More reasons to love Google, some great news about your energy bill, and more. Check it out in
this week’s BioBites!
Entries from January 2009
January 30, 2009
More Evidence that Google is AWESOME!
January 28, 2009
The worst jobs in science… and grad student didn’t even make the list!
Popular Science has put together a list of the worst jobs in science for 2009. Want to know more? Think your job is worse? After you read about what a taphonomist does, I bet you’ll change your mind!
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January 26, 2009
The March of the Penguins
One of the great aspects of science is that most of the time the news is good. New discoveries are constantly being made that improve life for humans and animals. Sadly, sometimes the news is not so good. In this story about emperor penguins, as with most other stories about global [...]
January 23, 2009
It’s hard to think about global warming when it’s 12 degrees
If it’s as cold where you are as it has been in Boston, global warming might not be the first thing on your mind, but it’s been a hot topic in science news this week. Read about this and more (including training bees and healing nerves) in…
…this week’s BioBites!
January 21, 2009
YouTube for Scientists: DNATube
We scientists also like to procrastinate by checking out cool videos online, but sometimes the videos we check out are pretty nerdy. If you’d like to check out some nerdy videos, DNATube is definitely the best place to go. There are AMAZING videos here of all kinds of biological processes, from how DNA [...]
January 19, 2009
A new reason to stick to that resolution to quit smoking…
Mid-way through January, many New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. I, for one, have been keeping my lab notebook more organized, but my posts have been a bit on the tardy side. For any of you out there resolving to quit smoking this year, maybe this will be a motivational boost. [...]
January 16, 2009
Post-Holiday Blues?
Shake them off with some cool new science! Check it out in
this week’s BioBites!
January 14, 2009
An ant farm on steroids!
Ever wonder what an ant colony looks like underground? These scientists did, too, so they filled an abandoned one with concrete and then dug it out. Ten tons (yes, TEN TONS) of concrete later, they discovered the ant equivalent of the Great Wall of China. Check it out below!
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January 12, 2009
You Can’t Hurry Love…
Turns out Diana Ross had it right. A new mathematical model shows that we females like to wait for just the right male. Will math choose our mates in the future? Read on to find out.
I want more candy!
You’re lying, right?
My brain hurts!
January 9, 2009
BioBites for the new year!
Welcome back to our first BioBites of 2009! Read up on what you missed in the science world while you were busy opening presents and eating lots of junk food (if your break was anything like mine).
This week’s BioBites!
