What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain
The low down overview and summary of what Caffeine actually does to your Brain chemistry… via What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain.
Category: Science
Q & A: How long would we have if the Sun went out?
How long would we have if the Sun \”went out\” today? Â Well, Starts with a Bang, the science blog, covers this… And they even figured a way to bring the Incredible Hulk into the question…. Q & A: How long would we have if the Sun went out? : Starts With A Bang.
Nuclear Chemistry
This is in the Cellar of the department of Nuclear Chemistry in Chalmers, Gothenburg… I wonder what Supervillains were made here… (This all was found on RPG.net) Also, that is very Chalmers. I still remember the time we almost couldn\’t perform our supercooled matter/magnetic levitation experiment because some grad students had used all the liquid […]
Science links for you & your kids
From Slashdot… Large Dangerous Rocket Ships [discovery.com] Science Channel (USA) July 5th, 9 PM eastern time. The (legendary)Â Rocket Manual For Amateurs [4shared.com] is online as a PDF. What the heck, grab a PDF of the LONG out of print Golden Book of Chemistry [about.com] while you\’re at it. Hey, kids! Set up your OWN chemistry […]
Attack of the Robot Wil Wheaton\’s
Amy Okuda (\”The Guild\”) flies to Saturn to observe a new giant ring around the planet: the largest ring ever discovered in our Solar System, but one that was only recently revealed through infrared observations by NASA\’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009. While there, she and Irwin — voiced by Wil Wheaton (\”Star Trek: the […]
How Do Dogs Learn New Words?
..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? […]
io9 details the historical worst fossil fuel disasters…
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 […]
13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
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 […]