NoobScience

Discovery Channel reports that Georgia Tech scientists are harvesting hamster energy with tiny nanowire jackets. They say it would take a thousand hamsters to charge a cell phone, which is an adorable image, but not very practical. The technology can be scaled up, so someday you may be able to power your iPod with your clothing.

I love this set of images of exhibit prep at the American Museum of Natural History.

Carl Zimmer is one of my favorite science writers. He has an article in Seed’s online magazine about all the stuff you *don’t* see in natural history museums. I used to volunteer cleaning bird skeletons in a natural history museum - those back halls and rooms are fascinating! It was totally worth having my hair smell like rotten birds.

They have a larger carbon footprint. Bummer. If we could only perfect the backpacks and harvest all that methane . . .

National Geographic is the place to go for incredible photography - I love this set of photos of see-through critters, like this cowfish.