Science Buzz Lunch in Building 2, 5-21-2012
Topics discussed included:
1) Watching and photographing the annular eclipse this morning. The sky didn't turn as dark as most people expected. We were surprised to see the beautiful images of the eclpse cast onto buildings and sidewalks by "pinhole cameras" formed naturally by the leaves on trees.
2) Polar bears must now swim long distances to cross parts of the ocean to reach suitable bits of habitat due to melting of much of the glacier edges they used to inhabit.
3) A student's new job as a guide at a biology museum. The visitors' interests. The overall theme of the museum. Popular exhibits in the museum, and visitors' questions about them.
4) The generally faster speed of biology experiments when a cell culture system can be used rather than experiments in intact animals.
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