TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Nascar’s Screech and Slam? It’s All Aerodynamics In her new book, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky explains everything from the mechanics of racing engines to the molecular properties of the drivers’ fire-retardant suits. nytimes.com |
Afraid Of Snakes? It May Be Hardwired A recent study reveals that humans may be genetically predisposed to be deathly afraid of snakes. It may be because snakes would have posed a significant threat to our ancestors, hardwiring the fear into human brains today. feeds.cbsnews.com |
Melting pace of glaciers is accelerating, report says The United Nations report included data from 30 glaciers spread around nine mountainous regions, charting change through 2006. iht.com |
Evidence Supports Earlier Date for People in North America A scattering of human coprolites, or fossil feces, is the strongest evidence of the earliest people living in North America, archaeologists reported. nytimes.com |
PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat The group is offering $1 million to the first person to create a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012. nytimes.com |