The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Night-Shining Clouds Get Glow from Meteor Smoke
A key ingredient in noctilucent clouds appears to be “smoke” from meteors as they burn up.
http://news.discovery.com/space/noctilucent-clouds-meteor-strike-120904.html
This article motivated me to write on a subject I have been thinking on a while …
Beware Fake Microsoft And Amazon Emails Exploiting Java Security Vulnerability
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/09/04/beware-fake-microsoft-and-amazon-emails-exploiting-java-security-vulnerability/
I almost blogged on this last week when I heard that Oracle had taken so long to put out a fix. Now, it seems, even the fix is a …
Politics of Clint Eastwood’s empty chair
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/03/opinion/avlon-politics-empty-chair/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
I didn’t watch any of the RNC (and have no intention of watching any bit of the DNC either), but did see and read lots of stuff on Eastwood’s ‘performance’. I don’t feel …
Study: Divided classes promote stereotypes
A new report from the ACLU confirms what feminists have long suspected: Single-sex classrooms don’t help kids learn
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/02/study_divided_classes_promote_stereotypes/
Based on what I have read, it is not so clear cut as this article makes …
Unmixing oil and water
A new filter that separates the two substances only using gravity could help clean oil spills
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/343319/title/Unmixing_oil_and_water
In my research (mostly literature at this point) regarding biofuels, separating oil from water is a significant element. Though …
Big jobs go to loyal proteins
Cells offload nonessential work on multitasking enzymes
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/343412/title/Big_jobs_go_to_loyal_proteins
This is an interesting idea to me. I have been steeped in the paradigm of one enzyme – one substrate for a very long time. The …