Monthly Archives: April 2008

The scientific tourist #15 — say hello to Lucy

Posted on 8 April, 2008 by admin

This week’s “sciencey” tourism picture comes from the “Museum of Man” in San Diego — it’s a reconstruction of the Australopithecine “Lucy”…

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Posted in Biology, History, Humanity, Sci / Tech Tourism | Tagged adaptation, anthropology, Biology, fossil, History, human origins, Humanity | 1 Comment

Casual Friday — meet the Aptera

Posted on 4 April, 2008 by admin

There’s been plenty of ink spilled about potential electric cars — but if you asked me (and I’m fully aware you haven’t), I’d have to pick the Aptera as the most likely to succeed in the near term. Here’s a Popular Mechanics video of a test drive they conducted of the prototype…

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