Asperatus

Google Flu Trends

Apparently, Google can detect flu outbreaks a week sooner than the CDC based on people's web searches. link. They don't give names the government, just numbers and location.

http://www.google.org/flutrends/

good science?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081105-dark-flow.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/25/trans-cosmic-flow-broadens-our-horizon/

Stretching: The Truth

article

Neat Slideshow

link

Large Hadron Collider

article

Favorite quote: Scientists are pushing ahead with powering up the machine, shrugging off speculative fears that it could destroy all life on Earth by sucking it into a black hole.

Miracle Fruit

Miracle Fruit


Sounds cool, I think I am going to buy some this summer.

Dark Matter Particles

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/science/space/17dark.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter

interesting

Fight Global Warming

http://www.earthhour.org/

You can sign-up on the right.

I don't see why it has to be just one day.

That being said, I hope there are no basketball games on at 8 PM on March 29th.

Brain Diseases

Brain Diseases I Would Like to Have

Magnetic refrigerator needs no electricity

http://got2begreen.com/magnetic-refrigerator-needs-no-electricity/

An even more inconvenient truth

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20772&Cr=global&Cr1=environment

DNA replication

Interesting video. Better if you make it wide screen

No rain for China Olympics

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=466671&in_page_id=1770

Morality

Scientists Draw Link Between Morality and Brain's Wiring

Help Out

http://folding.stanford.edu/

Download the program and let it use your computer when you are not using it.

Cool looking power plant
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6616651.stm

Ducks Gone Wild!

Amazing article about duck sex and evolution
Here's a link to longest duck penis ever seen

A city of 2 million with no addresses or street names. link

This may be the most depressing article ever. I've decided I want to die young or cure aging. It's also kind of long, so you probably shouldn't read it. The author is one of my favorites; here a short piece about him.

Here's religious question for Manish:
You are a product tester and frequently bring your work home. Yesterday, while dressed in a flame resistant suit (up to 3,000 degrees) and carrying the latest model fire extinguisher, you discover your neighbor's house is on fire. As the flames quickly spread, you stand and watch your neighbor's new baby burn to death. Which of the following best describes your behavior?
A) All-powerful
B) All-knowing
C) All-loving
D) Mysterious

The Kaye Effect

Best Job Ever

Here's a great article on climbing redwoods. I bet it's so much fun.