Grist List
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Prehistoric poo yields clues about concentration of people in the environment
Scientists have found that a chemical found in human feces is a good way to figure out where people have lived and for how long and in what concentrations.
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Meet the new fish named after Barack Obama (and the ones for Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Al Gore)
Etheostoma obama, the spangled darter, was secretly spawned in Kenya.
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Forget everything you’re doing and just daydream about jumping on this 170-foot-long trampoline in a forest
Maybe all sidewalks should be trampolines?
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This Twitter feed is written by actual wild birds
Latvian artist Voldemars Dudums' bird-feeder keyboard tempts tomtits to tweet.
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Watch an escaped baby zebra run amok on Staten Island
Unfortunately for Razzi, he is a super-cute baby zebra, which means he attracted quite a lot of attention and was caught too quickly for anyone to even set up an @EscapedBabyZebra parody Twitter account.
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Swedish town is installing antidepressant bus stops
Umea, Sweden installed anti-bum-out UV lights at its bus stops. They are hoping to decrease depression caused by a long, dark winter.
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The Navy is laying off most of its trained spy-dolphins
A few have to stick around and like, look for mines and stuff. Sucks.
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Cambridge scholars will study how robots are going to kill us all
Professional smart people who get paid to think about the future are exploring what they see as the rather plausible idea that robots will wipe us out.
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Putting wireless devices in cows’ stomachs could stop them from burping methane
These are our choices, basically. Cyborg-like cows, or eating much less meat and dairy.
