News Briefs 07-08-2009
Posted by G.C at 23:18, 06 Aug 2009“Life moves pretty fast…”
- Glaciers are melting everywhere, faster than we can measure… More disturbing proof here.
- An ancient, forgotten port rediscovered in New Delhi.
- Is a polluted Arctic Ocean looming on the horizon?
- The genetic structure of HIV has been decoded.
- Did comets create our oceans?
- Curvy DNA may be the cornerstone of building molecular machines.
- NASA’s Kepler mission has identified its first exoplanet. More here about this Jupiter-size discovery.
- It appears Aesop’s ‘Crow and the Pitcher’ fable, is actually true.
- Life on Mars? The Mars methane mystery continues to baffle the lab-coats.
- Out of virtual body, out of virtual mind experiences may have real life and body implications.
- Popular insect repellent deemed a neurotoxic threat.
- Venomous ‘two-headed’ snake evolves to strike fear in the hearts of Ophidiophobics everywhere.
- Malaria, courtesy of our simian counterparts.
- Capturing lightning in a bottle, Martian style…
- Is iron the key to unlocking superconductivity at high temperatures?
- Quantum computers continue working even after half their components are removed. What works on the micro…
- The Swiss Army Knife, conceptually replicated in an all-in-one nanoparticle.
- Water from the local well may not be as healthy as once believed…
- A 14,000 year-old rock may contain the oldest known map of Europe.
- The first power towers are up, running and reflecting in California.
- Ramen-cooking robot announces plans to poison food supply to kick-off the coming robot apocalypse.
- Star Wars vs. Star Trek, you be the judge.
- Life, in a snack-shaped universe.
Quote of the Day:
“…If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Ferris Bueller, courtesy of John Hughes, 02.18.1950-08.06.2009
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1 May 2004
48 weeks 4 days
OK so there are 3 glaciers that are supposed to be archetypal. But there is a list of growing glaciers here.
3 August 2005
3 years 26 weeks
OK so there are 3 glaciers that are supposed to be archetypal. But there is a list of growing glaciers here.
Their leading edges are moving forward. That does not mean they are gaining mass. Quite possibly the opposite. As they melt the melt water can lubricate the underside and they then slide and stretch downhill. The more rapid advance has been used to measure melt in ice packs too large to estimate mass changes, such as Greenland and Antarctica. If in these cases there is evidence of mass/volume gain I'll cheerfully refund your hypothesis.
No, I am not the brain specialist.....
YES. Yes I AM the brain specialist.
22 November 2004
15 hours 19 min
...The more rapid advance has been used to measure melt in ice packs too large to estimate mass changes, such as Greenland and Antarctica. If in these cases there is evidence of mass/volume gain ...
If it is too difficult to estimate mass changes in these large ice packs, why is it legitimate to use the faster advance as evidence of mass loss?
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No amount of cursing at the round earth will make it flat.
1 May 2004
48 weeks 4 days
The point i am trying to make is that if some glaciers are supposed to be melting then others ought to be compensating. To back this up it seems global temperatures have been about the same for the last 10 years or so. But in any case 3 glaciers to represent so many others does not strike me as dependable. It is a very small sample to base projections on even if they are supposed to be archetypal.
Addendum: on global temperatures.
22 November 2004
15 hours 19 min
Also remember that glaciers melt for reasons other than ambient air temperature. Such as water temperature.
And such as soot deposits, which have been directly measured in the Arctic. And such as volcanoes erupting under the ice, as has been witnessed in Iceland. There are volcanoes under the ice in Antarctica. Do they have measurable effects?
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No amount of cursing at the round earth will make it flat.
30 April 2004
8 weeks 1 day
MEMO
World Marketing has decided to run the program "Global Warming" so no more discussion is possible.
"Green" Products have been released to production and sales with great success and profits. In addition soon to be released are "Intangible Green Products" marketing such as "iGreen Web Sites" which have lower CPU demands when loading thus saving power.
Later when "Global Warming" has run its course and "Green" product sales plateau we will implement "Global Cooling" due to the success of "Global Warming".
****end
:p
10 August 2004
18 weeks 4 days
Last year the company that refills the LPG bottle for my kitchen stove rang to ask if I was interested in buying "green gas" at a small extra cost of $3 per month.
I asked them to explain to me in layman's terms how their "green gas" differed from the stuff that is pumped out of the ground, liquified, put in a tanker and brought to this town by road before being put in my gas bottle during refills. Needless to say they were somewhat hard pressed to come up with anything at all in the way of an explanation.
To the sorrow of their greedy little minds I declined their kind offer.
Regards, Kathrinn
3 August 2005
3 years 26 weeks
When you want to feel like you're made of star stuff, as Sagan said, the following should do the job:
"'We may sip a piece of the impactors every time we drink a glass of water,' the study authors write in their paper, which will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Icarus."
But when you want to feel like you truly belong to the circle of life and are connected to all living things, then consider as you take that sip that every bit of water on this planet has been through at least one animal organism at least one time. Forget star stuff -- you're part T. Rex whiz.
No, I am not the brain specialist.....
YES. Yes I AM the brain specialist.
1 May 2004
13 hours 34 min
This explains everything!
It's a Homer Simpson universe!
The only thing left to ask is if you want it with sprinkles.