Bill Nye!

My favorite blogs to keep up with these days are popsci.com and wiredscience.com. I think this is because I spent most of undergrad studying things that are either completely unrelated or just completely boring.

Here's a few interesting articles from the past couple of days...

1. The Real Costs of Owning a Hybrid. Hybrids are great environmentally, but I think it's a complete fallacy that the savings in gas $ determines the bottom line to purchase them. This article talks about the unexpected costs that make buying a hybrid instead of a gas car a wash.

2. The Pitch Drop Experiment. This is an experiment that shows a substance so viscous that it's dripped only 9 times since 1930.

3. Monkey Uses Brainwaves to Control Prosthetic Arm. Shows how prosthetics have advanced in recent years to the point where electrodes on the motor cortex can stimulate accurate movement. "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology."

4. Liberty University Disputing Evolution. Explains the rationale behind Liberty's choice to teach literal creationism - the world was created 10,000 years ago. Proponents of

“If a frog turns into a prince with a kiss then it’s a fairy tale. If a frog turns into a prince over millions of years, it’s science,” he said, referencing the theory of evolution. “It’s almost ridiculous.”