Archive for March, 2008

The 10 Craziest Scientific Experiments Ever Conducted

Sometimes it’s a fine line between genius and insanity.http://www.cracked.com/article_16079_10-craziest-experiments-ever-conducted.html

Sky Diving at the Speed of Sound

From spacehttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-369888258105653405&q=space&total=301436&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Dot Earth: Madison Avenue Sells S.U.V.â

Al Gore tries a new tool to inspire the public to act on global warming — Madison Avenue.http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/madison-avenue-sells-suvs-can-it-sell-climate-action/

Do our feet deceive us more than our eyes do?

People are surprisingly accurate at visually judging distances to objects as far as 25 meters away. If you’re allowed to briefly look at an object up to that distance away, then blindfolded, you’ll walk right up to it with great precision. If you walk halfway, you can throw a ball the remaining distance, again, quite […]

MRI images of genes in action in the living brain

…” describes the delivery of brain probes by eye drop “…http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/foas-hrp032808.php

Weaponizing the Pentagon’s Cyborg Insects

Right now, researchers are already growing insects with electronics inside them. They’re creating cyborg moths and flying beetles that can be remotely controlled. But how would one weaponize a cyborg insect? On this subject, the answer is blunt: “Bio weapons.”http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/print/32338

Close Up of Enceladus’ Tiger Stripes

APOD 3-31-08http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080331.html

Bosnia poem reader, now 20, stunned by Hillary’s Tall Tale

The Bosnian girl who famously read a poem to Hillary Rodham Clinton during her 1996 visit to the war-torn country is shocked - and her countrymen infuriated - that the former first lady claimed to have dodged sniper fire that day. http://www.nypost.com/seven/03312008/news/worldnews/from_bad_to_verse_for_hill_104288.htm

Klobuchar Endorses Obama

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced this morning that she was endorsing Sen. Barack Obama, the latest prominent superdelegate to climb off the fence for the Illinois senator. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/31/klobuchar_endorses_obama.html?hpid=topnews

Florida’s population slowing to 30-year low

A University of Florida economics professor finds Florida’s population’s is dipping to 30-year low. The lower rate of growth is caused largely by people leaving South Florida, where the cost of living is driving them away from the region.http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/474647.html