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This page over on ‘The Oil Drum‘ has the latest information about the latest attempt by BP to shut down the oil gushing into the gulf. These guys seem to know what they are talking about. It’s actually kind of refreshing compared to the Mainstream News I’ve seen.
Michael Specter give a TED speech about the dangers of science denial. I see this everyday myself and have to agree with him. This shit’s gotta stop. Big Jim finally talked me through the process of getting this video posted. Way harder than necessary. Thanks Jim.
Well water on the moon was news to me. It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. I had always thought, as the link said, that there was no way water was on the moon because of the composition of the moon rocks brought back by Apollo. Nice to see science self correcting and [...]
Who knew Jackson MS, was so unique? No other capital city or major population center is located above an extinct volcano. According to this 8th grade education packet (see section 7). The Jackson Volcano lies 2900 feet below the state’s capital. The peak of the volcano is located below the coliseum. I don’t even remember [...]
From the New Scientist about what would happen if the sun threw off some plasma at our modern electric society. “If a Carrington event happened now, it would be like a hurricane Katrina, but 10 times worse,” says Paul Kintner, a plasma physicist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. In reality, it would be [...]
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