Guest post by David Archibald, Burt Rutan is one of the most interesting men on the planet. He has designed 46 aircraft, six of which are included in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport. One of his designs, Voyager, was the first to fly nonstop around the world on…
Guest “don’t you just?” by David Middleton Before we get to self-driving vehicular manslaughter, don’t you just love futurists? Sep 13, 2018Driverless Cars Will Dramatically Change Where And How We Live Jim Morrison Driverless cars aren’t coming. They’re already here. Much of he technology has been around for decades and many features are available on…
Have you ever wanted a nice, compact image you could share on social media whenever you need to put some eco-worrier in his/her/its place? Well, one showed up in my social media timeline this morning, and it is worth sharing.
Scientists advised against consuming hypersexual zombie cicadas infected with psychoactive fungus.https://t.co/zeOSj2oxwx — Harper's Magazine (@Harpers) September 11, 2019 For more info: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190625173456.htm ‘Flying salt shakers of death:’ Fungal-infected ‘zombie’ cicadas Date: June 25, 2019 Source: West Virginia University Summary: Cicadas can carry a fungus containing chemicals similar to those found in hallucinogenic mushrooms, making them…
I received this submission, which is interesting as well as business promoting. I have no objections, and check out their page on climate.~ctm Guest post informercial by Tom Davis and Tracey Degraff We are Tom Davis and Tracey DeGraff – we own a small winery in Blaine, Washington. We’ve had enough with the Global Warming/Climate…
News Brief by Kip Hansen There are two recent stories in the NY Times that bring up a curious seemingly inconsequential oddity of mathematical computing. They are both written by Steven Strogatz — in time order they were: “The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet” and then, two days later, “That Vexing…
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A 2015 paper by Xiaochun Zhang and Ken Caldeira has come to my attention. Inter alia, the abstract says: For example, the global and time‐integrated radiative forcing from burning a fossil fuel exceeds the heat released upon combustion within 2 months. Over the long lifetime of CO2 in the atmosphere,…
This winter’s exceptional rain season is leading to stunning sites sights in California.~ctm From Space.com California’s ‘Superbloom’ of Wildflowers Looks Spectacular from Space! By Elizabeth Howell 3 days ago Science & Astronomy The Landsat 8 satellite, a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, saw “an explosion” of wildflowers that covered green areas of…
At relatively balmy temperatures, heat behaves like sound when moving through graphite, study reports From MIT: Exotic ‘second sound’ phenomenon observed in pencil lead The next time you set a kettle to boil, consider this scenario: After turning the burner off, instead of staying hot and slowly warming the surrounding kitchen and stove, the kettle…
A provocative hypothetical question: What if the Moon was not there? Video follows. This giant rock lights up the night and can even change colors. So what would we do without it? Would we all need night vision goggles? How would it affect the ocean tides? Our seasons? Or our sleep cycles? Or would the…