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Posted by Barnaby, at 09:26PM 01/23/08 :
Sun?s Magnetic Secret Revealed
Note: Powerful magnetic waves have been confirmed for the first time as major players in the process that makes the sun's atmosphere strangely hundreds of times hotter than its already superhot surface.
Posted by Barnaby, at 10:25PM 12/07/07 :
Best Meteor Shower of 2007 Peaks Dec. 13
Note: If you are able to get out of the city and into a semi-dark are, you will be rewarded with one of the shows mother nature has to offer!
Posted by Barnaby, at 03:53PM 09/11/07 :
Radio Frequencies Help Burn Salt Water
Note: The discovery has scientists excited by the prospect of using salt water, the most abundant resource on earth, as a fuel.
Posted by Barnaby, at 02:28PM 09/06/07 :
Winds of Change - the Future of Amateur Astronomy
Note: This is WAY inside baseball, so please feel free to ignore if not into astronomy as a serious hobby. Still very interesting, though!
Posted by Barnaby, at 11:20AM 09/06/07 :
Dino-Killing Asteroid Traced to Cosmic Collision
Note: An ancient collision between two mega-asteroids spawned the killer space rock that slammed into Earth and marked the beginning of the end for the dinosaurs, a new study claims.
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:01PM 08/31/07 :
Water pours on young star system
Note: A torrent of water-ice cascading down on an embryonic star system may shed light on how a key ingredient for life makes its way into planets.
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:11PM 08/23/07 :
Silver surfers beat the young as Web wizards
Note: So-called "silver surfers" dedicate an average of 42 hours a month to the World Wide Web, compared with 37.9 hours among 18 to 24-year-olds.
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:01PM 08/23/07 :
Curling Commercial
Note: This has to be from the 80's. Just some good, clean fun.
Posted by Barnaby, at 10:15AM 08/14/07 :
Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned
Note: The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.
Posted by Barnaby, at 12:18PM 08/13/07 :
China, Filling a Void, Drills for Riches in Chad
Note: In mineral-rich countries that had been all but abandoned by foreign investors because of unrest and corruption, Chinese companies are reviving output of cobalt and bauxite. China has even become the new mover and shaker in agricultural countries like Ivory Coast, once the crown jewel in France’s postcolonial African empire, where Chinese companies are building a new capital, in Yamoussoukro, paid for by Chinese loans.
Posted by Barnaby, at 11:14AM 08/08/07 :
Death-Defying Mars Rovers: Riders in the Storm
Note: The martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity continue to successfully weather a series of severe dust storms that threaten to cut power to their solar panels, but it's still a day-to-day battle for survival, scientists say.
Posted by Barnaby, at 05:15PM 08/07/07 :
Galaxies clash in four-way merger
Note: Four gigantic galaxies have been seen crashing into one another in one of the biggest cosmic collisions ever seen.
Posted by Barnaby, at 05:13PM 08/07/07 :
Hunting for another Earth-like planet
Note: "It can only be a matter of time before scientists find another planet like ours. The hunt for another Earth is on."
Posted by Barnaby, at 01:09PM 08/06/07 :
Largest Known Exoplanet Discovered
Note: The largest planet ever discovered is also one of the strangest and theoretically should not even exist, scientists say.
Posted by Barnaby, at 01:42PM 07/31/07 :
Keanu Reeves and Teddy Bears
Note: Keanu from 1984. Enough said.
Posted by Barnaby, at 11:57AM 07/31/07 :
How to deal with a falling population
Note: Worries about a population explosion have been replaced by fears of decline
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:15PM 07/27/07 :
Pole Position Commercial
Note: Oh my God the 80's were so great and so crappy, all at once
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Posted by Barnaby, at 09:26PM 01/23/08 :Sun?s Magnetic Secret Revealed
Note: Powerful magnetic waves have been confirmed for the first time as major players in the process that makes the sun's atmosphere strangely hundreds of times hotter than its already superhot surface.
Posted by Barnaby, at 10:25PM 12/07/07 :Best Meteor Shower of 2007 Peaks Dec. 13
Note: If you are able to get out of the city and into a semi-dark are, you will be rewarded with one of the shows mother nature has to offer!
Posted by Barnaby, at 03:53PM 09/11/07 :Radio Frequencies Help Burn Salt Water
Note: The discovery has scientists excited by the prospect of using salt water, the most abundant resource on earth, as a fuel.
Posted by Barnaby, at 02:28PM 09/06/07 :Winds of Change - the Future of Amateur Astronomy
Note: This is WAY inside baseball, so please feel free to ignore if not into astronomy as a serious hobby. Still very interesting, though!
Posted by Barnaby, at 11:20AM 09/06/07 :Dino-Killing Asteroid Traced to Cosmic Collision
Note: An ancient collision between two mega-asteroids spawned the killer space rock that slammed into Earth and marked the beginning of the end for the dinosaurs, a new study claims.
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:01PM 08/31/07 :Water pours on young star system
Note: A torrent of water-ice cascading down on an embryonic star system may shed light on how a key ingredient for life makes its way into planets.
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:11PM 08/23/07 :Silver surfers beat the young as Web wizards
Note: So-called "silver surfers" dedicate an average of 42 hours a month to the World Wide Web, compared with 37.9 hours among 18 to 24-year-olds.
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:01PM 08/23/07 :Curling Commercial
Note: This has to be from the 80's. Just some good, clean fun.
Posted by Barnaby, at 10:15AM 08/14/07 :Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned
Note: The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.
Posted by Barnaby, at 12:18PM 08/13/07 :China, Filling a Void, Drills for Riches in Chad
Note: In mineral-rich countries that had been all but abandoned by foreign investors because of unrest and corruption, Chinese companies are reviving output of cobalt and bauxite. China has even become the new mover and shaker in agricultural countries like Ivory Coast, once the crown jewel in France’s postcolonial African empire, where Chinese companies are building a new capital, in Yamoussoukro, paid for by Chinese loans.
Posted by Barnaby, at 11:14AM 08/08/07 :Death-Defying Mars Rovers: Riders in the Storm
Note: The martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity continue to successfully weather a series of severe dust storms that threaten to cut power to their solar panels, but it's still a day-to-day battle for survival, scientists say.
Posted by Barnaby, at 05:15PM 08/07/07 :Galaxies clash in four-way merger
Note: Four gigantic galaxies have been seen crashing into one another in one of the biggest cosmic collisions ever seen.
Posted by Barnaby, at 05:13PM 08/07/07 :Hunting for another Earth-like planet
Note: "It can only be a matter of time before scientists find another planet like ours. The hunt for another Earth is on."
Posted by Barnaby, at 01:09PM 08/06/07 :Largest Known Exoplanet Discovered
Note: The largest planet ever discovered is also one of the strangest and theoretically should not even exist, scientists say.
Posted by Barnaby, at 01:42PM 07/31/07 :Keanu Reeves and Teddy Bears
Note: Keanu from 1984. Enough said.
Posted by Barnaby, at 11:57AM 07/31/07 :How to deal with a falling population
Note: Worries about a population explosion have been replaced by fears of decline
Posted by Barnaby, at 04:15PM 07/27/07 :Pole Position Commercial
Note: Oh my God the 80's were so great and so crappy, all at once
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