Twitter Roundup: 9/13-9/17, 2010

By Dan

Friday

T. Rex Renaissance: Big Decade For Dino Research: http://n.pr/974EEj (from @NPRnews)

Tomorrow is International Observe the Moon Night! Info: http://observethemoonnight.org/

Thursday

Newly discovered spider in Madagascar spins a 25 meter web. http://bbc.in/cem82b

RT @WiredAutopia Ultra-aerodynamic Auto X Prize winner weighs 830 lbs, gets 102..5 mpg http://bit.ly/cMvVPK

Wednesday

RT @PopSci Giving Traffic Lights a Mind of Their Own Can Reduce Congestion http://bit.ly/dpBth6

RT @Froylance Cool nights mean stink bugs will B moving indoors. Md. reports “extraordinarily high populations” are damaging crops: http://bit.ly/884NED

Connected & contagious: Popular people get flu first – http://bit.ly/diPcp9

Shoot-’em-up video games improve ability to translate sensory info into accurate decisions: http://bit.ly/csQ2wc

Self-taught rocketeer’s backyard is Jetson-like reality: http://bit.ly/dobyKH

RT @Discovery_News Why is yawning contagious? http://ow.ly/2ED8Q

RT @PopSci In Sweet Breakthrough, Scientists Led By Makers of M&Ms Sequence the Chocolate Genome http://bit.ly/cUTBcR

Elusive Mercury Visible at Dawn This Week: http://bit.ly/bStPwT (from @spacedotcom)

Tuesday

Elusive Mercury Visible at Dawn This Week: http://bit.ly/bStPwT (from @spacedotcom)

RT @Froylance Great rundown for stargazers on Sept’s close encounter with planet Jupiter. Best from 1963-2022. From Sky & Telescope: http://bit.ly/9rC4K3

Video on @NationalZoo’s plan to breed the 5 ft long (!) Japanese Giant Salamander: http://bit.ly/cMwnyr

RT @Discovery_News #Photo: Two hurricanes at once: http://ow.ly/2E7Ob

Cool @spacedotcom article on new launch system proposals by @NASA engineers: http://bit.ly/dhcc8K

Monday

Without cigarettes to mask offending smells, Oktoberfest turning to bacteria eat up nasty odors: http://bit.ly/aaNopW