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Science Etcetera, Saturnday 20080511

May 10th, 2008
  • The Air Tree is an inventive urban structure that reduces the “heat island” effect in urban areas, produces energy and oxygen.

    • Air Tree

    Air Tree
  • Can you name 10 Things in Your Yard?
  • April 2007 was the 29th coolest April in 114 years, which dittoheads will take as evidence that global warming is over, but playing with the graphing tool at the bottom of the linked page will show the warming trend hasn’t changed.
  • Skeptics who are buying the global cooling idea should put their money where their mouth is and take Real Climate’s bet on the trends.
  • 80 years ago, the world’s population was about two billion, yesterday it passed 6,666,666,666, which means something to those of use concerned about sustainability and others out there concerned about the “end times.”
  • New Scientist has five SF movies that get the science right.
  • Fox’s News’ Baier falsely claims Al Gore blamed the Myanmar cyclone on global warming.
  • Global Warming is forcing Grizzly Bears and Polar Bears into each other’s territory, interbreeding to create Grolar Bears.

    • Grolar Bear

    Grolar Bear
  • Even when scientists are wrong, they still know better than you.
  • NASA Scientist answers questions about the logistics of keeping a person in bed for 90 days.
  • Counter-Intuitive: People sleepwalk because of a lack of sleep.
  • California plans to run its dump trucks on the liquefied natural gas produced by the trash they dump.
  • A light bulb in Livermore has been lit continuously for 107 years.
  • Thanks to Taser International successfully suing doctors in the US for listing their product as a cause of death, Canadian doctors are afraid to declare any cause of death at all.
  • NASA researching into making sonic booms quieter.
  • Video of the dramatic Melting of the Polar Ice Cap:



    • 4 comments to “Science Etcetera, Saturnday 20080511”

    1. Question mark man is right! You do have a word missing in the 10 Things Your Yard link.

      Good job sir.

      [Grolar Bears are amazing. Just saying it is fun]

           by DJ Nicko May 10th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    2. I would have named them Pizzley Bears…

      Just saying…

      -BMF

           by BMF May 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    3. The preposition “in” has been added to the “10 Things in Your Yard” so people will be able to read it. : )

           by ideonexus May 13th, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    4. : )

           by ideonexus May 13th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

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