Antarctic Ice Is Growing, Not Melting Away
Saturday, April 18th, 2009This is unsurprising, and shows the lie of the global warming religion: Antarctic ice is growing, not melting away: ICE is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap. The results of ice-core drilling and sea ice monitoring indicate there is no large-scale [...]
Cheaper Fuel from Coal
Sunday, March 29th, 2009I call this good news, but Wired says it’s bad: Scientists Make Cheap Gas from Coal: Electric cars have been getting a lot of buzz lately, but a more immediately viable transportation fuel of the future could be liquid derived from coal. Scientists have devised a new way to transform coal into gas for your [...]
News Flash: Effort = Success!
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Gosh… Effort = success? Who woulda thunk it? Crazy talk: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Growing Pains Many people assume that superior intelligence or ability is a key to success. But more than three decades of research shows that an overemphasis on intellect or talent—and the implication that such traits are innate and fixed—leaves [...]
It’s Obama’s Money to Spend
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009The title of this article in Wired is absolutely fascinating: On Science, Obama Puts His Mouth Where His Money Is. “His Money.” His money. Wow. The article itself is just the typical disturbing overview of how Obama is expanding government’s role, in this case dominating science funding even more than it has in the recent [...]
2008′s Best Science
Monday, January 5th, 2009Wired’s 2008 Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs are pretty impressive indeed. Scientists had plenty of reasons to celebrate in 2008. The Large Hadron Collider fired up for the first time, a temple of science opened its doors, several companies promised cheap genome sequencing and President-elect Obama hired a fantastic team of science advisers. After decades of [...]
The Eye of Sauron
Sunday, December 28th, 2008Via NASA:
Oil Company Remote Vehicle Captures Image of Alien
Friday, November 28th, 2008I, for one, welcome my new alien overlords. Creepy, but very cool.
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