Science Etcetera, Marsday 20080513

Posted on 13th May 2008 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera

Silent Energy is an exhibit illustrating how much energy gets produced in things like turning a door knob or typing on a keyboard.

Silent Energy

Is this news? Kids think eyeglasses make other kids look smart. Duh?

Phone Scam: Sending a text message on your cell phone costs four times more than downloading data from the Hubble Telescope.

Fish diet to keep from getting big enough to challenge rivals.

Not a new idea, but one I appreciate, Stuart Kauffman thinks we should call the Universe god in his book Reinventing the Sacred.

Pervert seal tries to have sex with a penguin.

Wind Turbines could meet 20 percent of our energy needs in 20 years.

You can follow the Solar Impulse flying around the world in a live virtual demonstration.

Solar Impulse Virtual Flight

Software for planning out how to save species.

Cool Slideshow: The Chaotic Genesis of Planets.

McCain is touting his environmentalism, but his record isn’t so great.

A woman caught the thieves who stole her Macintosh laptop, by remoting into it and taking their picture.

WORST PRESIDENT EVER: The Bush Administration is seeking to block meatpackers from testing their animals for mad cow disease.

The first space lawyer has graduated. I propose calling him a “Satellite Chaser.”

Not only do Orchids get wasps to waste energy mating with them, they get them to ejaculate as well:

Comments (5)

5 Comments »

1. A flower that makes wasps ejaculate…weird!

   Comment by Sour Swinger — May 13, 2008 @ 12:09 am

2. A penguin that makes seals ejaculate…weird!

   -BMF

   Comment by BMF — May 13, 2008 @ 12:12 am

3. Sorry… I was feeling lazy.

   -BMF

   Comment by BMF — May 13, 2008 @ 12:13 am

4. A Catholic priest that makes altar boys ejaculate…weird!

   Comment by ClintJCL — May 13, 2008 @ 8:52 am

5. ROFL

   Comment by Sour Swinger — May 13, 2008 @ 11:07 am

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