Purdue University researchers have new evidence that confirms previous findings of thermonuclear reactions in a tabletop apparatus. This could be big…er, small.
"The She Eagle’s Vengeance"
While ego-Googling (or, actually, Yahooing) images earlier today, I came across this. Some day, I’m going to either begin collecting the previous Edward Willett’s books, or else writing new stories to go with all his great titles. I mean, who doesn’t want to read a story called “Alone on the Plains: or, The She Eagle’s …
The unabridged Shakespeare
Wish I could be there for this: “The Royal Shakespeare Company in Britain will embark on a year-long project to stage every play, sonnet and poem ever written by William Shakespeare.”
Pick a study, any study…
…and you’re likely to find another study that refines or contradicts it. So says (what else?) a new study. The moral? Don’t put all your eggs (whether you think they’re bad for you or good for you, high in cholesterol or a great source of protein) in one study’s basket…even if it’s made out of …
Cultured meat
I like meat, but I know there are problems with the way we produce, package and consume it. Wouldn’t it be great if we could enjoy meat without having to grow and butcher animals to get it? Well, maybe we can. The first peer-reviewed discussion of the prospects for creating “cultured meat” on an industrial …
A breakthrough in understand degenerative diseases…
…and, selfishly, all I can think of is that my book on Alzheimer’s Disease is becoming progressively more out of date. Hmmm. Or should that be “regressively” more out of date? English is such a peculiar language…
A better way to make hydrogen?
Apropos of my previous discussions of future energy sources, here’s an interesting new approach to the production of hydrogen…with some appropriate “maybe-hydrogen-isn’t-the-fuel-of-the-future-after-all” skepticism along the way.
Photographing abandoned spaceships
It’s not the reason it’s going, but in 2008 NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will photograph old Apollo landing sites. Which, of course, will prove nothing to wacked-out conspiracy theorists, but who cares?
My take on The War of the Worlds…
So we (my wife and I) went to see the Spielberg-butchers-H.G. Wells epic The War of the Worlds on Friday. The acting was OK, although I find it hard to watch Tom Cruise without being aware of the fact that the man seems to be, based on recent outbursts, seriously nuts. (Still, if I let …
A new class of time machine
Presented without comment, except the comment that I know when I don’t know enough to comment: “A physicist at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has proposed a new class of time machines that seems to avoid some of the difficulties inherent in other theoretical time machines. Like many time machine models, the new …
Bad news for biomass
This story describing a study with bad news for biomass caught my eye because of the Future Energy panel I was on at Westercon. They don’t mention wheat, which is what they turn into ethanol in Saskatchewan, but I’d be surprised if the results were any different.
The quest for a Stradivarius equivalent
Scientists are close to figuring out what makes a Stradivarius violin so special…and how to duplicate it in a modern instrument. I confess this is one of the few times I may be sad if scientists actually succeed in their quest for new knowledge.
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