Category: Science

Just Cool It
Athletes, and patients, know that overheating hurts a body’s performance. Biologists H. Craig Heller and Dennis Grahn—using a vacuum and the palm—have learned how to chill out efficiently.
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2005/julaug/features/cool.html

Thanks to Erik for pointing this out!

Because …

Space Junk Crisis: Time to Bring in the Lasers
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/space-junk-laser/?hpt=hp_bn11

I agree that politically this is a tough sell as it really is nothing more than a civilian application of Reagan’s famous Star Wars technology.   However, this is a very …

I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…

I thought you might like this change of pace from the usual stuff I …

I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…

It is this kind of stuff which I expect to see less and less …

I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…

Synthetic DNA added to yeast cells, paving way for ‘evolution’ on demand
Scientists’ feat …

I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…

In an interesting twist, humans are now being used to solve problems
for computers:…

I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…

Just so you know it is not _all_ doom and gloom…

Researcher creates little …

Perhaps you heard some of the buzz that a group was reporting that they had measured a particle (neutrino) moving faster than the speed of light?  Well, most people who have studied the topic were 99.9% sure it was an …