Science Etcetera, Venusday 20080704

Posted on 4th July 2008 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera - Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
  • Have a moment of Zen with some stunning aerial photos of Dutch Tulip farms, copyrighted, so below is a photo of a Portland, Oregon farm to entice you.

    • A tulip farm near Portland, OR and Mount Hood.

    A tulip farm near Portland, OR and Mount Hood.
    Credit: Jas&Suz
  • Language is an inherent faculty of the brain, and various languages express it differently.
  • The world happiness index has risen substantially since 1981.
  • Science is harder than English (PDF), according to a new study, and making a C in Biology is the same as a B in Sociology.
  • Over the next two years, the German Research Centre for Geosciences will store 60,000 tons of carbon dioxide 600 metres below the Earth.

    • Carbon Sequestration

    Carbon Sequestration
  • Fitness for Thought: Study of Weight Watchers VS Fitness Centers found Weight Watchers people lost about 9 pounds, but it was mostly lean tissue, not fat, while Fitness Center people lost very little weight, but lost a lot of abdominal fat. Unfortunately, this makes Fitness people give up because they don’t see results, despite getting them.
  • Hypermiling is cool, but some practices are downright dangerous.
  • The Berkeley Pit in Montana is an acidic environmental disaster left over from the Anaconda Mining Company, one of the deadliest places on Earth. Now researchers have found an extremophile algae living on its surface, producing oxygen that neutralizes the acid.
  • Liquid Magnet Sculptures:



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    1. I saw those magnet sculptures awhile back — good stuff!!

      Speaking of hypermiling.. while [barely] in New York this weekend for Church Of The SubGenius’s X-Day (edge of New York between Pennsylvania and Ohio), they had the most hilly roads I’ve ever driven on. One hill was high enough that once you got to the top, you could coast the rest of your way to town (5 minutes later) without using your accelerator. This includes 3 smaller hills that are all 3 bigger than any hill I’ve ever driven on [not counting mountain roads, obviously].

      Anyway… Not braking got scary sometimes :)

      Comment by ClintJCL — July 8, 2008 @ 10:53 am

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