Posted in Science on 19 June 2008 | No Comments »
Too exciting not to post about, NASA now believes what they thought might be ice–or salt–is, in fact, ice. NASA’s press release is here.
Whatever the substance is, the lander has found another hard layer at the same depth in a location to the right of this trench (aka “Snow White 1″).
Enjoy the animated gif [...]
Posted in Business, Environment, International, Science on 30 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley of the New York Times, on August 26th, produced an excellent story on China’s industrial success/toxic pollution nexus. The situation is dire, and China’s difficulties overcoming the Victorian England-like pollution troubles in order to host an Olympics palpable to the rest of the world are well known, and have been [...]
Posted in Humor, Science on 30 August 2007 | No Comments »
Don’t leave the path!!!
(Explanation of this photo here).
Posted in Science, Tech on 25 August 2007 | No Comments »
According Ares users computer users from the DoD are very busy editing entries on Wikipedia.
the Department of Defense, whose .mil account holders have been very busy on Wikipedia. The defense agency with the most edits originating from its .mil address is Army’s Network Information Center, with 43,823 edits. The U.S. Air Forces comes in [...]
Posted in Culture, Education, International, Science, Teaching on 23 July 2007 | No Comments »
A recent study shows that Americans are more scientifically literate than Europeans or Japanese. But, at 28% we still have some way to go. On the bright side, that figure was 10% in the 1990’s.
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Posted in Culture, Environment, International, Politics, Science, Tech on 16 July 2007 | 2 Comments »
Steven Mufson of the Washington Post has a grave assessment of Congress’ ability to make even a dent in the dire issue of climate change:
Here’s the good news about climate change: Energy and climate experts say the world already possesses the technological know-how for trimming greenhouse gas emissions enough to slow the perilous rise in [...]
Posted in Environment, International, Science on 15 July 2007 | No Comments »
New study released in Proceedings of the Royal Society finds that over the past 20 years, despite global warming continuing apace, “all the trends in the Sun that could have had an influence on the Earth’s climate have been in the opposite direction to that required to explain the observed rise in global mean temperatures.”
Comparing [...]
Posted in Environment, Gaming, Science, Tech, Xbox 360 on 6 July 2007 | No Comments »
According to recent reports the increased popularity of electronic gadgets threatens to undo attempts to lower carbon emissions. According to a report entitled The Ampere Strikes Back, household appliances consume 1/3 of the energy use for the average UK home. The graph below represents the increased energy consumption of various television sets. [...]
Posted in Culture, Religion, Science on 21 June 2007 | No Comments »
As a matter of fact, the results of a new survey, released in the latest American Scientist, reveal something to the contrary, at least, with regard to evolutionary biologists. The “so many scientists believe in God, and that’s proof there’s no conflict” argument, of course, is one of the arguments forwarded by proponents of [...]
Posted in Health, Science on 20 June 2007 | No Comments »
Nothing sensationalist about this headline, despite our imaginary 24-hour buyout by Rupert Murdoch.
Indeed, new study results published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the first evidence of a link between a compound found in fatty goose and duck liver and the rare disease amyloidosis, which is an abnormal buildup of amyloid deposits.
Such abnormal [...]
Posted in Humor, Psychology, Science on 11 June 2007 | 1 Comment »
This past Friday, June 8th, 2007, the Pentagon finally fessed up: indeed, reports were true that it had considered developing a “Gay-Bomb.” Records obtained by the group Berkeley’s Sunshine Project, confirmed that the Air Force had considered developing, but ultimately rejected pursuing, a non-lethal weapon that contained a strong aphrodisiac, which would cause [...]
Posted in Environment, International, Politics, Science on 3 June 2007 | No Comments »
The Kyoto summit had the good and the bad. The good, its purpose. The bad, the implementation. First, the good. Contrary to all those skeptics, one fact remains clear: something is amiss and without any precedent in the last millenium’s history of climate change. Kyoto tried to address that, based [...]
Posted in Law, Science on 3 June 2007 | No Comments »
Those with hangnails can now rejoice. Dr. Kevorkian is out and is willing to help you to shed your mortal coil. For an insightful analysis of the work of Dr. Kevorkian see the article by Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. One can only hope that he is a better doctor than lawyer. [...]
Posted in Appellate Law, Health, Law, Science, Supreme Court, Tech on 22 May 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal reported on the alarming news about the diabetes drug Avandia, which places users at a 43% increased risk of suffering a heart attack. I have a close relative on the drug, so it’s of immediate concern to me. More about the Avandia news here.
Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland [...]
Posted in Environment, International, Law, Politics, Science, Supreme Court, Tech on 24 April 2007 | 1 Comment »
Or so Shai Oster of the Wall Street Journal writes today, citing comments by the International Energy Agency’s chief economist, Fatih Birol. Previously China had been expected to surpass the U.S. in emissions in 2010, but China’s burgeoning economy (increasing at more than 10% a year for the past four years) has required a [...]
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