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Posted in Global Warming, Silly science on May 30th, 2006
Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy.
I kid you not.
The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report Monday.
Healthier plant life is something to worry about? What about the trees and plants that gives us life and absorb those pesky greenhouse gases?
Whew. [...]
Posted in Earth on May 28th, 2006
I get an email notification of every earthquake that hits. I noticed the one that hit Java Friday night. It looked pretty powerful from what I got, but there was no immediate follow-up. I went to bed. The next morning I started reading about how devestating it was and how many people died. My heart [...]
Posted in Energy, Technology on May 26th, 2006
Originally posted May 22, 2006.
This is just too cool. You have to watch the video to believe it:
I keep hearing about this. Seeing is believing. Let’s make it happen!
Technorati water power, alternative fuel
May 26, 2006 UPDATE - I have since had lunch with a physicist. We got to talking alternative fuels and he started laughing [...]
Posted in Technology on May 26th, 2006
I did a series of posts on the adventures of SpaceShipOne in it’s pursuit of the X Prize. Over there on the sidebar, I’ve got a link to the M-Prize. When I linked it, it wasn’t worth a penny. Now it’s about $3.5 million and growing fast. It is based on the success of the [...]
Posted in Technology on May 26th, 2006
From an article found here:
Kentucky will become the nation’s first state to send a satellite into space — probably by late 2007 — in a cooperative venture among state universities and agencies designed to promote education, research and economic development.
The satellite program, announced yesterday at the state Council on Postsecondary Education, could help attract high-tech [...]
Posted in Animal Kingdom on May 24th, 2006
Storm sent me a link to the bald eagle webcam. It’s very cool.
A side note, bald eagles were re-introduced to my local area. Some of the local parks have been holding eagle watches at various times of the year. If you’re lucky, you can see the eagles in action. You have to be incredibly lucky [...]
Posted in The Solar System on May 24th, 2006
Voyager I exited our solar system about a year ago. Voyager II apparently exited the solar system very recently. However, it wasn’t supposed to for another year. This told some very smart people something. The edge of our solar system apparently is not a circle, but an egg shaped object. To make it understandable to [...]
Posted in Global Warming on May 23rd, 2006
Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore’s documentary about global warming?
“Doubt it,” Bush said coolly Monday…….
Although Bush had never vocalized his opinion on global warming, he offered this during the dialogue:
“New technologies will change how we live and how we drive our cars, which all will have the beneficial effect of improving the environment,” [...]
Posted in Energy on May 23rd, 2006
What do you think this is:
Terrorist attack
Alien invasion
Radical environmentalists "preserving" the earth
Actually, it’s none of the above. It’s a controlled implosion of a closed nuclear reactor cooling tower. The only reason I’m posting this here is because it just shows that the buildings that did the reacting for years is perilously close to the cooling [...]
Posted in Earth on May 22nd, 2006
Here’s a list of the Top 25 strongest earthquakes of the last 24 hours:
May 22, 2006 11:11:59 GMT
60.7515
165.8768
6.6
11.1
78
May 22, 2006 13:08:02 GMT
54.3218
158.4317
6.2
189.4
177
May 22, 2006 13:03:09 GMT
60.8025
165.8551
5.4
10
153
May 22, 2006 12:30:14 GMT
60.7884
165.5808
5.1
18
38
May 22, 2006 05:05:56 GMT
5.737
126.184
5
125
23
May 22, 2006 15:16:20 GMT
30.0021
131.0269
4.9
40.5
40
May 22, 2006 12:04:51 GMT
60.7498
165.9004
4.9
10
46
May 22, 2006 10:44:13 GMT
-20.3359
-174.284
4.9
15
24
May 22, 2006 03:57:48 GMT
-20.945
-174.361
4.9
35
53
May 22, 2006 11:50:32 GMT
60.9051
165.6243
4.8
10
31
May 22, [...]