June 2011
20 posts
A Schism in the Science of Grave Robbing →
utnereader:
In 1990 the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) attempted to remedy more than a hundred years of mistreatment, however well-intentioned, of aboriginal remains. The law required federally funded researchers and museums to return artifacts and human bones to tribes that could demonstrate a meaningful link to them. A recent amendment to NAGPRA is shaking...
May 2011
16 posts
April 2011
27 posts
“What’s in your basement?
A few old golf clubs?
Maybe a broken down baby crib...”
– Waconia Patriot
(via tomelko)
6 Terrifying Ways Crows Are Smarter Than You Think →
chels:
This is fascinating. Crows are super smart. And scary as shit.
True dat. There’s a reason they call it a murder of crows. Those birds are just biding their time before they kill us all.
Blood type, meet bug type →
science:
NY Times:
In the early 1900s, scientists discovered that each person belonged to one of four blood types. Now they have discovered a new way to classify humanity: by bacteria. Each human being is host to thousands of different species of microbes. Yet a group of scientists now report just three distinct ecosystems in the guts of people they have studied.
Watchlaughingsquid:
An Experiment Showing That Desert Ants Count Their Steps