Time, time, time…
- Yeti hunter Sir Edmund Hilary passes away, aged 88. Oh yeah, he was also the first to climb Everest.
- Five (possibly) mythical creatures that get government protection.
- Clues from the mists of time help unravel Peruvian mysteries.
- Meet the Henge builders.
- Dutch journalist offers € 25.000 reward for help in solving Nazi treasure code.
- Third Reich to Fortune 500: five popular brands the Nazis bestowed upon us. (via Boing Boing)
- Dedalus Books needs you!
- Alan Boyle gives an update on some of the strange science projects currently underway. Meanwhile, it’s big trouble for big science.
- Super Soaker inventor aims to cut solar energy costs in half. I foresee a giant super soaker hovering in the atmosphere, keeping us all cool.
- The five current genetic experiments most likely to destroy humanity.
- Traffic fumes ‘stunt baby growth‘. Will we soon see warning labels on exhaust pipes?
- Billy Cox says when it comes to UFOs, “Keep your eye on the Brits“.
- New mode of cell communication discovered: protons.
- Birds can communicate about the specific behaviour of predators.
- Scientists: Earth barely supports life.
- Messenger probe will give us our first close look at Mercury in more than three decades.
- Complex ties between plants and animals mean that human interference – even well-intended – can have negative consequences.
- Rogue black holes might fill our galaxy, devouring everything in their path. Pleasant dreams tonight!
- Would you like a piece of hippie history? A cool 8 million, and the location of Woodstock can be yours.
- Check out the winners of the 2007 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest.
Thanks Kat.
Quote of the Day:
I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by scientific reductionism, with its claim in promissory materialism to account eventually for all of the spiritual world in terms of patterns of neuronal activity. This belief must be classed as a superstition … we have to recognize that we are spiritual beings with souls existing in a spiritual world as well as material beings with bodies and brains existing in a material world.
Sir John Eccles, Evolution of the Brain, Creation of the Self (Amazon US & UK).
