Tag: science

  • Growing Food Out of Thin Air

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    While we quibble about climate change here in the United States, the green economy continues to grow and innovate. I came across an article today in the vegconomist, about Solar Foods, a company that produces protein out of thin air. Solar Foods claims their flagship product Solein® “is the purest and most sustainable protein in…

  • Mapping the Emergence of Cicada Broods

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    Cicada’s are trending on Google right now. I guess we’re all trying to find out when the 2024 brood will emerge. Cicada’s are interesting because of their strange 17-year hibernation cycle and the sheer mass of millions, if not billions, of the insects that emerge from the ground, sprout wings, make a ton of noise,…

  • What the Earth will look like in 250 million years

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    This originally appeared on Mail Online.

  • ET Alert

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    If you are a fan of Extra Terrestrials, Science Alert  has an interesting article on the latest plan to contact the closest Earth-like exoplanet in our Solar system: Scientists are making preparations to send a transmission to Proxima b – the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System. The team is putting together a plan to build or…

  • 3-D Printers

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    Every time I see these 3-D printers I think of Star Trek.  Printing an object, at that time, was just a fantasy.  Now we can to do it.  And, we are finding new uses for the technology all the time.  Can printing a cup of coffee or a meal be far behind? New devices —…

  • Nobel laureates call for a revolutionary shift in how humans use resources

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    Reposted from theguardian.com, Deforestation is among a growing list of planetary ailments, the Nobel laureates warn. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features   Eleven Nobel laureates will pool their clout to sound a warning, declaring that mankind is living beyond its means and darkening its future. At a conference in Hong Kong coinciding with the annual Nobel awards…

  • Is the Universe a Simulation?

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      It seems to me we have finally come around to proving mathematically what Hindus and Buddhists have been saying all along — this world is an illusion: …If Pythagoras had not lived, or if his work had been destroyed, someone else eventually would have discovered the same Pythagorean theorem. Moreover, this theorem means the…

  • Study Shows One in Four Americans Don’t Know Earth Revolves Around Sun

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    I found this article in the Indian press.  It is an embarrassing indictment of our educational system. Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out today. The survey included more than 2,200 people…

  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): An Interview With Dr. Michael Hutchins

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    Reposted from National Geographic blog: Posted by Jordan Carlton Schaul of University of Alaska on January 11, 2014   Inuit man eating narwhal (NGS) The following interview is my 12th in a serieswith my esteemed colleague Dr. Michael Hutchins. Michael recently joined the American Bird Conservancy, as the organization’s National Bird Smart Wind Campaign Coordinator. The distinguished ecologist has agreed to answer my…

  • Earth Reaches Perihelion on January 4th

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    On Jan. 4 at 8:00 a.m. EST (12:00 GMT), Earth reached its perihelion for 2014. The perihelion of a planet’s orbit occurs when the planet is at its least distance from its star during a particular orbital cycle. The perihelion date varies between Jan. 1 and Jan. 5, while the aphelion date varies between July 2 and…