Archive - Sep 4, 2008

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Spontaneous traffic jams

They just happen:


Article here. It begins:

Traffic that grinds to a halt and then restarts for no apparent reason is one of the biggest causes of frustration for drivers. Now a team of Japanese researchers has recreated the phenomenon on a test-track for the first time.

Vaccines and autism

Hurricane Ike Still Mean; More Like Ike Clanton Than Ike Turner

For a radar loop of Tropical Storm Hanna as it approaches the US Coast, CLICK HERE. This site allows for navigation to street level and is not clouded by pixels. Keep in mind that radar returns may be sparse until the storm comes in range of US radar installations.

Physics makes me strong, Hathead

America (in the form of Science Debate 2008) asked Barack Obama about science, and Obama answered (John McCain said he will answer).

SD2008: National Security. Science and technology are at the core of national security like never before. What is your view of how science and technology can best be used to ensure national security and where should we put our focus?

Spore!


Noi siamo qui, adesso, e abbiamo il futuro nelle nostre mani !

Ho vissuto fino all'adolescenza una vita divera da molti miei coetanei, in mezzo alla Natura, in una casa in montagna, immersa nel verde dei boschi. Ho capito il suo "linguaggio", crescendovi circondato, come fosse una seconda madre affettuosa e che con pazienza ti insegna molte cose importanti, valide per tutta la vita.

Volcano's Eruption Colours World's Sunsets

Okay, I really did NOT know this phenomenon ever occured. I don't think I'm dumb! Just... not yet informed heh.

Anyways, link to the article provided, please read; it's quite interesting actually.

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080903-volcano-sunsets.html

On gender disbalance in the society

1. Single ladies, forget <a href="http://anamoure.blogspot.com/2008/07/yet-another-reason-to-love-living-in.html">Dallas</a>, and check out India!

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7466916.stm">BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7466916.stm</a>

"In one site in the Punjab state, there are just 300 girls to every 1,000 boys among higher caste families"

2. A Pop Quiz.

Scientists Dive Deep into the Spiritual World

Ever want to travel to another planet and meet alien lifeforms - without actually leaving planet Earth? 60 volunteers at the University of New Mexico did exactly that, with the oversight of Medical Doctor Rick Strassman and the help of a powerful Hallucinogen, Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

After being injected with the substance, you may find your consciousness blasted into outer space, laying on board an alien spacecraft, or floating around with fairies, aliens, demons and machine elves. If it sounds crazy, it is.

The World will end next Wednesday.

Thats because the worlds largest Haldron Collider will go online, which will be capable of creating black holes that will suck the Earth and the Universe into it.

We're doomed! Doomed I tell ya!

Right, back to earth. Here's the Science: