Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20080515

May 15th, 2008

A peer-reviewed journal paper has extended the connection between CO₂ and global warming back 800,000 years. Did I mentioned this paper was peer-reviewed?

After decades of searching, NASA has discovered a young supernova, about 140 years old (All day yesterday, people thought NASA was going to announce aliens).

Young Supernova

TED Talk: “Rock Star Physicist” Brian Cox explains the Large Hadron Collider (HT Oranchak).

Cell phones can change your brainwaves and behavior (HT Clint).

It is shown that eating less leads to a longer lifespan than regular exercise in mice.

People with bad teeth are more likely to get some forms of cancer.

A variation in the GLUT2 gene causes people to have a sweet tooth.

The middle class is smoking more pot.

Instant Messaging is actually “an expansive new linguistic renaissance.”

The UK is releasing its UFO archives. Time to settle down with my tin-foil hat for some extended reading.

UFO Maps a Google Mashup

Check out this gallery of alien-looking sea slugs.

Honda robot conducts the Detroit Symphony.

China’s devastating earthquake was the result of a collision of land masses between India and Asia.

The Interior Department has declared the polar bear a threatened species because of loss of Arctic sea ice, but warned against using this to address Global Warming.

McCain’s climate-change page stole it’s design from Mother Jones.

RL computer bugs, invasive ants in Houston are shorting out computers and electrical boxes.

Music can enhance the tast of wine.

Cool proof that your brain makes up what your eyes can’t see. Human eyes are proof we were either not designed or designed by an idiot.

The video that convinced Disney Executives to go ahead with the movie TRON:

2 comments to “Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20080515”

Just a word of caution. Peer review is not infallible. It is just the first (and very important) step in weeding out the crap. Now it becomes part of scientific procedure and we shall see if other studies can replicate the findings.
by Kav May 15th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Very True! Which is why I didn’t buy the one paper predicting “10 Years of Cooling” based on a computer model, and nobody else did… except the dittoheads. I emphasize the words “Peer-Reviewed,” because that sets it waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy above anything Rush Limbaugh just makes up.
by ideonexus May 15th, 2008 at 7:47 pm