Space lettuce – Horticulturist Dr. Fred Davies at Texas A&M, in collaboration with NASA’s “Salad Bowl” program, discusses his progress in creating sustainable food options for astronauts and future space colonists. More information here, including the Dr. Davies’ webpage.

Insects prefer (bilateral) flowers – A study recently published in Science suggests that the bilateral symmetry of floral patterning has been selected repeatedly throughout evolution because of the preferences of insect pollinators.

Who needs Bigfoot? – Dr. Hurum and Hans Nakrem of Oslo’s Natural History Museum report on the finding of giant sea monsters that roamed the earth in the time of the dinosaurs. Also, evidence that camels the size of elephants once existed in ancient Syria.