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Science Etcetera, Moonday 20080519

May 19th, 2008
  • Aspiring to be the largest building on Earth, the Two-Mile-High “Ultima” Tower is based off of Termite mound architecture.

    • Two-Mile-High Ultima Tower

    Two-Mile-High “Ultima” Tower
  • While there is a broad, indisputable consensus on Global Warming, there is much debate among scientists over its details, like does it contribute to hurricane strength?
  • Stars in galaxies are putting out twice as much energy as previously thought and have 20% more mass.
  • Mothers who use mobile phones while pregnant are 54 percent more likely to have children with behavioral problems.
  • Environmentally-friendly items for sale on John McCain’s website are examples of greenwashing.
  • Neat examples of the golden mean in the human body.
  • Some surprises in the list of Top 10 Smartest Animals.

    • Top 10 Intelligent Animals

    Top 10 Smartest Animals
    Photo by TGAW
  • Junk Snail Mail is a waste of your time and the Earth’s resources. Here are three steps you can take to fight it (The link for the Direct Marketing Association is bad on the site, mine works).
  • People trying to smuggle giant beetles into the US, which would be invasive if they got out.
  • This virtual girlfriend is only an image, but the interface could be wired to something more tangible, like a real doll. Not that I know anything about this sort of thing myself.
  • How Professor Vincent Walsh shut down Roger Highfield’s brain’s speech center with a magnet.
  • Double-amputee and cyborg sprinter Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to compete in the olympic games. If he does well, I intend to have my legs amputated too.
  • While people in Haiti are eating flavored mud, American’s are throwing out 27 percent of our food.
  • Take a moment to play with BioMotionLab’s BMLwalker V1.8 to see how humans move:

    • BMLwalker V1.8 Relaxed, Happy, Female

    BMLwalker V1.8: Relaxed, Happy, Female

    3 comments to “Science Etcetera, Moonday 20080519”

    1. Ryan,

      You’re missing your opening < on the cyborg sprinter link.

      -BMF

           by BMF May 19th, 2008 at 8:34 am

    2. I wouldn’t want to live in that tour. I mean. I am sure the only people who are going to live there are douche bags, so that would just make the neighbor situations usually unpleasantly awkward.

           by DJ Nicko May 19th, 2008 at 9:07 am

    3. Thanks BMF! Tardy in fixing it b/c I’m overwhellmed right now with my day job. : )

      DJ Nicko: I want to live in that tower!!! (This should support your “Douchebag” hypothesis)

           by ideonexus May 22nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm

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