Thursday, December 10, 2009

Geology in the News

When a geologist tells you to get out of the way, do it. This stunning landslide footage shows a roadcrew working to clear debris from a previous slide. They got out of the way when state geologist Vanessa Bateman warned them that they were in danger.

As Geographile points out, learning geology can save your life. So can feminism. What if the roadcrew had refused to listen to a female expert?

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Very Top Five: Very Top Five... Ways to name a chemical element

Fun with Science

Very Top Five: Very Top Five... Ways to name a chemical element.

This fun article goes well with the deliciously different Periodic Table of Cupcakes. Note the snide reference to an element named after Stanford University. There isn't one. Berkeley has four.