Intelligence from our wonderfully mad world.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Cosmic census finds crowd of planets in our galaxy
My Way News - Cosmic census finds crowd of planets in our galaxy:
"at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way"
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
APOD: 2011 February 3 - Six Worlds for Kepler-11
APOD: 2011 February 3 - Six Worlds for Kepler-11:
"The Kepler mission has now identified over 1200 exoplanet candidates in a field of view that covers only about 1/400th of the sky. The tantalizing result suggests there are many undiscovered planets orbiting the stars in our galaxy."
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Glenn Beck: Drawing On 1950s Extremism?
"'I think what's happening is the Republican Party is willing to chase after whatever it can to get the party back — to get power back... so instead of drawing lines, they're jumping over fences to look like they're in the good graces of these Tea Party types.'"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130534982
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130534982
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com
Not sure what I think but raises interesting questions. Are we too lenient?
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Man-made global warming is real
Survey Tracks Scientists' Growing Climate Concern, US News and World Report
Expert credibility in climate change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Shooting Fallout: Political Rhetoric Takes The Heat : NPR
Shooting Fallout: Political Rhetoric Takes The Heat
"The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) has raised concerns about the effect of inflammatory language that has become a steady undercurrent in the nation's political culture."
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Return of the bedbug may be worth losing sleep over - The Denver Post
Return of the bedbug may be worth losing sleep over - The Denver Post
"People have completely forgotten about risky behavior. When bedbugs last surged, in the early to mid-1900s, Americans trained themselves in 'eternal vigilance. They checked for bedbugs whenever they ventured away from home. Dedicated 'search and destroy' missions by parents and public servants virtually eradicated the pests by the late 1950s."
The Rainbow Connection
As an inoculation against cynicism, in my opinion everyone should listen to this at least once a year. Here's your chance.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Make way for mathematical matter
"WE ALREADY have solid, liquid, gas, plasma and Bose-Einstein condensate. Now it seems we may be on the verge of discovering a whole host of new forms of matter - all based on mathematics."
Make way for mathematical matter
Make way for mathematical matter
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The paradox of our ‘recovering’ economy - Yahoo! News
The paradox of our ‘recovering’ economy
"If you're concerned about America's total economic output, and about corporate and investor profits, there's reason for optimism. But if you're worried about how ordinary Americans are experiencing things, then the picture is far more mixed."
America's Worst Bed Bug-Infested Cities
America's Worst Bed Bug-Infested Cities
The cause appears to be "increased resistance of bed bugs to available pesticides, greater international and domestic travel, lack of knowledge regarding control of bed bugs due to their prolonged absence, and the continuing decline or elimination of effective vector/pest control programs at state and local public health agencies."
Monday, January 3, 2011
How Videogames Are Changing the Economy
"Hate Wall Street all you want, but it's now better than wars at driving progress."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203418804576040103609214400.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203418804576040103609214400.html
Blood test to spot cancer gets big boost from J&J
"A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office."
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