Another bit of insight into animal languages from this AP story: Nuthatches appear to have learned to understand a foreign language – chickadee. It’s not unusual for one animal to react to the alarm call of another, but nuthatches seem to go beyond that – interpreting the type of alarm and what sort of predator [...]
Posted by Chris in Animals, Language, Oddly Enough, Science, Uncategorized on April 2nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Posted by Deana in Uncategorized on March 27th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
SpaceX, which I’ve covered previously, successfully launched its Falcon 1 rocket yesterday. The launch wasn’t without incident — there was a problem with the second stage after launch, and the first launch attempt was aborted at the last second — but the results were deemed enough to justify launching commercial payloads later this year. On [...]
Posted by Chris in Space, Technology, Uncategorized on March 21st, 2007 | Comments Off
Okay, so a lot of the time I love Britain. It’s a me thing. But in this case, it’s specific. Agencies controlling food standards and safety have ordered baby milk (formula) manufacturers to stop putting claims like “next best thing to breast milk” on their packaging. They can’t say, “Helps support the immune system.” They [...]
Posted by Karen in Uncategorized on March 14th, 2007 | Comments Off
Karen is too tired to post this article from the Seattle P-I: Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced an initiative that would put a whole new twist on traditional unions between men and women: It would require heterosexual couples to have children within three years or else have their marriages annulled. I can’t wait to [...]
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law, Uncategorized on February 6th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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