Science News from Digg
Last updated on Sun, 14 Oct 2007
| Solar Powered Ferry Sets Sail in Sydney |
| Digg news science, Sun, 14 Oct 2007 |
| One of the coolest sights in the Sydney Harbour (aside from the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the Pirate Ship) is the futuristic solar-powered ferry known as The Solar Sailor. |
| US beaches harbour dangerous diseases |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Fancy heading down to the beach to swim among a host of pathogens that have come from human faeces? If not, then steer clear of public beaches |
| Want to get something free and help the environment too? Join Freecycle |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| The idea is simple. If you have something you want to get rid of, it’s better to give it to someone else that it is to dump it in a landfill. And if you need to buy something, freecycling gives you an opportunity to get it for free — which not only saves you money, it reduces your environmental impact since you consume less. |
| HiRISE Releases Colour Images, Movie of Prospective Landing Sites on Mars |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| HiRISE offers its first colour set of 144 images, all for observations near or at proposed landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory. |
| Universe in a can! |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| this guy is amazing...create yourself a universe from a spray can at spraypaint.tv |
| SPACE.com -- Astronauts 'Home' Again on Space Station |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| For Peggy Whitson, the first female commander of the International Space Station, and Yuri Malenchenko, her Expedition 16 crewmate, today's arrival at the orbiting outpost was something of a homecoming. Both space explorers had previously lived aboard the ISS during earlier flights: Whitson for 184 days, 22 hours and 15 minutes in 2002. 0G-baby |
| The Plan to Beam Solar Power from Space |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| A futuristic scheme to collect solar energy on satellites and beam it to Earth has gained a large supporter in the US military. A report released yesterday by the National Security Space Office recommends that the US government sponsor projects to demonstrate solar-power-generating satellites and provide financial incentives for further private dev |
| How Quantum Suicide Works |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| A man sits down before a gun, which is pointed at his head. This is no ordinary gun; it's rigged to a machine that measures the spin of a quantum particle. Each time the trigger is pulled, the spin of the quantum particle -- or quark -- is measured. Depending on the measurement, the gun will either fire, or it won't. |
| Chocolate Addict? Blame the Bacteria in your Guts |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| A small study links the type of bacteria living in people's digestive system to a desire for chocolate. Everyone has a vast community of microbes in their guts. But people who crave daily chocolate show signs of having different colonies of bacteria than people who are immune to chocolate's allure. |
| Microwind Generator: 30X More Efficient and Cheaper! |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Popular Mechanics just held it's yearly Breakthrough Conference, and one of the winners was the Wind Belt an invention we've not seen before. The Wind Belt |
| Dead Man Walking - What length would you go to for a full head of hair? |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| The hair loss industry is worth $1.2 Billion a year. People are always scrambling for the next cure. There is a new cure in town...First it was face transplant surgery and now doctors at The Cleveland Clinic are posing the controversial idea of full-scalp transplant surgery. From a corpse to a living patient, making a happy man or woman with hair. |
| The Truth about Toyota's "Green" Image |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| Toyota's joined the GM and Ford in opposing a law that would require more efficient vehicles. The Union of Concerned Scientists, Tom Friedman and Others are asking why...and whether Toyota still deserves it's Green Image. |
| Hassle-free Weight Loss: The Zen Habits Meal Plan |
| Digg news science, Sat, 13 Oct 2007 |
| I have a list of 400-calorie meals, and each day I choose 5 of them. I eat them at regular intervals, and log my meals. Easy peasy! |
| The Big Dark Cloud in the Ethanol Silver Lining |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| When it comes to solving the fossil fuel crisis, it seems like every silver lining comes accompanied by a dark cloud. The rush to change over to a more ecologically friendly fuel source — ie, the rush to ethanol — is systematically causing damage to the Earth’s greatest natural resource. No, it’s not the kids of the future; it’s our water! |
| Your Brain is Not Your Friend |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| If you have a mind — or even half a mind — you might be best off losing it entirely. Barring that, though, there are a few things you should know about the enemy in your head. Before it hurts someone.... |
| Green Building Simulation |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Simulation and modeling is one of the keys to a sustainable future. Otherwise progress can only happen by trial and error, which on the architectural scale is a horribly slow process. Simulating a building's energy use is a hard problem, requiring not only a model of the building and the materials that make it up... |
