News Briefs 11-05-2012
Posted by G.C at 10:14, 11 May 2012”The wise man looks into space and knows there is no limited dimensions.”
- Newly unearthed Mayan Calendar recalibrates end date.
- More on the Mayan ‘calendar notes’ in Guatemala.
- Star-light, star-bright, first super-earth I see tonight.
- And when worlds collide…
- Cosmic rays and mass extinctions?
- Supermoon pics, via Nat Geo.
- To make omelets on Mars, crack a few eggs.
- Or just watch Mars' moving sand dunes.
- The dark matter smoking gun?
- Vesta is ready for its close-up.
- Algol, binary star of the ages.
- The ISS is finally finished… Now what?
- Raining satellites challenge meteorologists.
- Happy birthday and a hearty 'Tut-tut' to Howard Carter.
- Scientists cheat death… sort of.
- Got any plutonium? Bury it (unless you've got a DeLorean).
- Making origami with light.
- Eating nanoparticles.
- Beware the six-fingered man.
- Lost language, found.
- This week’s evidence of the looming robot uprising… real world Gundam ‘bots.
Quote of the Day:
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
Lao Tzu
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30 April 2004
1 week 1 day
Are (some) people still believing Dec 21 2012 has any more significance than being the day before Dec 22 2012?
23 October 2009
46 weeks 4 days
This article reminded me of the famous Old Testament polydactyly, King Og, who was said to be a giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.
There is such a clear vestige of a duodecimal (base-12) system in our measurement systems and mythologies. But, obviously ET would not need twelve fingers to keep the math straight, haha!