Wednesday 20 January 2010

Science update-transparent frogs, knotted light, plastic bottles

Good morning.
Welcome to Weirdbeautiful.

The big wildlife news this week is that a scientific expedition to Western Equador has discovered some 30 new species of frog (including some with transparent chests), lungless salamanders, new stick insect species and a slug-eating snake-

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18397-transparent-frogs-tiny-geckos-and-snailsucking-snakes.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

-thanks to Dolev R. for bringing that to my attention.

This week's main medical story is the revelation that there have been more discoveries about health problems caused by Bisphenol A (BPA): a chemical widely used in plastic bottles, including drinks bottles-
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100113/tsc-uk-heart-chemical-plastics-011ccfa.html

Finally, yahoo news, has published a physics story this week about research on light that offers promise for more making laser measurement even more precise-
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100119/tsc-scientists-tie-a-knot-in-light-4b158bc.html,

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