Rachel Maddow's Week in Geek

by Ben Reilly Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:15 pm

... is particularly good this week. Some of the gathered findings:

Alligator penises are really weird. No, seriously. [VIDEO]
Radio telescopes can detect nuclear tests based on changes in the ionosphere.
Vampire bats caught feeding on Humbolt penguins in southern Peru. [VIDEO]
British researchers launch a cell phone into orbit to see if someone can really hear you scream in space.
Killer whales learn hunting skills via imitation and apprenticeship.

Here's a video of a cool solar storm:

(By the way, this is why I get pissed off when people say Maddow is just the lefty version of Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. They never do anything like this.)

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/03/03/17168156-week-in-geek-freaky-nature-edition?lite

by Lurker Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:49 pm

Limbaugh doesn't know what science is, anyway. He considers it Liberal lies. That's why Fox ignores it.

My impression of the sun flare is that it must be what Republicans look like entering Hell.

Rachel Maddow's Week in Geek

Rachel Maddow's Week in Geek

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