ericreynolds with a pre-announcement of Footprints, an editing project he and I are doing this fall — Sharpen your keyboards, people. Today, of course, is the 39th anniversary of the event we are commemorating. APOD with a deeply awesome photo of Saturn The wasp knife — A very cyberpunk weapon. Or s ...

50 minutes ago · Lakeshore · jaylake.livejournal.com by Jay Lake 319 references

Calera cement, funded by Vinod Khosla, which would take CO2 from the air to make cement and contour crafting which is a technology for printing buildings to speed up construction by 100 times could be used to build new cities, dams, wind turbines and airports and many other useful cement constructio ...

57 minutes ago · Balanced News Blog · balancednewsblog.com by R. Dows 5 references

I just finished reading a very interesting piece by Donald Perkins (professor of Physics at Oxford University, and author of one of the most appreciated books on particle physics ever written) on he discovery of weak neutral currents. He discusses in detail the events that brought CERN to announce t ...

1 hour ago · A Quantum Diaries Survivor · dorigo.wordpress.com by dorigo 90 references

We all dream about winning the lottery, but few know the odds of winning it are less than that of “posessed by Satan.” (1 in 146,107,962 vs 1 in 7,000). So here are some odds about things that we all dream about or fear. Odds of being struck by lightning: 1 in 576,000 Odds of dating a [...]

1 hour ago · Science & Soul · scienceguy288.wordpress.com by scienceguy288 5 references

... we came in peace for all mankind. In case you're interested and you haven't got it already for some reason, here's my cover of Leslie Fish's "Hope Eyrie". What would you really like to see done next with the space program? I'm thinking serious Moonbase. Two steps beyond proof of concept: We've g ...

2 hours ago · Tom Smith and his Digital ... · filkertom.livejournal.com by Tom Smith 212 references

guardian.co.uk Vast cities that float on the seas are to transform how we live, real-life Atlantises that will allow humankind to prosper once existing coastlines fall to the ravages of global warming. At least, that’s the vision in these architects’ minds. June 18 2008: Vast cities that float on th ...

3 hours ago · Deliggit.com · deliggit.com

Imagine windows, which not only provide an overview and lighting facilities, but also use sunlight to generate electricity. Engineers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new way to use solar energy, which may allow window glass to produce electricity from sunlight. ad ...

3 hours ago · TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY · gadgetmark.net by Mr Jie 1 reference

The solar industry is booming. With waves of investment and grants, the solar power industry is for the first time becoming a serious business. New power plants will soon be pumping power out to consumers, while other firms market to sell panels directly to the consumer, providing them with a more d ...

3 hours ago · Balanced News Blog · balancednewsblog.com by R. Dows 5 references

upi.com Paul’s group engineered antibodies with enzymatic activity, called abzymes, that can attack the virus’s weakness. “The abzymes recognize essentially all of the diverse HIV forms found across the world. This solves the problem of HIV changeability,” Paul said. “The next step is to confirm our ...

3 hours ago · Deliggit.com · deliggit.com

I found this blog post tonight, and it has some pretty awesome maps of the space around Earth: Space Debris mapped Obviously the dots aren't to scale, but it's still a scary thing. Not only are we polluting our planet, we're polluting the orbit of our planet too! Awesome guys, good job. Though there ...

4 hours ago · 「我は闇と光・・・」 · osakadensetsu.livejournal.com by Space Rockstar Archosauria Empress