Summer time is propane time. From backyard barbecues to recreational vehicles to lakeside cottages, propane tanks are everywhere…and yet, we hardly give this remarkable fuel a thought. I’m here to change that. In Canada, about 80 percent of propane is derived through natural gas processing, while the refining of crude oil provides the remaining 20 …
Listen to the scary sounds of Saturn’s radio emissions…but not with the lights out!
Gene therapy holds great promised, but the viral vectors used to deliver genes have proven problematic. Now researchs have come up with a nanoparticle vector that is just as efficient as a viral vector. And another chapter of my soon-to-be-released book Genetics Demystified slips prematurely closer to obsolescence…
Hurricanes can only exist because water droplets from the surface of the ocean provide lubrication, without which the winds would peter out at about 25 mph…which could mean that a fast-spreading surfactant (think detergent) could actually calm a hurricane. Oil on troubled waters, in other words.
I had no idea. I loved miniature golf as a kid. Maybe I missed my true calling.
It must have been the fat content that my cat Tiger used to enjoy in chocolate chips; apparently cats can’t taste sweet things.
Arthur Conan Doyle stands accused as a murderer and thief.
Two crooks were apprehended in Yonkers because a computer analysis of crime patterns had indicated police should keep close watch on a particular street at a particular time. That’s almost spooky…but in a good way. (via Technovelgy.com.)
It looks like any other USB Flash Drive– but it’s really a Linux PC on a stick. It has its own complete onboard operating system, can be booted from any PC with an x86 processor, whether its running Linux or Windows, and even includes the OpenOffice Productivity Suite and many commonly used desktop and Internet …
MUSA is a Japanese kendo fighting “companion”–a robot that can use kendo moves to help train human fighters. Made by the Manufacturing & Mechatronics Lab of Seoul National University, it can fight at different levels of experience. And it looks, frankly, terrifying. (Via Technovelgy.com.)
Maybe! And if they’re there, we may soon know about it.
Volunteers are working to uncover what may be a never-before seen species of sauropod in Montana. I’d say, “Cool!”, but it’s actually probably very, very hot work.
