January 2012
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“In the years leading up to the Great Crash, most employers forgot Henry Ford’s...”
– — Robert Reich
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“There is no other species on the Earth that does science. It is, so far,...”
– Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
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“Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then...”
– — Bill Nye quoted in a Popular Mechanics article, “Science Guy Bill Nye Explains Why Evolution Belongs in Science Education,” by Sarah Fecht, Feb. 4, 2011 (via canisfamiliaris)
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December 2011
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“Most adults worldwide are lactose intolerant and can’t digest the natural sugar...”
– Andrew Weil, M.D (via pandacake)
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Turtle eggs communicate to hatch together →
oldowan:
Talk about egging your siblings on. Baby turtles communicate before hatching to coordinate their arrival into the world.
Australian river turtles (Emydura macquarii) lay eggs in a hole in a sandy riverbank. Eggs at the cooler base of the nest develop more slowly and should hatch later than their warmer brethren at the top, says Ricky-John Spencer at the University of Western Sydney,...
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Year in Review: The Biggest Science Stories of... →
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“Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...”
– Albert Szent-Györgi (1893-1986) U. S. biochemist (via gleeforglia)
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“People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via dostthouquotethme)
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