I dedicate this blog post to all animal lovers, to those of us perpetually fascinated by the animal kingdom, especially other fellow vertebrates, and even more specially mammals and birds. This blog is a critter edition: we have necking giraffes, killer cats, co-evolving dogs, blind mole rats showcasing…

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The Monty Hall Problem

The Monty Hall paradox is a probability puzzle based on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal, the one with the three doors, where 1 door contains a highly…

FEATURED IMAGE: Saturn and its rings. I know that this huge planet is a favorite of many of our…

This edition will be an all-biology edition. I have been unable to keep up with general science news and blog writing as I would like to do, but fortunately, the “obstacle” was actually doing science so I’m not complaining. Biology is my comfort zone and I can process information and write much faster if I…

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Winners of the 2012 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. It must have been so hard to pick a First Place Winner; there are…

Blue has always been my favorite color, ever since early childhood (no pink for me, no thanks!). I…

After a brief hiatus for vacation and catching up with work following vacation, I’m back to blogging science for you guys. I hope you like this edition! As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome.

Showing great videos is always a…

NOTE: there won't be a Science Fix for 2-3 weeks since I will be taking a vacation!

I will start this blog with everything human. Then interesting news regarding the natural world. I’ll throw I an arthropod or two to keep Michel happy. I will then post a pretty photo, and an interesting video. I declare…

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FEATURED VIDEO: Time lapse video of the transit of Venus in front of the Sun, June 5^th

Venus passed in front of the Sun this week for the last time until 2117.  IN this NASA HD video, Venus transit as seen in the 171 wavelength.…

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Amazing Footage Of A Chick Embryo: researcher Anna Franz gives us a glimpse of the vascular system of a fertilized chicken embryo by cutting away a small portion of an eggshell and injecting ink into the yolk sac artery. This video won Nikon’s first annual Small World in Motion…

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VIDEO THE WEEK: Lights Over Lapland photographer Chad Blakley captured this amazing view of the aurora borealis in Sweden on January 24th, 2012. The January 23rd solar flare and ensuing coronal mass ejection are the 'lighting engineers' of this…

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VIDEO THE WEEK: Here’s a great video explaining how many patterns in nature relate to the Fibonacci sequence. The Fibonacci sequence is a number series in which the numbers in the series are the sum of the previous 2 numbers. As a rule, it can written as xn = xn-1 + xn-2. The ratio of any two successive…