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Put Down the Electronics and Back Away
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
I know, it’s TechStuff, so I should be telling you to pick up the electronics, right? According to a study at the University of California, San Francisco quoted by Matt Richtel of The New York Times, rats engaged with new experiences go through periods of intense brain activity. But the rats don’t actually process what they’ve experienced and learn from that experience until they stop and have the chance to think about it. Richtel said the researchers believe the same may be true for people as well.
Top 10 Least Environmentally Friendly Government Subsidies
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
Urban sprawl, pollution, over-consumption, deforestation…like it or not, U.S. taxpayers are still paying for all of these things to occur in America. Despite recent investments in green jobs and technology, an array of government subsidies pay big dirty industries like oil, coal and factory farms to destroy the environment in every way possible.
The Largest Hailstone Ever Recorded In The United States!
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
“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)
How Blind People See the Internet
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
Your eyes are absorbing this webpage. They’re passing over this, this, then this word, right now. That’s how reading works, online: you take this for granted. But what if you couldn’t?
Observatory Snaps the Most Detailed Pic of a Sunspot Ever
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
The image was captured with Big Bear’s New Solar Telescope a brand new instrument with a resolution of just 50 miles on the sun’s surface.
Cairn Energy discovers gas offshore Greenland
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
Cairn Energy, which is prospecting for oil off the Greenland west coast, has announced that it has found gas in thin sand deposits, and will be continuing its test drilling for oil to its planned depth.
New microbe discovered eating oil spill in Gulf
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
Record Heat: 9 Nations That Topped Their Highest Temperature
Aug 31, 2010 Science Leave a comment
2010 has been dominated by extreme natural phenomena, becoming known as the year of global weirding. Heat waves are just one of the many dramatic forces in weather that have been wreaking havoc across the world, scorching populations from South America to the Middle East.