Brian Gongol
Primate cartographers
Primate research data suggests that chimpanzees can remember the locations of thousands of trees in the forest, with specific knowledge of how productive the different trees are and exactly which types of fruit are produced by each. It also appears that female chimpanzees may be better at this spatial recall than males. But it's a lot funnier to just imagine a monkey holding a map.
Tornado prediction has come a long, long way in 40 years
But just how limited our knowledge was just a short time ago is a truly scary thought. With luck, we'll be vastly wiser about tornadogenesis soon, thanks to the Vortex2 project.
Colbert gets head-shaving to bring attention to troops in Iraq
Podcast: Know when to change patterns
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Podcast: Know when to sell out
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Muscatine begins sewer separation
