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Comment by Don on February 9, 2010 at 9:33pm

What else could that seal do but thank God?

Comment by Sydni Moser on February 9, 2010 at 7:25pm

That the Orcas didn't eat the seal is quite remarkable. Lucky seal.

Comment by Adrian on February 9, 2010 at 7:23pm

A fly through of the known universe. Nice little video, from a great YouTube channel! Check out their Nasa archive picture collections. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXrXTx94aFg

Comment by Sydni Moser on February 4, 2010 at 11:04am

WATCH: Becoming Human Part 1 - NOVA on PBS

First Steps: Six million years ago, what set our ancestors on the path from ape to human?

Program Description

Where did we come from? What makes us human? An explosion of recent discoveries sheds light on these questions, and NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special, "Becoming Human," examines what the latest scientific research reveals about our hominid relatives.

Part 1, "First Steps," examines the factors that caused us to split from the other great apes. The program explores the fossil of "Selam," also known as "Lucy's Child." Paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged spent five years carefully excavating the sandstone-embedded fossil. NOVA's cameras are there to capture the unveiling of the face, spine, and shoulder blades of this 3.3 million-year-old fossil child. And NOVA takes viewers "inside the skull" to show how our ancestors' brains had begun to change from those of the apes.

Why did leaps in human evolution take place? "First Steps" explores a provocative "big idea" that sharp swings of climate were a key factor.

The other programs in the "Becoming Human" series are Part 2: "Birth of Humanity," which profiles the earliest species of humans, and Part 3: "Last Human Standing," which examines why, of various human species that once shared the planet, only our kind remains.

Watch all three episodes HERE:

Comment by Wesley on January 31, 2010 at 3:02pm

http://www.brainmysteries.com/ Very interesting site.. didn't know where else to post it. TA needs a place just for posting interesting links,,,perhaps divided up into category. If they already have such a thing will someone please point me towards it?

Comment by Sydni Moser on January 25, 2010 at 10:14pm

Ranal Keynes: When Darwin Is In Your Family Tree

NPR - Fresh Air - Jan 21, 2010

Listen to the ( 30 min.) Story HERE:

Have you ever wondered about the personal life of the man who developed the theory of evolution?

On today's Fresh Air, the conservationist Randal Keynes — Charles Darwin's great-great grandson — talks about the man behind the science: his relationship with his wife, Emma, and how they handled the death of their daughter.

In 2002, Keynes wrote a book on the subject called Annie's Box, which shares personal letters and diaries documenting how Darwin cared for his daughter in the last months of her life. The book is the basis for the new film Creation.

Comment by Sydni Moser on January 25, 2010 at 8:11pm

For Cave Women, Farmers Had Extra Sex Appeal
by Richard Harris - January 25, 2010

Can a man's technology make him more attractive to women? A new study says it can. But before you run out and upgrade your smart phone, take note.

The technology in this story includes stone axes and other basic tools of agriculture. And the smitten women are the hunter-gatherers of prehistoric Europe. Those technologies were not simply cutting edge about 10,000 years ago; they were revolutionary.

Continue Reading or Listen to this NPR Story HERE:

Comment by David Kenneth Craggs on December 22, 2009 at 8:08pm

I'm a Third year student of ZOOLOGY woop woop. FINALLY, finished my project proposal for investigating heterozygosity and inbreeding of Great Crested Newt. Just wanted to get that off my chest lol. I love science to bits. If it were a woman, i'd eat it. Seriously, in a heart beat. Thats true love right there

Comment by Johnny on December 4, 2009 at 1:44pm

Indeed Jeff; although some might argue similarities with some human parasites.

:P

Comment by Johnny on December 4, 2009 at 10:42am

Amazing! Reproductive behavior and life cycle of emerald cockroach wasp - RT @funscience

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