Daily Blend: Saturday, September 04, 2010

Yellow-bellied three-toed skink carrying embryos [source: National Geographic]

• Today’s new science-based catcall: Worm-brain!
  (via @rdfrs)

• Next Media Animation now takes on the Chilean miners who are trapped underground. Their typically oddball video has a knack for lightening up a grim situation.

• Christopher Hitchens addresses the unanswerable prayers of those who wish him well and those who don’t.
  (via @ebertchicago)

• Boobquake: The Game. Jen has a bit of a mixed reaction for various reasons.

• Evolution in action: Australian skink ^[pictured] slowly abandoning oviposition in favor of mammal-style live birth.
  (via The Daily Grail)

• xkcd + GTA = Win.

• An investigation reveals the Pentagon only investigated a handful of more than 260 Defense Department employees who were caught purchasing child porn online.
  (via @wikileaks)

If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.

Tags: ragworms • brain • Next Media Animation • Chilean miners • Christopher Hitchens • prayer • Boobquake • PahuPahu • games • yellow-bellied three-toed skink • skinks • lizards • xkcd • comics • GTA • Grand Theft Auto • Pentagon • child porn