2012 Hottest Gadgets
For all of you tech savvy people out there, I think this story will interest you! I was browsing Popular Science and found their list of 2012’s hottest gadgets. I couldn’t help but to get totally distracted from whatever it was I was suppose to be doing. Therefore, I’m offering you the same privilege to be completely distracted by these cool gadgets. My favorite was the 3D scanner. I would LOVE to have one of those just see how it works! Check out these cool gadgets and have fun!
Of course I have to wonder how Popular Science came up with the best gadgets of 2012 even though we are just now finishing the first month of the year.... Oh well, these things are still cool! Keep an eye out for these products and as the year goes on I’m sure that we see technology reach a whole new level of awesome!
Baby Axolotls
When I first joined up with ScienceOffCenter, my first blog post was about the weird creatures called axolotls. . We have them here at the St. Louis Science Center in the Life Science Lab as expamples of different lab animals.
When the Life Science Lab raised their axolotls they were kind enough to let me take home not one but TWO little axolotls. Well they grew up and turns out I had a male a female. Come New Years Eve I had an interesting surprise waiting for me. They laid eggs!
I took this opportunity to observe and photograph the development of these amazing creatures. It was so cool to watch them mature from tiny eggs that looked like dark balls, into the baby axolotls they are now. I thought it only appropriate to share this experience with you! Check out some of these pictures and let me know what you think! There are of coures PLENTY more where that came from.
Dancing Baby Science
I love babies, but even those who aren’t usually enamored with them find it hard not to smile when a baby dances. The music starts and they just start bobbing their bodies as best they know how, and it is adorable.
It’s no surprise then, that when I was looking for something else, I couldn't help but learn a little about a scientific study on dancing babies. It turns out that babies are not very good at dancing on beat, but on the off chance they do get the rhythm going, their brains enjoy the experience that much more!
Talk of the Nation Science Friday, a show on NPR, puts up interesting videos and published this one explaining a bit more about the study:
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