20 years of research that will greatly improve our ability to model the climate, scientists have mapped out the crisscrossing patterns of ocean currents .
Ocean Current Striations
Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! September 27th!!! The Smithsonian’s going to open a new “Ocean Hall .”
Whoa. An engineered microbe converts solar energy in to sugar and cellulose .
Well you can just rock me to sleep tonight mulling this one over. Are mathematics discovered or invented ?
My Lasik eye surgery was botched, I had a moment of pain and blurry vision for months in one eye while it healed (looked nasty too), but I would do it again in an instant; however, the FDA is looking into providing more information to patients considering the procedure . So they’ll understand what happened to me could happen to them.
I love how human altruism can extend to species even distantly related, as when people equipped a paralyzed turtle with wheels .
How three regions are dealing with peak water .
Nuclear Power is a significant improvement over coal, only one problem we’ve hit peak Uranium .
Ohhhh… Check out Nano Photos .
Okay. I give up. What does this mean? I totally accept that I lose geek points for asking.
The narwhal, that whale with a great big spiral tusk sticking out of its head, is in greater danger than the polar bear from Arctic warming .
Anatomy and dissection in Japan 1819, the Kaibo Zonshinzu anatomy scrolls .
Kaibo Zonshinzu anatomy scrolls
Offcials are using DNA to figure out what kids from a polygamy sect belong to what mothers.
The Virtual Human Interaction Lab has found that who you are in the virtual world affects who you are in real life .
Old news, but new evidence that Tyrannosaurus Rex is related to the chicken .
Spam is 30-years-old .
How to improve your gas mileage right now .
Mathematical relationship advice. An ancient praying mantis found in amber might be a missing link.
The Egyptian Pyramids are packed with seashells , making them a fossil treasure-trove.
Why do humans have religion? Because where the only creatures to have evolved imagination .
Synchronized Swimming Mitosis:
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Thanks for the turtle link. Now women think I have a knack for cute things, and thus, the world is a better place. For me.
Comment by Nick Hamden — April 28, 2008 @ 10:06 am
Anything I can do to make you more appealing to the ladies DJ Nicko.
Comment by ideonexus — April 29, 2008 @ 10:20 pm
I was thinking the weird “Oddvo rmyog ovs” post on Sciam was similar to the upside-down text technique I had seen before, as demonstrated here:
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=556276
“Turn your monitor upside down to read this = `s!y+ peaJ o+ umop ap!sdn Jo+!uow Jnoh uJnL”
But I don’t think that’s what’s going on in the sciam post.
Comment by Dave — May 10, 2008 @ 10:45 am
I thought it might’ve been something like that too. It remains a mystery.
Comment by ideonexus — May 13, 2008 @ 9:44 pm