Monthly Archives: February 2013

Crazy Smart Crows and Migrating Animals

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Skeptically Speaking #198 is now available for your listening pleasure. The main part of the show has Desiree Schell interviewing James Gould, co-author of Nature’s Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation.

Nature's Compass book
Great book on animal migration
The 15 minute side bar has Desiree interviewing me about recent research on the New Caledonian crows (this research).

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This week, we’re looking at some of the amazing abilities exhibited by our animal cousins. We’ll speak to James Gould, co-author of Nature’s Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation, about the varying strategies animals use to find their way across all kinds of distances. And biological anthropologist Greg Laden discusses new research on the surprising reasoning abilities of some extremely intelligent crows.

Twin Cities Home School Creation Science Fair 2013!!!!

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Hey, did anybody go to the 2012 fair? I couldn’t make it. Let me know how it went.

Anyway, the 2013 fair will be at a new location, leading Har Mar to say “Creation Science Fair, why hath thou forsaken me?”

Here’s the details for this year’s Creation Science Fair:

2013 Home School Science Fair
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Northwestern College, Totino Fine Arts Center, Lobby
3003 North Snelling Ave.
Roseville Minnesota

Details here.

They say that last year there were 60 entries, but there are only photographs of 20. I wonder why those other children’s work was left out? I sure hope they don’t feel bad.