Return of the Linketies
Again, I'm separating out Reproductive Rights/Health linketies for another post.
This post is has most of the Ohio-centric news, with some additional critter cuteness (including a baby wombat for the WomBATs out there) and a lot of science and scifi geekery, mostly toward the end.
'Frost quakes' shake Southwest Ohio, Indiana
Ohio Congress members seek Lake Erie high-speed rail corridor
Holy Crap, We're Getting an Aquarium!! -- How did I miss this?
Furniture that powers itself by catching and eating prey
Getting high off snake venom
County library changes its meeting room policy after national religious group complains -- Well, this'd be one where I'm on the conservatives' side, actually.
ODOT pledges $6 million for bike-friendly changes to Lorain-Carnegie bridge
And just because they're nifty, and they get mentioned in the article, here's a pic of one of the Guardians of Transportation
President Obama proposes $350 million for Great Lakes cleanup
Mark Kelly and his wife Gabrielle Giffords banish fear as duty calls: Connie Schultz
Astronomers Doubt Giant Planet 'Tyche' Exists in Our Solar System
Supporters break 'ground' for the new Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland at Uptown in University Circle
Gov. John Kasich wants $3 billion deal to lease the Ohio Turnpike
Overhaul of state's collective bargaining law proposed in Ohio Senate
Northeast Ohio homeowners stunned by flood map changes that could mean higher insurance costs (includes map links for those of you who are local)
Cleveland-area software company designs first FDA-cleared medical imaging app for mobile devices
Newborns keep coming at Lake Metroparks Farmpark
Killing some birds to save others strikes at a birder's basic instincts: Aerial View
Look Who's out of the Pouch! (Baby WomBAT!)
Zoo Atlanta's Panda Cub Gets a Name!
Little Polar Bear Meets the Big World
Rare Red-haired Babooon!
Feisty Puppies Emerge to Frolic
Wurdi Youang rocks could prove Aborigines were first astronomers
Japanese Space Agency to Use Fishing Nets to Scoop Up Space Junk -- I think it's a nifty idea, but I have some of the same concerns as one of the commenters -- how well does a net concept work at those kinds of speeds?
Defending Isagenix: A Case Study in Flawed Thinking
Whaling shipwreck linked to “Moby-Dick” discovered
Japanese satellite spots 2 huge holes in Sun
Mummies’ toes may be world’s earliest prosthetic body parts
First evidence of gene transfer from human host to bacterial pathogen
NASA finds Earth’s cirrus-like ice clouds on Saturn’s moon Titan
New stars ‘spotted’ in Milky Way
Astronomers discover 33 pairs of waltzing black holes
Customer of the Year donates winnings to homeless shelter
A Doctor Who writer breathes new life into the "magical detective" novel
Jules Verne goes populuxe
An alien city viewed from above
With plasmonics, light can penetrate solid sheets of metal
The truth about why things smell bad: Vibrating molecules
Animals who live fast and die young could be the key to human life extension
Scenes from an Urban Fantasy Roadtrip
The NASA spaceship that could take humanity into deep space…if we had the money for it
No one can escape friction, not even in a vacuum.
Particle accelerator reveals mysterious chemical reaction is destroying Van Gogh paintings
The weird and wonderful animals that make up Borneo’s jungle ecosystem
Animal sex has never looked this good…or bizarre
How to rip a phonebook in half despite a total lack of arm strength
Giant ice caverns lead the hunt for exotic particles
Maps of the world’s future coastlines, as sea levels slowly rise
10 ways to trick your brain into feeling like you’re in love
This post is has most of the Ohio-centric news, with some additional critter cuteness (including a baby wombat for the WomBATs out there) and a lot of science and scifi geekery, mostly toward the end.
'Frost quakes' shake Southwest Ohio, Indiana
Ohio Congress members seek Lake Erie high-speed rail corridor
Holy Crap, We're Getting an Aquarium!! -- How did I miss this?
Furniture that powers itself by catching and eating prey
Getting high off snake venom
County library changes its meeting room policy after national religious group complains -- Well, this'd be one where I'm on the conservatives' side, actually.
ODOT pledges $6 million for bike-friendly changes to Lorain-Carnegie bridge
And just because they're nifty, and they get mentioned in the article, here's a pic of one of the Guardians of Transportation
President Obama proposes $350 million for Great Lakes cleanup
Mark Kelly and his wife Gabrielle Giffords banish fear as duty calls: Connie Schultz
Astronomers Doubt Giant Planet 'Tyche' Exists in Our Solar System
Supporters break 'ground' for the new Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland at Uptown in University Circle
Gov. John Kasich wants $3 billion deal to lease the Ohio Turnpike
Overhaul of state's collective bargaining law proposed in Ohio Senate
Northeast Ohio homeowners stunned by flood map changes that could mean higher insurance costs (includes map links for those of you who are local)
Cleveland-area software company designs first FDA-cleared medical imaging app for mobile devices
Newborns keep coming at Lake Metroparks Farmpark
Killing some birds to save others strikes at a birder's basic instincts: Aerial View
Look Who's out of the Pouch! (Baby WomBAT!)
Zoo Atlanta's Panda Cub Gets a Name!
Little Polar Bear Meets the Big World
Rare Red-haired Babooon!
Feisty Puppies Emerge to Frolic
Wurdi Youang rocks could prove Aborigines were first astronomers
Japanese Space Agency to Use Fishing Nets to Scoop Up Space Junk -- I think it's a nifty idea, but I have some of the same concerns as one of the commenters -- how well does a net concept work at those kinds of speeds?
Defending Isagenix: A Case Study in Flawed Thinking
Whaling shipwreck linked to “Moby-Dick” discovered
Japanese satellite spots 2 huge holes in Sun
Mummies’ toes may be world’s earliest prosthetic body parts
First evidence of gene transfer from human host to bacterial pathogen
NASA finds Earth’s cirrus-like ice clouds on Saturn’s moon Titan
New stars ‘spotted’ in Milky Way
Astronomers discover 33 pairs of waltzing black holes
Customer of the Year donates winnings to homeless shelter
A Doctor Who writer breathes new life into the "magical detective" novel
Jules Verne goes populuxe
An alien city viewed from above
With plasmonics, light can penetrate solid sheets of metal
The truth about why things smell bad: Vibrating molecules
Animals who live fast and die young could be the key to human life extension
Scenes from an Urban Fantasy Roadtrip
The NASA spaceship that could take humanity into deep space…if we had the money for it
No one can escape friction, not even in a vacuum.
Particle accelerator reveals mysterious chemical reaction is destroying Van Gogh paintings
The weird and wonderful animals that make up Borneo’s jungle ecosystem
Animal sex has never looked this good…or bizarre
How to rip a phonebook in half despite a total lack of arm strength
Giant ice caverns lead the hunt for exotic particles
Maps of the world’s future coastlines, as sea levels slowly rise
10 ways to trick your brain into feeling like you’re in love