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Toy Fair 2009

Posted by: Avi in Evolvems News on February 16th, 2009

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Coelacanth/Ichthyostega Display

Coelacanth/Ichthyostega Display

The first two days of toy fair have been a real blast.  I didn’t know what to expect at all but was first relieved, and then excited by the response I have gotten so far.  So many cool owners of educational and specialty toy stores love to talk shop about the latest paleontological finds and are so into dinosaurs and evolution themselves.  So many of the independent inventors and designers that have stopped by, love the flip action and how that ties into evolution.  I have gotten some great advice and a true sense of comradery from other toy entrepreneurs who have been so generous with their time and want to see their collegues succeed (as opposed to the cut throat world of toys I had been expecting).

Dimetrodon/Cynognathus Display

Dimetrodon/Cynognathus Display

I am also totally exhausted. Who knew standing for two days shaking hands and talking constantly would make one so tired.  Half way through so more to come…

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    Microbe Finds Arsenic Tasty; Redefines Life


    New Microbe Samples

    NASA scientists have discovered an amazing new life-form that redefines what we consider to be the basic building blocks of life.

    A microbe found at the bottom of Mono Lake in California seems able to live in a solution of arsenic which is poisonous to most other life.  Phosphorus, which used to be considered one of the essential building blocks of life, is replaced by arsenic in this organism.

    Dr. Sasselov, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and director of an institute on the origins of life there said, “I would like to know, when designing experiments and instruments to look for life [on other planets], whether I should be looking for same stuff as here on Earth, or whether there are other options.  Are we going to look for same molecules we love and know here, or broaden our search?”

    Seems like we have aliens right here on earth!!!

    Original NYTimes article…
    Dec 10