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Posted in Health on May 27th, 2005
Viagra, that is. And, it may not.
Federal health officials are examining rare reports of blindness among some men using the impotence drugs Viagra and Cialis, a disclosure that comes at a time when the drug industry can ill afford negative publicity about another class of blockbuster medicines.
Of course, I’ve always heard the alternative to handling [...]
Posted in Technology on May 27th, 2005
This is one of those "huh?" headlines:
Experts Say Wormholes, Time Machines Unreliable
Now, I originally wanted to do some satire about Ford recalling the 2005 time machines, and Toyota recalling their 2005 wormholes. But, it just didn’t really suit me today. So, instead, I’ll just explain the obvious.
According to a new paper by researchers Roman [...]
Posted in Technology on May 25th, 2005
This is just precious:
A new system of lasers designed to warn pilots they have entered restricted airspace over Washington can’t be used on planes flying in or above the clouds.
Trouble is, clouds cover most of the sky almost half the time in the nation’s capital.
The limitations of the laser warning system were evident during an [...]
Posted in Silly science on May 23rd, 2005
The Federal Aviation Administration proposed Thursday to amend its regulations to ensure that it can enforce a law that prohibits "obtrusive" advertising in zero gravity.
How they gonna do that? Although it sounds nice enough, and appeals to environmentalists I’m sure, it’s totally impossible to prevent. Realistically, I don’t see anyone trying soon. But, not because [...]
Posted in Technology on May 23rd, 2005
A new warning signal for communicating with aircraft is being deployed within the Washington D.C. metropolitan area Air Defense Identification Zone (DC ADIZ) including the Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ.) The anticipated operational date is May 21, 2005. The signal consists of highly focused red and green colored lights in an alternating red/ red/green signal pattern. [...]
Posted in Earth on May 23rd, 2005
Like slow-moving bookends, two earthquake faults are squeezing northern metropolitan Los Angeles nearly a quarter inch a year, scientists said today.
The big squeeze involves the convergence of the Pacific plate, a vast chunk of Earth’s crust, that is sliding under the North American plate. The two converge by 0.2 inches (5 millimeters) every year, the [...]
Posted in Earth on May 20th, 2005
Increased snowfall over a large area of Antarctica is thickening the ice sheet and slowing the rise in sea level caused by melting ice.A satellite survey shows that between 1992 and 2003, the East Antarctic ice sheet gained about 45 billion tonnes of ice - enough to reduce the oceans’ rise by 0.12 millimetres per [...]
Posted in The Solar System on May 19th, 2005
A former NASA astronaut will call on the U.S. Congress to evaluate an asteroid with a small chance of hitting Earth in 2036 and suggest lawmakers consider a space mission to monitor the object, SPACE.com has learned. Russell Schweickart arrives here today to make his case. He’ll also ask Congress to assign to a government [...]
Posted in Silly science on May 17th, 2005
BBC has this knack for making a statement for a headline that doesn’t even match the content of the article they writing about. This is another one:
Whether it is sprouting hair, budding breasts or a breaking voice, the signs that herald puberty can be distressing and difficult to cope with.
In the western world there [...]
Posted in Silly science on May 17th, 2005
This is a statement of fact from BBC.
Using a digital mobile phone in rural areas may pose a greater risk of developing brain tumours than it does in urban settings, a study suggests.
Researchers found using a mobile in rural areas tripled the risk of malignant or benign tumours compared to urban users.
I actually did [...]