Sunday, October 5, 2008

A Future Timeline for Economics

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The Futurist: The accelerating rate of change in many fields of technology all manifest themselves in terms of human development, some of wh...

Arctic Sea Ice Annual Freeze-up Underway

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Parry Channel in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, as seen by Envisat's ASAR on 25 August 2008, when the direct Northwest Passage was ope...

Big Bang or Big Bounce?: New Theory on the Universe's Birth

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( Photo from Windsor Humanist Society ) From American Scientist: Atoms are now such a commonplace idea that it is hard to remember how radic...

The Growth Of Geothermal Power

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Wairakei Geothermal Power Plant New Zealand ( Photo: Wikimedia ) Filipinos Draw Power From Buried Heat -- Washington Post ORMOC, Philippines...
Saturday, October 4, 2008

See A Pattern On Wall Street?

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From The New York Times: Take a look at the two blurry images below. Can you see an object hidden in each one? Before I give the answers, he...

Windfarms Of the Future

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An illustration of what wind turbines would look like at different distances from the shore. P.S.E.G ( Photo: New York Times ) New Jersey Gr...

China And Smoking Go Hand In Hand

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China Lung Disease 'To Kill 83m' -- BBC News A US study has suggested that more than 80 million people in China will die in the next...
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Musicians Use Both Sides Of Their Brains More Frequently Than Average People

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Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think diffe...

Grief: The Price of Love

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Old Man Crying ( Photo from Trekearth ) From Live Science: Years ago while observing a troop of Barbary macaques for behavioral research, I ...

Earliest Known Human Had Neanderthal Qualities

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This map shows the Kibish Formation site, where the fossils of the earliest modern human were found. The site is located in southwest Ethiop...

French Bees Find A Haven In Paris

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Photo from Advocacy Britannica From The International Herald Tribune: Corinne Moncelli offers guests at her Eiffel Park Hotel more than a vi...

Old Violins Reveal Their Secrets

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(Photo from Nashville Violins ) From Nature: Acoustic measurements identify the signature of a Stradivarius. Why do the violins made by Stra...
Friday, October 3, 2008

The Beginning of E-Paper?

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Liquavista device ( Photo from the Guardian ) Scientists Aim To Deliver E-Paper In Full Computerised Colour -- The Guardian Scientists in Ca...

The Continual Existance Of Tuberculosis

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(Click To Enlarge) World TB incidence. Cases per 100,000; Red => 300, orange = 200–300, yellow = 100–200, green = 50–100, blue = Photo of...

This Will Completely Change The Wine industry

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Proud: Entrepeneur and inventor Casey Jones, 53, shows off the revolutionary ultrasonic wine ager in a vinyard (Photo from the Daily Mail ) ...

Warming To Spur Potato Famine In The Andes?

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From National Geographic: When Tito Guillen Rosales was a young boy, his grandfather was a rich man, growing 50 bags of potatoes a year and ...

Carnival of Space: October 2, 2008

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Photo: History.com Alice's Astro Info is the host for todays Space Carnival. The link is HERE :

Branson Wants to Help Science Save Earth

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(Photo: Wired Magazine) From Wired News: Richard Branson has slapped the Virgin name on everything from airlines and space travel to record ...

Ask the Brains: Why Do We Laugh When Someone Falls?

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Alexander Hafemann/iStockPhoto From Scientific America: Why do we find it funny when some­one falls down? —William B. Keith, Houston William...

The Element That Could Change The World

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Schematic depicts the inner workings of a vanadium battery, now in use in a Utah plant, that can supply 250 kilowatts for eight hours. VRB P...