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More linky goodness from my saved bloglines. Today's edition brought to you by the letters B, C, and D.
But first a flashback to the A's:
Ask a scientist: What's the deal with plastic baby bottles? at a Natural Scientist.
Jenny's post is timely for me because I recently found out that after trying…
Yet another science blogging community: Wired Science Blogs.
From Meet the New Wired Science All-Star Bloggers:
At Wired Science we are always looking for new ways to deliver you more science and more awesome. Starting today, we are bringing on a group of hand-picked, superstar science bloggers to…
Note: This post has been updated and improved as of 2014 here, at the new Starts With A Bang blog. What follows, below, is the original version that was first published here.
"I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall." -Mike May
The world's oceans…
Dr. Margaret Chan, a Hong Kong native, has been at the helm of the World Health Organization (WHO) now for almost a year. The Associated Press (no by-line) has an interesting sketch of her, which includes her penchant for using song as an ice-breaking device in contentious settings. We brought you…
"Despite his questionable loyalty to volcanoes..."
ha ... touché
I guess the question becomes: why does saying something is not evil equate to loyalty? For example, I don't think sea cucumbers are evil, yet I'm certainly not loyal to them.
It is a beautiful map though ... I put one on my office wall. I can see the submarine volcanic chains from here!
This is a great looking map, even at this resolution. Brian, did you print the map from GEBCO or procure one? I am wondering how large I could print the 32.5 mb jpeg image.
WANT! Wall size version!
My Photoshop opens the download image 50" wide at 150 dpi. If its worth a look at that resolution, it could print on a local plotter.
Peter ... I plotted the 32MB version from their site on a 36" wide paper ... it looks pretty good. I should've put it on the best quality or futzed w/ the colors a bit ... the blues didn't come out as nice as they looked on the screen.