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Category Archives: science
Christchurch Earthquake
NASA writes about the religion of earthquakes: It is a modern human tendency to focus on the number of an earthquake—specifically, the magnitude, or what people used to call the “Richter scale.” But the destruction from a quake usually has more to do with location and timing. Such was the case with the earthquake in [...]
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Increased Ethanol In Gasoline
There are concerns about using ethanol in gasoline. It is possible that ethanol is actually worse for the environment and increasing the rate of global warming; however, the EPA is allowing E15. E15 (a blend of gasoline and ethanol) In response to a request by Growth Energy under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act, [...]
Also posted in Agriculture, energy, environment, Government Tagged autos, blend, cars, climate change, E15, environment, EPA, ethanol, gas, gasoline, global warming, government, regulations, science, trucks Leave a comment
Oldest Northern North American Human
Many people believe human life started in Africa; however, is it possible the Garden of Eden was in North America? The National Science Foundation scientists and Alaska Natives collaborate on find of cremated child. Newly excavated remains found at the Xaasaa Na’ archaeological site near the Tanana River in central Alaska may belong to one [...]
Also posted in children, Education, Society Tagged archaeological dig, climate change, Garden Of Eden, God, heritage, human life, man, North America, oldest, remains, roots, science, start Leave a comment
Volatile Weather
“the GOES-13 satellite, captures the massive winter storm currently affecting much of the United States” — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Also posted in weather Tagged 1, 2011, big, climage change, Febuary, global warming, storm, volatie, warming, weather, winter Leave a comment
High Speed Robot Hand
This video shows the manipulator dribbling a ping-pong ball, spinning a pen, throwing a ball, tying knots, grasping a grain of rice with tweezers, and tossing / re-grasping a cellphone! Based on the video, the hand uses high-speed actuators with harmonic drive gears. The hand can close in 1/10th of a second! Personally, I find [...]
Also posted in robotics Tagged anthropomorphic, grabbing, high speed, manipulator, robotics, robots, throwing, tossing Leave a comment
Underwater Snow
Marine snow is a shower of organic material falling from upper waters to the deep ocean As plants and animals near the surface of the ocean die and decay, they fall toward the sea floor, just like leaves and decaying material fall onto a forest floor. In addition to dead animals and plants, marine snow [...]
Hamburgers and Superbugs
Superinfections. Get ready for them. “evolution of life-threatening bacteria that render our current antibiotics useless” “The problem is that the animal agriculture industry makes massive use of low-dose antibiotics for growth promotion and in place of effective infection prevention methods” ya. When you coop up animals all day and make ‘em stand in their own [...]
Also posted in Agriculture, environment, health and wellness, Medicine Tagged avarice, compassion, crime, environment, risks Leave a comment
You Can’t Make This Up
Navy Bombs Guam with Dead, Frozen, Drug-Stuffed Mice. Apparently, in the 1980s, they brought in snakes. “the creatures arrived on the island accidentally in military cargo. ” “The mildly venomous snakes can grow up to 10 feet long” “The discovery that snakes will die when they eat acetaminophen was a huge step forward,” “scientists drop [...]
Also posted in environment, Government, War And Peace Tagged adaptation, environment, irony, science Leave a comment
Forebodings of Doom
How much is a 1%/year decline ? Enough that if i had a hundred of anything, i would have fifty in seventy years. What are these anythings ? Phytoplankton in the ocean, who produce half the oxygen we breathe are declining at 1% a year. They die because the oceans change in a warming world. [...]
Also posted in Business, energy, environment, International, Society Tagged climate change, drinking water, earth, energy, environment, global warming, science Leave a comment
Flooding From Japan’s Earthquake Tsunami