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Weird Science Roundup: Monkeys Get Vasectomies, Pandas Eat Saccharin, and NASA Raps

Explore the new music video 'Take Aim at Climate Change', promoting environmental awareness through catchy beats.

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• A new music video, "Take Aim at Climate Change," puts some beats to an earth-inspired message. It was released by Polar-Palooza, a multimedia initiative supported by NASA and the National Science Foundation. • Thanks to new iPods for the womb, your unborn children can hear your REO Speedwagon playlist. • Health officials in Sao Paulo, Brazil plan to perform vasectomies on 25 wild capuchin monkeys. • A man helped his wife deliver a baby he did not know was coming—he thought her weight gain was related to quitting smoking. • They're not on a low-cal diet, red pandas just prefer Sweet'N Low (and other artificial sweeteners) to natural sugar. • And if you think you had a rough week—at least you're not 26 and trapped inside a two-year-old's body.

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