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This fun article by Christina Laun at BootStrapper explains 100 weird, wacky, and interesting facts about the human body. Here are a few of my favorites: 1.The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm. 2. The brain is much more active at night than during the day. 3. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. 4. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. 5. Women's hearts beat faster than men's. 6. Your eyes are always the same size from birth (but your nose and ears never stop growing). 7. On any given day…
National Geographic's Dino Death Trap is premiering Sunday December 9th at 8:00 pm. As part of generating publicity for the series they have set up this fun micro site where you can play the game "Dino Central Park" Dino Death Trap chronicles paleontologists in China's western Gobi desert uncovering what they believe to be the aftermath of this prehistoric cataclysm-pits of dinosaur fossils stacked four and five deep. Nothing like this has ever been seen before-a mass grave site of predatory dinos, including what scientists believe is the precursor to the most "terrible lizard" of them…
Dear Readers, I will be on vacation in Ghana until October 20th 2007 so my blogging may be quite infrequent. I look forward to blogging more when I get back. Karen
Bora from A Blog Around the Clock tagged me in the Eight Random Facts Meme. Here are the rules: 1. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves. 2. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts. 3. Players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged. I honestly can't think of 8 people to tag but here go my random facts: 1.I've never had a pet 2.As a teenager I wanted to become a nun 3.I'm from Ghana (this is not really random but most people don't know that about me) 4.I love to travel but hate to fly 5.Until last month I had never been to a…
A while ago I was very graciously awarded a "thinking blogger award" by the blog Nobody Important. Here's how it works: 1.If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think. 2.Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme 3.Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog). Here's my list: 1.WorldChanging written by numerous authors 2.Aetiology by Tara C. Smith 3.Global Health Report & The Health Media Watch…
You may have noticed that there is no banner for this blog. The reason is that I have no artistic talent whatsoever. At the suggestion of one of my readers I have decided to host a banner design contest. So here goes: The banner must be 756 wide by 93 high. It must represent the link between science and life or how science affects/shapes life (you get the idea) You can email them to me or link to them in your comment. If I get enough submissions I'll have you guys (the readers) vote on your favorite. Denialism Blog is doing the same thing so you may also want to participate in their contest…