Darwin's Brave New World (Episode 1)
via AtheistPlanet “Darwins Brave New World is the story of how four young voyagers to the southern hemisphere, Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Russel Wallace revolutionised science and gave birth to an extraordinary theory...

Generation specs: Stopping the short-sight epidemic - health - 06 November 2009 - New Scientist
Apparently, if you want your kids to have good vision, make them go play outside. The bright light and long distances are essential to keep their eyes from becoming elongated and myopic.

Home | Chem Toddler
Cool chemistry experiments

Parents would rather talk about drugs than math or science http://bit.ly/OPkhl (via @kbriankelley)

Generation specs: Stopping the short-sight epidemic - health - 06 November 2009 - New Scientist
In the meantime, the safest bet to prevent myopia still seems to be to spend as much time outside as possible

Injected cells stop body from attacking self - health - 03 November 2009 - New Scientist
There have been two challenges: how to obtain large supplies of the rare T-regs, which make up less than 1 per cent of all immune cells, and how to neutralise dangerous immune cells without weakening the entire immune system. The team starts by...

Carl Sagan remembered
Today is Carl Sagan’s 75th birthday. It would be nice if he were still around to send him the greeting personally, but sadly, he died too young: in 1996 he succumbed to complications of myleodysplasia. As he himself noted, though, the progress of...

Scientists win place for evolution in primary schools | Education | The Guardian
This is good news. "The government is ready to put evolution on the primary curriculum for the first time after years of lobbying by senior scientists."

UFO research and science http://is.gd/4R3Iv

Carl Sagan remembered
Today is Carl Sagan’s 75th birthday. It would be nice if he were still around to send him the greeting personally, but sadly, he died too young: in 1996 he succumbed to complications of myleodysplasia. As he himself noted, though, the progress of...

Map of the Day - National Geographic Magazine
map of space exploration

Fight Corporate and Commercial Influence on Science - http://tinyurl.com/yzb7eq7

And Twins make 5! - A Mommy Blog: Young Scientist: Science on a ... http://bit.ly/2ZHRG

Famous African American Women Inventors By Claire Bretana: Science is generally viewed as a men's world. Females are ... http://bit.ly/y0cb6

Like checklist cause it gives stats on likelihood of #Swineflu #H1N1 symptoms http://bit.ly/2bSBsr @amandacallahan Science over fear!

RT @mokindo "Twitter science list categories", in case you feel the urge to spread you geek wings a little further http://bit.ly/2Hlgwi

Making Science Class The Coolest Period In School | sciencestage.com
sciencestage.com Making Science Class The Coolest Period In School http://bit.ly/4iLkWW

Get High Now author interviewed on Expanding Mind podcast
My favorite podcast as of late is Erik Davis' Expanding Mind, which covers the realm of human consciousness. In previous podcasts Erik has talked with guests about neuro technologies, ceremonial magic, secret societies, underground comics, grass-roots...

Evolution: life on Earth is one big extended family
Rather nice map of evolution.

New Blog Post: Young Scientist: Science on a Gardening Adventure {Review & Giveaway}: If yo.. http://bit.ly/sGgyO

Saturn at equinox - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Some fantastic recent images from the Cassini mission.

@dontgetcaught I can see tech conferences making similar use of Wave. Not sure its likely in science but it could be interesting.

Another Two Cultures event, hosted @rigb_science 12/11, w/Profs Frank James/Helen Haste/Dr Patricia Fara http://upcoming.org/event/4878094/

Science only believes in what it can see. Spirit only believes in what it cannot see. Together perfect search for truth.

It is time for all logic thinkers to join the fight against psuedo-science quacks. http://bit.ly/Ss52m