[geek] 30-second science blogging - general geeky roundup

Lots of things struck my geeky fancy today - too many to simply pick one. As a result of such fecund geekiosity, we're just gonna have a quick list:

A tool-using gorilla catching scientists off guard

A swimming dinosaur

RNA/DNA precursor molecules found galaxies away

Plesiosaur poop!

The 'why' behind China's space race

Scotty's transparent aluminum - now a reality?

There was a bunch of other stuff that I can't find right now - regrowing limbs, the UK re-evaluating manned spaceflight... Slashdot, Pharyngula, the BBC, MSNBC - it was generally a geek-positive kind of day all around.