Evolution on Speed

This is an example of a fun, edgy, sexy, cool video that promotes evolution, but unfortunately also promotes some misconceptions. Like using religious metaphor and terminology in otherwise useful kid-friendly contexts, we learn here that it is all about "survival of the fittest" and that apes are monkeys.

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Compounding - that is, mixing up pharmaceuticals in the appropriate form for dosing - used to be something that happened at the pharmacy. You can still find "compounding pharmacies" willing to do this - they'll mix up your stuff into a kid-friendly elixir, or prepare ointments, and the like.
There's so much good stuff on ScienceBlogs today that I'm moved to do something drastic: namely, to post, and point out the contributions that have been rocking my morning.
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SteelyKid has some molars coming in, which led to some intermittent generalized fussiness this weekend. When she gets that way, she can sometimes be calmed down using videos on the computer, such as the "Wheels on the Buss" DVD my mom has.