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Welcome to the January 13, 2008 edition of natural sciences carnival.

astronomy

GrrlScientist presents Like A Giant Puffball in the Night Sky posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "Hey, just look up and see an amazing and bizarre comet in the night sky! This comet is so bright that you can even see it in NYC!"

Renata Vincoletto presents Satellites around Earth posted at Falando pelos Cotovelos, saying, "How many man-made satellites are orbiting Earth?"

Missy presents To the MOON! posted at Observations from Missy's Window, saying, "Preparing to return man to the moon. I'm so excited!"

biology

Warren Wong presents How To Feel Better And Be Happier posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Some practical tips you can use now to feel better and be happier."

Shaheen Lakhan presents How "false" memories appear true posted at GNIF Brain Blogger.

Hostess comment: There's always a plausible explanation...

GrrlScientist presents Ebony, Meet Irony posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "This is one of the funnier things I've read recently. It turns out that 1962 Nobel laureate, James Watson, who recently made some disparaging comments about the intelligence of Africans, probably is of African descent himself."

Greg Laden presents Greg Laden's Blog : Study Suggests Increased Rate of  Human Adaptive Evolution posted at Greg Laden's Blog

Hostess comment: are blue eyes something new?

Phil B. presents Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, "What most people do not know is that there are 3 different answers for this question."

GrrlScientist presents The Snoring Bird posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "a book by Bernd Heinrich, a noted biologist, is a memoir that documents his father's life and their relationship, and how his father influenced the scientist and the man that the author became. [book review]"

GrrlScientist presents Bright Blue Tits Make Better Mothers posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "Do female birds use bright plumage and elaborate ornaments to advertize their genetic quality to males?"

Hostess comment: I know women that do that too...

al presents New Adam in the making? posted at Daily Oil Blog.

Hostess comment: Wow!!!  Wolverine can be real!

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Evolution and Why it is Meaningful Today to Improve Our Brain Health posted at SharpBrains, saying, "A neurosurgeon's take on brain evolution."

Magnus Tangen presents Tagging bluefin tuna in Norway - Kystbloggen posted at Kystbloggen, saying, "Tagging bluefin tunas is not a new thing. Back in the 1950's a Norwegian scientist tagged tuna off the coast of Norway."

GrrlScientist presents Nature versus Nurture: Are Champion RaceHorses Born Or Made? posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "In my opinion, this scientific paper has overlooked a lot of potentially interesting analyses about racehorses."

Drew presents Young gulls posted at The Nemesis Bird.

Shaheen Lakhan presents Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain posted at GNIF Brain Blogger.

chemistry

Phil B. presents Solving Global Warming Will Temporarily Cause Higher Temperatures « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, "A brief description on how solving Global Warming will also affect Global Dimming."

Mitch McDonald presents Chemotherapy vs. Natural Alternatives posted at FYI About.com, saying, "Are you suffering from cancer? Maybe you know that chemotherapy is one of the most common cancer treatments. Also, do you know that you won't come out healthier after you've had chemotherapy treatments? In most respects, you will come out of it worse than before you started the chemo."

James Chambers presents Combat Hyperhidrosis with Botox posted at Hyperhidrosis, saying, "Most of those who suffer from the problem of excessive underarm sweating would swear that conventional remedies have no long-term impact on their condition. A big advantage of Botox is that it provides relief from excessive underarm sweating for six to 10 months in some cases."

cross-disciplines

GrrlScientist presents Just What Happened 99 Years Ago in Tunguska, Siberia? posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "In 1908, a mysterious explosion caused 770 miles of Siberian forest to be flattened. Now, scientists may have solved the riddle of what caused it."

Hostess comment: Where are Agent Mulder and Agent Scully when we need them?

Warren Wong presents Why Your Thoughts Create Reality - Thought, Energy, and Matter posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, "Do you believe that your thoughts create reality? Here's why thought, energy, and matter might not be as separate as you think."

GrrlScientist presents Lovebird Behavior: Nature or Nurture? posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, "when a hybrid animal has two different and competing innate behaviors to accomplish a specific task, which do they choose, and why? Includes images."

Charles H. Green presents Would You Buy a Used Car From This Scientist?  Not If You're a Scientist! posted at Trust Matters, saying, "Can science work when scientists don't share?"

Petra Ioni presents Do Astronauts Snore in Space? posted at Medopdedia.

Hostess comment: After discuss if astronauts had sex in space, now the discussion is: do they snore in space?

James K. Bashkin presents Bioethanol fuel: as big a health risk as gasoline? published by Royal Society of Chemistry, research done at Stanford University posted at Chemistry for a sustainable world, saying, "The article discussed adds important information to the topical debate about the value of ethanol as a replacement for petroleum-based fuels."

Alvaro Fernandez presents Learning & The Brain: Interview with Robert Sylwester posted at SharpBrains, saying, "An overview of how adolescent brains work...and how we can improve learning."

earth science

Greg Laden presents Greg Laden's Blog : Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 04 ~ Forcing posted at Greg Laden's Blog.

TheLittlestGuy presents carbon offsetting posted at TheLittlestGuy, saying, "Great new site on global warming, climate change, and what you can do to help stop it."

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