Science Cheerleader

Tired of watching the know-it-all, walking encyclopedia get all the attention at cocktail parties and neighborhood BBQs? Here’s your chance to steal the spotlight (if only for 2.5 minutes). Try one of these trivia questions on for size and let me know how it goes. (This is part of our ongoing Social Network Science experiment.)

Women: Why does organic milk have a longer expiration date than regular milk? See Scientific American’s simple but comprehensive answer here.  

Men: Does jet lag cause Major League Baseball teams to lose games? See what Scientific American has to say here.  

Go Pennsylvania citizens! Way to let Governor Rendell know you want and deserve to be heard on matters of science policy. In this case, the labeling of organic milk. And, thanks to your uproar I am all the wiser about the growth hormones injected into cows, their proven harmful effects on cows and suspected threats they pose to humans. (And who knew? Because milk is not tested for the growth hormone, any milk producer can claim their milk is “free of added hormones.”)