Weekly round up - February 22, 2008
What’s been on The Great Beyond this week and a few extras...
Monday February 18
Iran reaches orbit? Not just yet... / SOS: Save our Sharks / $150,000 for that doggie in the window / Is there life on Mars? No.
Tuesday February 19
I for one welcome our dancing robot overlords / Songs about science part III: geology / Russian pole stunt’s American origin / Bee disease ‘threatens ice-cream’
Wednesday February 20
Florida backs evolution in schools (kind of) / ‘Monster’ giant beasts found in Antarctic waters / Watch the skies: lunar eclipse is coming
Thursday February 21
Giant pythons to put the squeeze on California? / Ultrasound scans ‘find the G spot’ / Heavy work for green light
Friday February 22
Why some caterpillars look like **** / Singing politicians fight for water / Have sonar tests claimed another cetacean victim? / Moving atoms is easy, measuring the moves less so / If I were a rich man…
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Climate Feedback: Can technology stop the world from warming (and my ice-cream from melting)?
In the Field: Whom can you trust?
Nautilus: Nature Network advice on writing style
Ones that got away
Felling the illegal timber trade – from the BBC
Chemists and secret formulas – from the Houston Chronicle