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Tag Archives: science roundup
Step Away from the Fuzzy Tyrannosaur and Other News of the Week
Do These Feathers Make Me Look Fat? Every winter, the Boston Museum of Science drapes a winter scarf around the neck of its model T. Rex. Turns out T. Rex may not have needed that winter scarf at all. This … Continue reading
It’s the Sound Stupid, and Other News of the Week
Just a quick set of links this morning as The Four-Year-Old is headed to the kitchen to begin her morning science experiment with or without me. So far she’s collected some sugar and salt. Personally I’m hoping she’ll add a … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Technology
Tagged birds, chameleons, Fordham Institute, science roundup, Space Shuttle, Stonehenge
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The Day I Got Lazy and Other News of the Week
Or moment, depending on whom you talk to. Regardless, here’s some stuff The Four-Year-Old and I noticed about the world this week: Painting squirrels: NBC report Rescued dolphins: Six dolphins stranded off Cape Cod, 300 others guided safely out of … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, books, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, John James Audubon, science roundup
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Hybrid Sharks and Other News of the Week
This week finds us enthralled by the many flavors of evolutionary adaptation. Yesterday The Four-Year-Old and I learned that scientists have discovered not one, not two, but 57 hybrid sharks swimming off the coast of Australia. The hybrids are the … Continue reading
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Tagged hybrid sharks, neuroscience, octopus, RNA editing, science roundup
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NIH Suspends Funding for Testing on Chimps and Other News of the Week
NIH suspends funding for testing on chimps. We start this week with a follow-up to a previous Caterpickle which mentioned that the NIH was preparing a report on the usefulness of chimps in biomedical and behavioral research. Yesterday, the New … Continue reading
Make Way for Teddy! and Other News of the Week
Make Way for Teddy: A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that veterinary schools are finally catching on to something Four-Year-Olds everywhere have known for generations. Practicing basic medical techniques on stuffed animals can reduce stress, increase confidence, … Continue reading
Asteroid! and Other News of the Week
Before we get to the news on this Veterans Day, we’d like to take a moment to thank our readers who serve–or have served–in our military. Happy Veterans Day and thank you for all that you have done for us. … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Technology
Tagged 2005 YU55, asteroid, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jupiter, Mars, Mars Rover, moon, NASA, science roundup
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Mind-Control Zombie Parasites and Other News of the Week
What? A rant about penguins wearing sweaters on a Friday? Science news on a Wednesday? Doesn’t this woman know how important routine is to preschoolers? What the heck is going on? Obviously, Caterpickles Central has been invaded by mind-control zombie … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged animals, dinosaurs, Eating, Health, imperial woodpecker, mind control zombie parasites, science roundup, watermelons
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Yet Another Reason to Hate Laundry and Other News of the Week
From Science News for Kids comes reason #514 to hate doing laundry: Washing your clothes can pollute the ocean, even if you live far from the coastline. According to a study by Mark Browne, an environmental scientist at University College … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet, dinosaurs, Natural History Museum, ocean, plastic pollution, pterosaurs, Richard Owen, science roundup, T. Rex
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