The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Life on Mars? Funding to find answers fades
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/national-international/article/Life-on-Mars-Funding-to-find-answers-fades-3401227.php
I am always a bit on the fence regarding big ticket research projects funded by tax payer dollars (I am not, however, against broad-based support for science via the doling out …
How Exercise Can Change Your DNA
Scientists discover that physical activity leads to beneficial changes in gene activity, even after a single workout.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/07/how-exercise-can-change-your-dna/
More bla bla bla exercise or die horribly from preventable diseases bla bla bla. I was …
Spider silk conducts heat better than other organic materials
http://www.slashgear.com/spider-silk-conducts-heat-better-than-other-organic-materials-07217244/
I found this really interesting so decided to post it here. However, I am not sure if there would be much practical use for the information as it is decidedly …
I was reading this interesting article (likely too long for many readers) about one of the personalities behind the whole Fracking issue and thought I would use that as incentive to talk about some of my thoughts on the issues …
Why It’s So Important to Keep Moving
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/why-its-so-important-to-keep-moving/
It is official! Sitting on your ass will kill you, it just takes a long time. In this intriguing experiment they did a pretty good job of eliminating variables and took a …
Superbugs: Efficient Generator of Electricity
http://www.medindia.net/news/superbugs-efficient-generator-of-electricity-98049-1.htm
I had heard about the idea of the microbial fuel cell before and if I could somehow motivate myself to work in my lab again it might be something I would pursue, but when …
The ugly delusions of the educated conservative
Better-educated Republicans are more likely to doubt global warming and believe Obama’s a Muslim. Here’s why
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/24/the_ugly_delusions_of_the_educated_conservative/singleton/
I have talked about my ‘skeptical’ thoughts on global warming before (and talked many other times…
A follow up to Life as we don’t know it:
‘Nomad planets’ could carry bacterial life
http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/61668-nomad-planets-could-carry-bacterial-life
According to the article there might be as many as 100,000x ‘nomad’ planets for each visible star which, if true, would almost …
How Exercise Fuels the Brain
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/how-exercise-fuels-the-brain/
As if we needed more reasons to exercise, now it makes us smarter! The article didn’t make it clear if you had to bust your ass exercise or if walking for an hour …
Cuttlefish have high definition polarization vision, researchers discover
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-cuttlefish-high-definition-polarization-vision.html
If they lived longer they probably would have evolved enough intelligence to ensure some smart-assed monkeys never got the chance to destroy the environment.
Octopi are also highly intelligent but also …