Animal Intelligence

This is what I know…

Random Observations: May 7, 2008
“Animal Intelligence”
Continuing my science kick, I have been following the latest stories released in the journals Nature and Science.
One story reports on a group of researchers at MIT who wondered how young birds move from babbling to mature bird song.

See: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/320/5876/630 and: http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/05/audio_special_babbling_bird_br.html and: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/science/06obsong.html?ref=science# and: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080501-bird-brains.html and: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/01/bird-song-babble.html 
Now, I think this is an interesting question. Do chicks [...]

Read Full Post »

Re-Growing Body Parts

This is what I know…
Random Observations, May 1, 2008
“Re-Growing Body Parts”
(This entry really should be filed under “Astounding Observations”)
The implications…
While tinkering with a model airplane, a man in the United States chopped off his middle finger, just above the final knuckle. The cut was as flat and clean as a butcher’s slice, straight through the bone.
Then, [...]

Read Full Post »