Circus of the Spineless - call for submissions

Next edition of the Circus of the Spineless, the wonderful carnival of creepy-crawlies and everything living without a spine, will be hosted by David of Science And Sensibility, a wonderful New Zealand science blog. The carnival should appear on June 30th, so send your entries on time - about a day in advance - to: winda002 AT student DOT otago DOT ac DOT nz

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Take a look at this video (click on the image to play). It's pretty clear what's going on -- the green dot bumps into the red dot, causing it to move:
It is well known that humans and other animals can recognize biological motion when shown only a point-light display.
George has posted a last call for submissions for the next edition of the Teaching Carnival - all about Higher Ed, life in academia
A novel temporal illusion, in which the cause of an event is perceived to occur after the event itself, provides some insight into the brain mechanisms underlying conscious perception.