Astronomy:
- The Milky Way galaxy still feels the effects of a two-billion-year-old collision.
Animal biology:
- Via The Intersection, I visited Vanessa Woods’s website. It’s worth a browse. I’ve read some of Vanessa’s work in magazines.
- An article broadcast on Catalyst revealed that horses are not so smart.
- Greg laden discusses chimps and bonobos.
- A weird fish that I’d never heard of before.
Blog Activity:
- A comment of mine on Language Log prompted Mark Liberman to extrapolate in the second half of another article.
Geology:
- Exploring buried Antarctic mountains.
- Singing about geology.
Inventions:
Medicine:
- A new material for patching up broken bones.
- Safer electrodes for your brain.
Music:
- I liked this Chinese video that was posted on Language Log. Not your typical rap music.
Palaeontology:
- An article from Laelaps on the discovery of human antiquity in the 1890’s.
- Long-necked stegosaur discovered.
Physics:
- I’d not heard of neutron halos before reading this article.
Psychology:
- An experiment showing one way in which colour perception in the brain is influenced by language.
- An optical illusion and its relevance for art.
You are welcome to add your thoughts.