Science Etcetera, Moonday 20090615

Posted on 15th June 2009 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera
  • Have a moment of science Zen at Princeton’s 2009 Art of Science Gallery.

    • 2009 Art of Science Gallery

    2009 Art of Science Gallery
  • HB-SIB is a solar-powered aircraft that will fly across the Atlantic, and then around the world, ascending and charging its batteries by day and descending on the stored energy at night.
  • Interesting untapped alternative energy source: microbial metabolism on the ocean floor with an explanation of how to harness electricity from it.
  • Is it more environmentally friendly to compost yard waste or put it in a public landfill where the methane will be burned off or captured?
  • Breathing Earth is an impressive flash visualization of population growth and CO2 emissions, which I’ve covered before, but found it making the blog-rounds again.

    • Breathing Earth

    Breathing Earth
  • Fish raised in hatcheries as a strategy for fortifying wild populations may interfere with the genetic strength of wild populations with deleterious results.
  • Wyoming has had 14 between 1970 and 2005, and New York has had 124,849 according to a map of abortion rates in the U.S.
  • A fuel leak has postponed the shuttle Endeavor launch.
  • Film of bike tricks shot by Thomas Edison in 1899



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