Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week

More interesting links that I’ve shared via Twitter over the past seven days.
This is why no-one with an ounce of sense trusts the Express on science.
http://www.badscience.net/2009/10/jabs-as-bad-as-the-cancer/
(via @SciencePunk, @jackofkent, @bengoldacre)
FBI releases American Samoa tsunami footage (wave arrives at 1:50).
http://news.bnonews.com/n7tr
(via @Colo_kea, @BreakingNews)
LCROSS spacecraft graphics from post impact press briefing, with added captions.
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002159/
(via @elakdawalla)
LCROSS impact recap with 3 animations.
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002153/
(via @elakdawalla)
Nice article on the value of funding curiousity-driven research: "Blue skies have a way of turning into pots of gold"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6866929.ece
Last time carbon dioxide levels were this high: 15 million years ago, and temps were 5-10 C higher!
http://www.physorg.com/news174234562.html
(via @physorg_com)
Want to draw a sedimentary log? Then this program might be for you (HT: Lost Geologist).
http://www.sedlog.com/
New data hints that Earth’s magnetic field was present 3.45 billion years ago.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GC002496.shtml
(via @BoreholeGroup)
Biogeomorphology – Braiding vs. Meandering Rivers Evolution of plants->more of latter – just as I guessed!
http://my.opera.com/nielsol/blog/2009/10/08/biogeomorphology-braiding-vs-meandering-rivers
(via @olelog)
Eureka! New science magazine out today. Got Times today for a look, 1st impression q positive…
http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2009/10/eureka-new-science-magazine-out-today.html
(via @TimesScience)
UKERC: peak oil is coming, but uncertain/unaudited data make it difficult to say when.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8296096.stm, http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/support/tiki-index.php?page=Global+Oil+Depletion (report )
INCREDIBLE images shot through a microscope! Nikon’s Small World finalists:
http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/10/2252
(via @SciencePunk)
Any Geobloggers coming to #scio10? You may want to join in proposed Earth Sci session
http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Program_Finalization/
(via @stressrelated, @BoraZ)
Dave’s Landslide Blog: More images of the earthquake-triggered landslides in Sumatra
http://daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-images-of-earthquake-triggered.html
The Fall of the Maya: ‘They Did it to Themselves’ Interesting – can easily spot Mayan ruins from space!
http://www.physorg.com/news174152911.html
(via @physorg_com)
If you own an iPhone, get Moon Globe and Mars Globe for incredible dynamic 3D views of Moon and Mars!
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002143/
(via @elakdawalla)
Why being a good scientist means not respecting your elders But elders might not appreciate disrespect!
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/10/06/dont-respect-you-elders/
(via @DiscoverMag)
Nasa discovers ‘supersized’ Saturn ring Note picture is artist’s rendering.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/07/saturn-ring-nasa, http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2009-19c
(via @guardianscience)
Almost 1/3 of British 2ary school children believe Google ranks search results in order of truthfulness Oh dear.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/06/google_rank_ofcom/
Another place I’d love to visit! Beautiful images from Galapagos Islands
http://www.galapagos.org/2008/index.php?s=gallery
(via @Colo_kea, @ESC_Chocolate)
Have you donated yet to the Geobloggers’ DonorsChoose challenge? Help kids learn the really cool science.
http://scienceblogs.com/highlyallochthonous/2009/10/geobloggers_need_your_help_to.php
Scientist reproduces Turin shroud. Though people who don’t believe C14 dating won’t believe this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8291948.stm
(via @SciencePunk)
Have I ever told you how much I want to visit Patagonia? Glacier Outlet, S Patagonian Ice Field, Chile
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=40566&src=iotdrss
(via @EarthObser)
Epic series from Geotripper: A "Brief" (Geological) History of the Colorado Plateau A future field guide, perhaps?
http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2009/10/time-beyond-imagining-brief-history-of.html
North Sea petroleum (oil+natural gas) production from 1970 to 2008
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/5836
(via @TheOilDrum)
I’m still playing with the formatting of this list, so let me know what you think.