Physical Activity and Brain Development 2B
Mrs. Bateman of Parents With Purpose also mentions or excerpts from a study on brain regeneration/growth: Adult Mouse Brains Still Make Youthful Cells The brains …
Biology
Physical Activity and Brain Development 2A
Donna Bateman, who runs Parents With Purpose, has some interesting articles on her website. (Though at least one is downright corrupt. Update (3-17-09 at 1:20 …
The Human Heart Rate
Answers.com has an interesting round-up about heart rate. They say: Heart rate at rest is usually between 60-80 beats per minute; males tend to have …
Jurassic Fight Club
Watch it while you can!!! Jurassic Fight Club is a production of the History Channel. A few episodes are online now, but won’t be up …
Evolution: The First Evidence
In “Darwin’s First Clues” By David Quammen (published February 2009) on NationalGeographic.com, Mr. Quammen says: He hinted at the subject in 1845, in the second …
Whale Evolution
Mr. Brian Switek (student in ecology and evolution at Rutgers) says in “Maiacetus, the good mother whale” on Scienceblogs.com: When the English anatomist William H. …
The Darwin Festival (SM) 2009
For those who are interested in biology, science, the philosophy of science, or the history of ideas: Salem State College’s Department of Biology is going …
Integration: A Cardinal Aspect of Reason 2
Matt Ridley writes in the article “The Natural Order of Things” (published Wednesday, 7th January 2009) in The Spectator Magazine: Ideas evolve by descent with …
Integration: A Cardinal Aspect of Reason
William Harvey discovered circulation in the human body (and in animals) through study of Aristotle’s writings on astronomy and our solar system. Here is a …