Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Monday, December 5, 2011

Turtle Telepathy?

I've just learned that turtles talk to each other to coordinate when they hatch. How awesome is that?! Life continues to prove that the oldest species may be the wisest.
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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Ooblek could have saved the turtles?

I've just learned that one scientist did extensive research on how to plug the BP oil spill, concluded and suggested that ooblek (a cornstarch mixture used to make kids play dough could stop the BP oil leak. Unfortunately his ideas were dismissed and he was kicked off the advisory board, so I guess we'll never know if the ocean could have been spared this catastrophe.
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