by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 14, 2009 | John-the-Tourist, News
John-the-tourist writes: The first “mainly vegetarian” spider known to science was announced today (as reported by EurekaAlert and other sources). Of the 40,000 or so species of known spiders, all have been mostly carnivorous. The Bagheera kiplingi is...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 13, 2009 | Blog, Events, Science Education
Recently, I helped Discover Magazine put together a panel discussion sponsored by the Templeton Foundation at Yale. The topic: Does evolution explain human nature? This was part of the Templeton Foundation’s Big Questions Series. Big shout out to Yale’s...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 12, 2009 | Blog, Projects & Activities, Science Policy, Science Policy Projects
Do you know where your Congressional representatives and Senators stand on the health reform issue? Research!America (the nation’s largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance), makes it easy to find out, through the “Your Congress, Your...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 12, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
During a recent trip to the zoo, this silverback gorilla walked up to an observation window, leaned forward, stared into my son’s eyes and struck a pose remarkably similar to that of my son’s. They were frozen in this state for a good 5-10 seconds. Long...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 9, 2009 | Blog, Tshirt
You wear it well, Harley and Dom (at a Philadelphia gym). Thanks, guys! And check out Leila from NYC, punching up science for us! GOOO Science!
