Weekly Twitter Roundup: 8/16-8/20, 2010

By Ben

What we tweeted this week:

Friday

Automatic transmissions have surpassed manuals in fuel efficiency. Here’s how engineers did it:
http://bit.ly/boOXA7

Peter Searson, Steve Desiderio of @JohnsHopkins appointed to Gov.’s Naniobiotech Task Force
http://ht.ly/2soDm

Amazing new picture of Earth & the moon taken by @NASA’s MESSENGER probe, 114 million miles away
http://bit.ly/9nwLFu

Thursday

Finland Plans to Build the World’s First ‘Green Highway’
http://bit.ly/bFQf5k

Rwanda’s using an exploding lake as a source of electricity. Smart move:
http://ow.ly/2rOWk

Alan Shepard, 1st American in space will also become the 1st American astronaut on a U.S. stamp
http://bit.ly/aDht4B

Many kids get fat in the middle, posing serious risks, @JohnsHopkins study says:
http://bit.ly/bL6gQW

You Could Own A Pool-Shooting, Beer-Fetching Willow Garage Robot
http://bit.ly/bKOIIc

Wednesday

Cease your guilt trip! Climate change, not humans was responsible for woolly mammoth’s demise:
http://bit.ly/aQLT6D

How might Pearl Harbor and D-Day have been different?  When weather changes the course of history!
http://bit.ly/99wxmc

Did life on Earth evolve twice? Princeton geology prof explains new discovery on BBC radio:
http://bbc.in/akTJR5

Tuesday

The Five Billionth Device Will Plug Into the Internet Any Day Now
http://bit.ly/b7oLxB

Time-lapse video of meteor shower
http://holykaw.alltop.com/time-lapse-video-of-meteor-shower

Cosmic rays can affect the length of the day by slowing the Earth. Really? Who says?
http://bit.ly/aAG1Wx

Monday

The Secret Histories of Computer Symbols
http://bit.ly/9VjpnU

Thanks to Allen Telescope Array, proof of extraterrestrial intelligence could come within 25 years:
http://ow.ly/2qcNW