News Briefs 07-12-2012
Posted by G.C at 09:28, 07 Dec 2012”The voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
- The holy grail of solar system formation.
- Quantum entanglement, extended.
- After the Kyoto Protocol.
- Gravity map reveals moon’s fractured crust and may answer Mars H2O question.
- Is Venus still volcanic?
- Unlocking the secrets of ’time reversal’.
- Life on the black marble, with images.
- Toutatis asteroid to fly-by next week.
- Vesta’s mysterious channels.
- Decline in big, old trees goes global.
- Death of Dead Sea reveals clues to what lies ahead.
- Mystery of rivers, unraveled.
- Nature’s zombies.
- The island that wasn’t.
- R.O.U.S. spotted on Mars?
- An argument against the Matrix.
- Will 'Bioshock Infinite' fly?
- Fly me to the moon... for 1.4 billion.
- Harlan Ellison and Paul Chadwick return to comic books.
- This week’s proof of the pending robo-pocalypse… Robot Wars.
With thanks to RPJ...
Quote of the Day:
“People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.”
M. Proust
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6 April 2010
1 hour 11 min
...may have to deal with a lack of large predators. When Aldo Leopold took up the reigns against the killing of wolves he discovered that by allowing large grazing animals to prosper without anyone eating them, the number blew up and the trees decreased substantially. Not only do grazers eat the trees before they get much chance to come out of the ground, but they also trample them. When wolves were reintroduced, scientists saw a return of aspens and other deciduous trees in mass. This sparked the return of birds, beavers, and other nearly extinct wildlife. If we were able to increase the dominant number of major predators in areas around the world, I guarantee you would see an increase in the tree growth rate, be it wolves, tigers, lion, or whatever. The high levels of livestock production also damage land that was once for growth of forests, as does some agriculture. Soy bean growth in South America is destroying the rain forest.
ok, i'm done for now :P
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
6 April 2010
1 hour 11 min
I love how a boat full of guys said they couldn't find the island, and therefore, 300 years of explorers got it wrong and it never existed. I will let one of the commenters explain this:
Thank GOD for naturally occurring climate change and a 5000 year rise in sea levels for eliminating that hazard to navigation... the world is a safer place today because of this...
...thank you.
I live near an island that no longer exists actually, it was destroyed in a storm similar to the hurricane we just had because it was basically a sandbar. Nice to know in a few more storms, some dumbasses on a boat will never know I existed :P
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
14 April 2009
7 weeks 5 days
Oh youthful Rainforest, some 55 million orbits old, who holds within your grasp and through an even older waterway(s)...
I'm glad you're here for a short bit...another collection of experiments in the great collection of experiments that is existence...
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All that lives is holy, life delights in life.
--William Blake