA blog, these scanners are now being decommissioned and being replaced with millimeter wave technology scanners which do not emit radiation. This is exciting if you travel frequently and prefer to keep your x-ray dosage to a minimum. But it turns out, the TSA didn’t pull these machines because they actually care about exposing the public to harmful radiation. Continue reading “Less Porn for the TSA”
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