..and what can word-learning in dogs teach us about the evolution of language in humans? Time Out…. This is just amazing! Â Really, just amazing… Â Give it a read or two… Â And pet your animal(s) today…. Â Okay, go back to reading the article… Â Time In! What is involved in the learning of a single new word? […]
Here’s a snipet…. Largest Oil Spill Of All Time: Really, this list could be mostly oil spills. There have been so many. You only have to look at the Wikipedia page to see that enough oil has been splashed in the water to keep all our cars running for decades. The largest, in terms of […]
This is from Watts Up With That? A detailed look at what happened at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, that we have been hearing so much about lately… Jimmy Haigh, a geologist by trade, sends along a PDF that is a compilation of on the scene photos taken right after the explosion and in the […]
The Apollo 13 voyage to the Moon and back is probably the most hazardous trip ever… Â Through a sheer boat load of technical excellence, and kitbashing, as well as sheer timing and luck, everyone survived… Â But here’s a article that discusses the 13 things that contributed to that successful voyage home. On the night of […]
Volcanoes and lightning…. They just work together… Evidently, Volcanic eruptions can cause Lightning storms that originate in the volcanic ash. Presumably the static build up in the ash, is so intense that spontaneous lightning discharges can/will occur? (Real scientific data is here. The Scientific details are below the pictures…) But I wanted to share some […]
This photo was taken around 1940 and has not been digitally tampered with. So what’s the deal with the young man in the contemporary-looking sunglasses, t-shirt, and camera? Proof of time travel? Forgetomori investigates.
A video showing the July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch from Kennedy Space Center. The camera is running at 500 fps, making the total clip of over 8 minutes represent just 30 seconds of actual time.
Slashdot! Xemu writes ‘Computer’s don’t make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund’s county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child’s obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child’s […]