| Lesbian Thrown Out For Using Women's Toilet Sues Restaurant |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Women have been thrown out of men’s bathrooms, men who identify as women have been thrown out of women’s bathrooms and, of course, men have been known to get into trouble in men’s rooms. But women minding their own business inside women’s rooms have rarely been an issue, until now. |
| Web Worm Invasion (Unbelievable Pics) |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Web worms (Gypsy Moth Caterpillars to be exact) live in colonies usually in trees where they spin a protective barrier of silky threads to protect themselves from predators. Usually, these colonies are small but sometimes, one grows out of control... |
| Who Are The Most Underappreciated Scientists of All Time? |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| In honor of Nobel week, Wired Science is launching three voting widgets to honor the most influential scientists of all time, the most underappreciated scientists, and the best fictional scientists. We've seeded the widgets with some of our favorites to get you started, but you've never been shy before, so we know you have many more to add. |
| The Benefits of 80 Million Years Without Sex |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Scientists have discovered how a microscopic organism has benefited from nearly 80 million years without sex. |
| Inauguration Day for Alien Signal-Hunting Telescope |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Today, in the remote northeast corner of California, technology innovator Paul Allen will hit the big red button. The famous technologist will be inaugurating the initial 42 antennas of his namesake, the Allen Telescope Array – the first major radio telescope designed chew its way through long lists of stars in a search for alien signals. |
| Cassini’s new view of land of lakes and seas |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| The best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft are being released today. |
| Fact or Fiction?: Chewing Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| "A myth as durable as gum itself holds that the chewy confection sticks to your innards like it does to the bottom of a desk" |
| Now pregnant women are told: 'It IS safe to drink daily glass of wine' |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Confusion over whether women can safely drink during pregnancy deepened yesterday with new guidance stating that a small glass of wine a day is okay. |
| Fascinating Photograph: The Strange Trailing Side of Saturn's Iapetus |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus? To help better understand this mysterious moon, NASA directed the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn to swoop within 2,000 kilometers just last month. |
| Sir John Houghton : Liking the Green Wave vs. Hating the Consumerism |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| We all consume far more than we need to; we buy things we don’t really need; we replace things we don’t need to replace; we don’t buy things that will last us a long time etc. The market tells us to ‘buy, buy, buy’. This is a problem! It’s not just about climate change, it’s about changing our modern consumerist mentality. |
| National Environmental Groups Expose Toyota’s Duplicity on Fuel Economy |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| Supported by the sale of its Prius hybrid, Toyota has carefully crafted a “green” image. But what Toyota doesn't talk about is the battle it is waging against the first meaningful increase in U.S. fuel economy in 30 years. |
| City of the future is for people, not cars |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| A big new city district is planned for Jätkäsaari, a dockland area on the western edge of Helsinki (Finland).The construction will begin in 2008 and the whole district is scheduled for completion in 2023.The progress of the project will be followed with great interest worldwide. |
| How does it feel to die? |
| Digg news science, Fri, 12 Oct 2007 |
| It's a mystery only truly solved in your final moments, but Anna Gosline offers some macabre insights |
| AN-225: The World’s Heaviest and Largest Jet (Pics) |
| Digg news science, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| Antonov or AN-225 is the world’s heaviest and largest jet ever built with the landing gear system of 32 wheels and a wing span of 291 feet. It was designed for the Soviet space program in 1988 and able to airlift the Energia rocket’s boosters, Buran space shuttle or ultra-heavy and oversize freight. |
| Flu Pandemic Of 1918 |
| Digg news science, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| When you think of the great killer plagues of history, a few names come to mind -- bubonic plague, tuberculosis, smallpox... You probably don't immediately think of the cold and flu season. But you should. |
| Are we missing a dimension of time? |
| Digg news science, Thu, 11 Oct 2007 |
| A Univ. of Southern Calif. scientist has put forward the bizarre suggestion that there are two dimensions of time, not the one that we are all familiar with, and even proposed a way to test his heretical idea next year. If it is confirmed, it could point the way to a "theory of everything" that unites all the physical laws of the universe into one |