Google Map a Grave

I recently came across findagrave.com. They compile information on gravesites and cemetaries. It's got a very cool "celebrity" search tool. While I was looking up Miles Davis and Duke Ellington, who I knew were buried in my hometown of Da Bronx in Woodlawn Cemetary, I noticed that the records contained GPS coordinates and a Google map link. I then used the satellite view feature to get a cool birdseye view and discovered that they are buried a mere 47 feet from each other! Lots of famous and infamous are buried at woodlawn. A very cool place if you're into that sort of thing. An excellent use of google maps too!

South American Dog Rabbit Fossil Found!

Notice how I didn't say "Rabbit Dog" since folks would probably think that I meant rabid dog which isn't as interesting. Hey, I only report this stuff okay!

Paleontologist Discovers South American Mammal Fossils

"Fossils of a new hoofed mammal that resembles a cross between a dog and a hare which once roamed the Andes Mountains in southern Bolivia around 13 million years ago was discovered by Darin A. Croft, assistant professor of anatomy at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and a research associate at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History."

Photo Credit: "marblebunny" originally posted by er1danus

Planet of the Apes For Sure!

Looks like the great apes are really great after all. They made monkeys out of...well monkeys!

Apes -- Not Monkeys -- Ace IQ Tests
"The great apes are the smartest of all nonhuman primates, with orangutans and chimpanzees consistently besting monkeys and lemurs on a variety of intelligence tests, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found."


(Photo Credit: APE, Originally posted by Liang@Flickr)