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Posts made in April, 2014

So Dinosaurs Can Climb Walls Now?

So Dinosaurs Can Climb Walls Now?

Take a look at this 300 foot high wall in Bolivia, which has over 5,000 dinosaur footprints.3 miles from downtown Sucre, Bolivia is Cal Orko, a limestone slab 0.9 miles long and over 328 feet high. On this steep 73 degree face can see tracks from 68 million years ago. Cal Orko has 462 distinct dinosaur tracks from at least 8 different species - 5,055 individual dinosaur footprints. So how do...

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Natural Schmatural, We Want To Know What Our Food Doesn’t Have In It

Sid Salter, director of public affairs at Mississippi State University, writes in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger that labels have gone too far. read...

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This Earth Day, Thank A Chemist

Earth Day is fast approaching and, let's face it, if you celebrate Earth Day you probably hate science. And you really hate chemists.  But there has never been a reason for it, it is simply modern chemophobia. If you ask an environmentalist if they should use a chemical solvent or baking soda to clean, they will say baking soda - but baking soda is a toxic synthetic chemical (NaHCO3) unless...

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Viagra Ice Cream – Lick Me, I’m Delicious

Viagra Ice Cream – Lick Me, I’m Delicious

Let's give it up for Livescience. Their article on an arousing Champagne ice cream, the brainchild of Welsh food inventor Charlie Harry Francis, is sold with a clever graphic. They didn't even have to create it.  Lick Me I'm Delicious, the name for this brainchild of Francis, did. It has 25 mg of Viagra.Get it? Lick me? Viagra?Maybe their photo will help.Link:...

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After The Blood Moon: Do Some Post-Apocalypse Science

Since the Blood Moon - whatever that is, it sounds Biblical - was last night, and it spells the beginning of our doom, according to a guy trying to sell some books, it's time to start prepping for the days of ultimate holy war. That means no more Southern blots and particle colliders, it's back to basics.In preparation, this weekend the kids and I decided to see what kind of life we could make...

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