Last weeks’ top Antarctic AGW story was : Antarctic ice melting faster than expected due to CO2, of course. This week the #1 story is : Antarctic ice spreading but the increase in size is due to “stratospheric ozone depletion†which is of course also caused by man-made gases. So Antarctic ice is disappearing faster […]
Our legions of Evil Mad Scientists now will astound you with 17 cool magnet tricks…. Here are seventeen of our favorite magnet tricks, projects and demos. via 17 cool magnet tricks – Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories.
As if the sheer magnetism aspect of magnets wasn’t magical enough, weblog Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories points out 17 very cool tricks that put your magnets to great use. For starters, a strong magnet can be the perfect tool to remove batteries from the grips of a stuborn spring. We’ve all got things that take […]
Apple has the Mythbusters – Alaska Special 2 available for free for the next week (or so). “‘The MythBusters, Jamie and Adam, two special effects experts with over 30 years of experience, set out to methodically bust three urban legends in each episode. They test myths to prove or disprove what is real and what is […]
Are the ice caps melting? • The Register: “PBEM The headlines last week brought us terrifying news: The North Pole will be ice-free this summer ‘for the first time in human history,’ wrote Steve Connor in The Independent. Or so the experts at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado predict. […]
Physicist Stephen Hawking rushed to hospital (Reuters): “Reuters – Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s foremost physicists, has been urgently admitted to hospital, Cambridge University said in a statement on Monday.”
Evidently the IJIS Arctic ice records are showing the highest levels since the last 7 years…. Two of the Arctic ice sites show April 16 ice at recent record levels. Â The Japanese site IJIS has a seven year April record going back to 2003, and reports 2009 levels at the highest extent on record for […]
I am in the processing of cleaning out some of my old clippings… The Bad Astronomy blog, from 05/2008, points out a YouTube video explaining the evolution of eyeballs… Now put down those sharp sticks, we don’t need anyone poking out an eyeball today… It’s entertaining, and quite interesting to see all the variants of […]