Thoughts on various scientific items stumbled across; a critic’s take on new discoveries; a civilian’s view of what it might mean.
Imagine Earth without people via New Scientist (via /.): 12 October 2006 article about human-kind’s dominance on the planet and trying to represent/model what the planet would be like without us (tags: environment future science essay research todo)
Project Orion: unpublished documents (a photoset on Flickr by Xeni) (tags: future history news surreal research) Please Standby Ars Technica article (via /.) about “standby” power consumption, energy and cost savings, and the “1W” initiative – – a “MUST READ” (tags: essay environment energy tech hardware future todo)
Via /.: A new paper out of Cornell (PDF) finds a compelling correlation between TV viewing in young children (3 years old and younger) and incidents of autism. Being no fan of television myself, I’m certainly intrigued by the proposition – – anything to cut down on the television. My problem with the article/thesis/whatever (however) […]
OK, I admit it, this is a blatant B^2 rip but imitation is the highest form of flattery and (let’s face it) this is the choicest quote in the Salon article: SALON: What do you do with consciousness? I mean, do you really think the mind is totally reducible to neural networks and the electro-chemical […]
Just in case you didn’t notice: October is national Breast Cancer Awareness month here in The States. And I (for one) think we should fight this disease in every way that we can. And what better way to do it than through the 5th Annual Boobie-Thon!? (That one is my favorite.) So, to honor the […]
PDF Online Create PDF Online free, PDF API, PDF .NET Server, Consulting (tags: pdf tools freeware) Predicting the future: it’s becoming a science via COSMOS magazine (tags: science future research essay todo)
fleep.com Awesome deep house mixes from a DJ in Japan… (tags: blog music mp3 house) The Magical Number Seven A good essay (article?) that talks about human attention spans and puts it into a scientific context; understanding this goes a long way for understanding usability principles – – especially when it comes to things like […]
Via Autoblog: Apparently some crows have learned how to use vehicular traffic as nutcrackers. And they’ve also figured out how NOT to get run over. Simply put: wow. (YouTube video after the jump.)
A. starts her first class as a professor today. Good luck baby! (Not that you need it…) I’m very proud of you and I know that your students are going to get some great education.
Slashdot seems full of hits-close-to-home posts lately: For A.: Patient Revives After 19 Years By Rewiring Brain For Dad: Bone Marrow Cells Repair Heart