Mirror and Cache index - Science: General
161 votes | submitted 2010-08-25 02:10:18 by vroom101 | 31 comments
"Even after melting, the stone [produced from the thunderstorm that struck Vivian, South Dakota,
U.S. of A., on 23 July 2010] still measured 8.0 inches in diameter and weighed nearly 2 pounds (1
pound, 15 ounces) with a circumference of 18.62 inches." Photo credit: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
399 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 22:12:12 by MrBabyMan | 114 comments
A year and a half after President Obama loosened restrictions on government funding of
human-embryonic-stem-cell research, a federal judge declared all such studies temporarily off-limits
for taxpayer dollars, on the grounds that they violate a 1996 law.
241 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 23:31:02 by hbyrne | 39 comments
A report from Beyond Zero Emissions asserts that Australia's energy needs can be fully met by
renewable sources within 10 years with technologies that are already available, with 40% coming from
wind generation, and 60% from large-scale Concentrating Solar Thermal with molten salt storage.
310 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 21:06:50 by HackieWackie | 40 comments
Take a look at the world’s energy consumption as a factor of renewable and non-renewable energy
resources.
232 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 03:40:22 by mikeinto | 46 comments
Charles Darwin may have been wrong to argue that competition was the major driver of evolution, a
study suggests.
253 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 07:55:07 by chris1234 | 21 comments
Scientists reported progress today in using a common virus to develop improved materials for
high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be woven into clothing to power
portable electronic devices.
263 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 21:57:09 by moredown | 38 comments
If you had a dinner invitation in Utah's Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have
come just in time to try a some new menu items.
400 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 23:10:53 by behnt | 117 comments
The 'mystery stone' discovered on a mountainside in New Mexico, appears to be inscribed with ancient
Greek or Hebrew. For decades, scholars have wondered if it's proof that Mediterranean peoples came
to the New World thousands of years ago.
265 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 06:49:20 by aobaid | 32 comments
Two scientists, one American and one French, have been in Chernobyl for more than 10 years studying
the populations of insects, birds and mammals in "zone of alienation" surrounding the abandoned
nuclear power station
216 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 18:50:29 by MarkBrent | 24 comments
A research team at Heriot-Watt University, UK, is investigating whether urine could be used to
create energy via new, low-cost fuel cells.
439 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 20:35:48 by kolding | 45 comments
Here’s a disconcerting thought: for the past thirty years, genes have been patentable. And we’re
not just talking genetically modified corn – your genes, pretty much as they exist in your body,
can and have been patented.
320 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 19:28:08 by jerryjamesstone | 26 comments
Designer transforms chewed gum into a useful rubber that can be made into anything from toys to
boots.
388 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 14:59:29 by mikeinto | 67 comments
It looks like once again, Jupiter has taken a hit! And once again an amateur astronomer spotted and
captured the event.
319 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 05:57:14 by cqlivingston | 42 comments
What is it about happiness that makes it so elusive for most of us and yet seemingly so simple for
some? Is it a matter of how we approach our lives, or is it just luck in how we find the world?
215 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 07:57:42 by chris1234 | 27 comments
A blow to the head can change the neural architecture of the brain from elastic to brittle, with
devastating consequences.
253 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 17:20:27 by amprather | 56 comments
Strong earthquakes along the San Andreas fault in southern California are more frequent than
previously thought, so the dreaded "Big One" could be just around the corner, US researchers said
Friday in a study.
1502 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 01:04:06 by wjappe | 516 comments
Nerves don't always take the direct route as you might think they would.