Here in the states we are among an increasing rare group of nations, namely those that are antimetrification. Yup, it's only Burma, Liberia, and us... we are the only three countries in the world who have not switched over to the metric system.
our antimetrification friends
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Feels good to snub our collective ...
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While it may take longer to get through them, I have a tendency to read a handful of books at the same time. Mixing it up helps me digest the fact-packed books a little easier and it forces me to be more engaged because I have to remember what I ...
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The seats were a little past three-quarters full last night at the Planetary Society's Town Hall meeting in Palo Alto. The mix of people was amazing; everyone from scientists to students to enthusiasts were in the audience. My friend Jeff usually tips me off to these events and this time ...
Ran across a couple of interesting articles today:
I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneerA little scary, but really exciting at the same time...
We are going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it...
Using lab-made chemicals, they have painstakingly stitched together a chromosome that is 381 ...
Kodak has created a new color-filter that doubles the light sensitivity of digital cameras.
A year from now, capturing a crisp, clear image of a candlelit birthday party could be a piece of cake -- even with a camera phone.
Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it has developed a color-filter technology that ...
Christian kids ready to preach and die for the bible?
I was truly disturbed after watching Jesus Camp. What is this the crusades? What the hell is it with fundamentalists and their need to brainwash their kids with a militant belief system?
Here are some quotes from the ...
Great find by the Richard Dawkin's website. It's the reDiscovery's Periodic Table of Elements:
And the simplified version for Kansas:
Family Guy may have put it best with this clip:
Kryptonite
Jadarite
'Kryptonite' was recently discovered in Siberia, well at least a mineral with the same chemical formula as Kryptonite: Na Li B SiO2 OH
Sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide doesn't really roll off the tongue but, unfortunately they couldn't name it Kryptonite because it doesn't contain any Kryptonium (yes it's a real ...
This is an awesome shot... Do you see it?
The big crescent is the moon and the little one isn't an alien ship, but rather the planet Venus.
The shot was taken by Iván Éder and you can see a larger version at NASA's Picture of the Day.
Why the hell are we still using Fahrenheit?
Today we had a wind chill of -40°F here in Rochester and I had a flashback to my old high school chemistry days. -40° is that magic number where the temperature is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.
When I was a kid ...
