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Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20080626

June 26th, 2008
  • The NOAA has a large photo collection of sea creatures from the Atlantic Shelf & Slope Expeditions.

  • Porpida porpida

    Porpida porpida
    Credit: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002.
    NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
  • The White House’s new strategy for dealing with pesky e-mails from the EPA about global warming? Refuse to even open such e-mails, unless they are stripped of inconvenient truths.
  • An assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Climate change threatens our security by destabilizing world governments, creating humanitarian disasters, and adding to terrorism. The White House responded by sticking their fingers in their ears and going “LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!”
  • Scientists have found that greenhouse gases are being destroyed over the Atlantic Ocean at 50% higher rates than Climate Models predict, meaning better models are forthcoming.
  • Mars is lopsided because it got whacked with a Pluto-sized meteor billions of years ago. It also used to rain on Mars.
  • People who believe it’s all “in God’s hands” are less likely to vote.
  • A small team of physicists is arguing that the Universe looks fractal as far as our telescopes can see.

  • Feigenbaum Planet

    Feigenbaum Planet
    Credit: Michael Michelitsch
  • A 2006 Pew survey showed that Conservatives are happier than Liberals. Further analysis shows this is because Conservatives rationalize away inequality while Liberals seek justice (Yes, I’m spinning this).
  • Baby Boomers have gloomy outlooks on their futures.
  • Bilingual people may unconsciously change their personality when switching from one language to the other.
  • Tips on Urban Hiking.
  • Little more than a minute of Richard Feynman’s Brilliance:


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