Cold fusion may be on the verge of regaining respectability. Cool! (Er…cold…)
Flying Triangle sightings on the rise
Noted without comment: sightings of mysterious, silent and huge aircraft are on the rise. Make of it what you will.
Writing Diary: September 2, 2004
A slow day today; I’m not entirely sure where it went. I had to conduct an audition this morning for We’ll Meet Again, the revue of World War 2 songs I’m directing for Regina Lyric Light Opera, which somehow seemed to wipe out the whole morning, even though it really only took 10 minutes. This …
Successful solar sail ‘speriment
Okay, the alliteration is a bit strained, but the research is cool: NASA scientists have successfully deployed a solar sail system in a large vacuum chamber, a critical milestone in the effort to develop this new–and very romantic to an old Swallows and Amazons reader like me–space propulsion technology. As Cap’n Nancy would say, “Jibbooms …
Usable fibers from carbon nanotubes
University of Pennsylvania researchers have managed to spin carbon nanotubes into usable fibers. Space elevators, anyone?
Face to face with the past
Say hello to and Egyptian man who lived nearly 3,000 years ago.
Writing Diary: September 1, 2004
September. The leaves are turning outside our living room window. Bah! Humbug! I know, I know, that sentiment is generally reserved for Christmas, but in these parts, this year, Labour Day had it coming. Writing. Did some. A few pages of Razor Wind. Lots of SF Canada blogging; check out all the news here. Note, …
Is there an implantable contact lens in my future?
Based on this study, it could well be. Me and myopia go way back, as do astigmatism and I.
Writing Diary: August 31, 2004
Well, I said I’d finish the Science Centre sustainability stuff today or die trying–and I’m still here. Finished it and sent it off; hope it makes some sort of sense. I also worked on Razor Wind a bit and, of course, edited my science column for the newspaper and for the blog and my online …
New small rocky or icy planets discovered
American astronomers report they’ve discovered two Neptune-sized rocky or icy planets outside our solar system…one step closer to finding Earth-like planets.
Gene doping
With the Olympics over, organizations like the World Anti-Doping Agency are turning their attention to Beijing, four years down the road, and asking, “What new ways will athletes find to cheat between now and then?” The answer they’re coming up with is gene doping: performance enhancement achieved by the direct manipulation of athletes’ genes. The …
It won’t replace Doom 3…
…but it’s now possible to play mental ping-pong–good old Pong, with the paddles controlled solely by brainwaves. Considering it requires two MRI machines, though, it seems unlikely to appear in your local arcade.
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