Dr. Jeff Masters reports on a scheme to weaken hurricanes before they hit land by deploying a series of pumps and tubes to pump cold water from deep in the ocean to the surface, cooling the top layer of water and depriving the hurricane of the energy it needs to maintain or increase its strength.
Even the clearest glass reflects some of the light that strikes it, rather than passing it through. Not this stuff.
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OK, our villain is a giant alien spacecraft. Why, yes, I am still working on synopsizing a couple of new SF novel ideas. How could you tell?
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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the break-up of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 in spectacular detail.
…from John Scalzi.
The east first-floor hallway of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. More photos here.
It can scare away birds, but can it “while away the hours conversin’ with the flowers”? That’s what I want to know…
The first helium-neon laser was constructed in 1960 by Ali Javan, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In a helium-neon laser, electrodes transfer electrical energy to the helium-neon gas mixture. The current energizes the helium atoms, which then transfer their energy to the neon atoms, causing them to emit light. Although the …
If you’re a screenwriter (or a novelist who writes stories where this sort of thing might be tempting), John August is asking you to sign “The Screenwriter’s Vow of Air Vent Chastity,” to whit: I, John August, hereby swear that I shall never place a character inside an air duct, ventilation shaft, or any other …
