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Science Etcetera, Venusday 20080808

August 8th, 2008
  • September 10!!! The sub-atomic rumble!!! As the LHC Starts Up!!!! Be There! BE THERE!! BE THERE!!!
  • Quasicrystals lack long range order, like aluminum and teflon, but do have repeating patterns, making them extremely complex for scientists to understand. Now researchers have modeled one using plastic beads.

    • Quasicrystal

    Quasicrystal
  • Lactate acid doesn’t cause sore muscles, older athletes redefining aging, and a lack of an “athletic gene” are just some suggestions for science stories for the Olympics.
  • There’s an ocean of air above our heads, and the emerging science of aeroecology studies the organisms and environment that exists within it.
  • Wonderful photoset of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

    • ATLAS Magnet Toroid End-Cap

    ATLAS Magnet Toroid End-Cap
    Credit: CERN
  • The science of boredom, and how it can inspire creativity.
  • Medical societies must punish doctors who are complicit in torture.
  • 970 trillion kWh fall from the sky everyday:



    • One comment to “Science Etcetera, Venusday 20080808”

    1. I wonder if Michael Bay directed that commercial?

      -BMF

           by BMF August 8th, 2008 at 8:08 am

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