What? Last Friday Faves of 2014?
Did Santa leave an assault course for your backyard squirrels?
One of my fave blogs, GrrlScientist, proposes a squirrel maze as a lovely alternative to the chemistry set as a family science project. I couldn't agree more!
Dog studies even Santa can get behind
Oh, another one of my favorite blogs! DogSpies had a long chat with Santa about which canine scientists were naughty and nice, and made a list of presents...oh, no wait, she came up with this awesome list of studies that came out this year about dogs! Awesome. Oh yeah, and bonus cat section too!
Pod-cats? (a podcast about cats)
Check out this interview with John Bradshaw, feline scientist extraordinaire, and Michael Montague, who has been working hard to de-code the feline genome.
Why can't scientists say what we mean?
Marc Bekoff investigates the title of a recent cow welfare study, which demonstrate how difficult it is for scientists to say what we mean in plain and simple language (short answer: that's not what journals want). He also discusses the implications of the study, which suggest that cows have individual, signature moos.
