Thursday, May 08, 2014

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

On this day in 1794 the father of modern chemistry Antoine Lavoisier was executed by guillotine in France after being convicted the same day on false charges.
And now the news:

  • Humans and Squid Evolved Same Eyes Using Same Gene...
  • Redescription of the oldest-known dolphin skull sh...
  • China announces $100 million aid for African wildl...
  • Chimpanzees Show Similar Personality Traits to Hum...
  • New Tyrannosaur named 'Pinocchio rex'
  • More than 170 sharks caught in Australia cull poli...
  • European campaign warns seafood expo: ‘don’t suppo...
  • Fish rain down on Sri Lanka village
  • Dolphin whistle warnings: Remotely monitoring acou..

  • One of Lavoisier's many discoveries was that of of the role oxygen plays in combustion, so here's a video of the sort of fun you can have with flames and liquid oxygen:

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