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Extinct and Impossible Smells Exhibition Opens,good,news,good news,positive,pos…: May 12, 7:29pm 1 review health, science, senses
http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/1023/5/9/2008/Extinct_and_Impossible_Sm...; From the page: "have you ever smelled the surface of the sun, the inside of a space station, or a medieval doctor's first aid kit for plague victims? Well, for a limited time, you can, thanks to the curators of curious odors at England's University of Sunderland, who've created a new exhibition dedicated to "extinct and impossible smells."

Amputee vets see eye-to-eye on Segways - CNN.com: May 9, 9:06am 1 review science, technology, living, disabled, human-interest
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/08/vet.segways/index.html?eref=googletoolbar; War vets who suffered the loss of a limb in combat are ditching their wheelchairs for specially designed Segways as part of a "Segs-4-Vets" initiative.

The New York Times & Log In: May 7, 8:47pm 1 review animals, multimedia, evolution, nature, science
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/science/27obelep.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=elephan...; New study shows that elephants are racist - avoiding those ethnics groups that they find most threatening by categorizing them by sight, smell. No kidding, read the article.

Winter the dolphin gets bionic tail - Telegraph: May 5, 6:09pm 2 reviews animals, science
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1927254/Winter-the-do...; Winter the dolphin lost her tail while still in the wild, and was found in distress and unable to swim. Scientists have now figured out a way to give this creature a bionic (entirely prosthetic) tail and a second chance! Nice find, madmarigold.

Ned Batchelder: CSS Homer, animated: May 2, 6:02am 15 reviews science
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200805/css_homer_animated.html

Are animals stuck in time? | Think Gene: Apr 26, 8:59pm 1 review science
http://www.thinkgene.com/are-animals-stuck-in-time/

Student Twitters his way out of Egyptian jail - CNN.com: Apr 25, 7:00pm 24 reviews science
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck/index.html

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-color-of-plants-on-other-worlds: Apr 19, 8:05pm 4 reviews science
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-color-of-plants-on-other-worlds; Alient Plant-Food For Thought: "Light of any color from deep violet through the near-infrared could power photosynthesis. Around stars hotter and bluer than our sun, plants would tend to absorb blue light and could look green to yellow to red. Around cooler stars such as red dwarfs, planets receive less visible light, so plants might try to absorb as much of it as possible, making them look black."