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• Hack, hack, hackin’ back to the USSR!

  
  Journey to Perplexity — Authority: 121
  Were those emails from CRU in the UK “hacked” from the system?  People I talk to who know a thing or two about network security say it’s a given that nearly all hacked material is actually taken by insiders who have access to passwords and network storage locations.  So, most likely, a disgruntled person at ...
  6 days ago

• Symphony of Science - We Are All Connected

  
  Evolving Complexity — Authority: 425
  "We Are All Connected" was made from sampling Carl Sagans Cosmos, The History Channels Universe series, Richard Feynmans 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tysons cosmic sermon, and Bill Nyes Eyes of Nye Series, plus added visuals from The Elegant Universe (NOVA), Stephen Hawkings Universe, Cosmos, the Powers of 10, and ...
  6 days ago

• Earth in Our Care: Ecology, Economy, and Sustainability

  
  Feminist Review — Authority: 542
  By Chris Maser Rutgers University Press In Earth in Our Care: Ecology, Economy, and Sustainability , Chris Maser sets out to explain the interconnectedness of life on this planet and the importance of promoting the functioning of healthy ecosystems. Rather than being a dry treatise on biological systems, the ...
  1 week ago

• World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 765
  The world’s largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport, is now complete and open for business. Stretching over more than two million square feet, the terminal doesn’t sit directly on the soil, but rather on top of more than 300 isolators, bearings ...
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• The Clem Engine Reborn!

  
  The KeelyNet Blog — Authority: 110
  Back in the mid-1970s’, gifted inventor Richard Clem was working for the city of Dallas, operating heavy equipment when he noticed that a heated asphalt sprayer for paving streets would continue running for many minutes after the gas engine was turned off. This aroused his natural curiosity and from this, he ...
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• $600 VW, made in China is the most Economical Car in the World

  
  The KeelyNet Blog — Authority: 110
  It is ready to be launched as a single-seater for sale in Shanghai in 2010 for a mere RMB 4,000 (US$600). Interested? Wait till you learn that it will cruise at 100-120 Km/Hr with an unbelievable 0.99 litre/100Km (258 miles/gallon)! Better than Electric Car – 258 miles/gallon: IPO 2010 in Shanghai This ...
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• the Physics of Crystals, Pyramids and Tetrahedrons

  
  The KeelyNet Blog — Authority: 110
  This is a wonderful 2 hour DVD which presents one man’s lifelong study of pyramids, crystals and their effects. Several of his original and very creative experiments are explained and diagramed out for experimenters. These experiments include; 1) transmutation of zinc to lower elements using a tetrahedron, ...
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• Chrysler drops three electric vehicles despite bailout cash

  
  The KeelyNet Blog — Authority: 110
  So how come these guys were given all that money expressly for the purpose of electric cars, now they change their mind and get to KEEP the money? No way, they need to return it as it was gained under false promises..that is FRAUD! If you believed all the talk from Chrysler about how our tax dollars would help ...
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• Kudzu-eating pest found in northeast Georgia

  
  The KeelyNet Blog — Authority: 110
  A few years ago, my company sent me to Georgia to assist in training and setup control systems. I was there two weeks so had time to drive around and hang out with the locals. Everywhere there was this dense foliage covering telephone polls, old houses, barns and other structures. They told me it was a Japanese plant ...
  1 week ago

• Space Weather

  
  The Deeps of Time — Authority: 121
  I just stumbled across this site yesterday and would like to recommend it to all readers: SpaceWeather.com The site features detailed, real-time information about all aspects of “space weather”, or the ever changing environment of space surrounding the Earth. The popular picture of space is of a vast, empty, ...
  1 week ago

• The plot thickens; the ozone does not

  
  Physics Buzz — Authority: 123
  Hello, ozone. (Image from NASA). Heres a scientific mystery for you: where has all the ozone gone? In 1985, researchers discovered a gaping hole in the layer of ozone-rich cloud over Antarctica. Ozone, a molecule of three oxygen atoms, may seem unassuming, but it absorbs light in the UV-B range, considerably ...
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• Dung Fungus Prompts Rethinking of Mammoth Extinction

  
  Wired Mods — Authority: 745
  Scientists studied a fungus that lived in the dung of mammoths and other large mammals to try to determine what caused them to go extinct 13,000 years ago.
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• NASA signs agreement with ISRO to use data from Oceasat II

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US has entered an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to use data from the Indian satellite Oceansat-II.The agreement will pave the way for NASA to use data from Oceansat-II for its research, education, ...
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• India, US to study the seas together, with Indian satellite

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Arun KumarWashington, Nov 19 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit here next week, Indian and US space agencies have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for collaboration on India’s Oceansat-2 satellite for studying the seas.The LoI signed between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), ...
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• Civilian Supercomputer Shatters Nuke Simulator’s Speed Record

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 765
  The retooled Jaguar supercomputer blew away the competition on the latest list of the 500 fastest computers in the world, clocking an incredible 1.759 petaflops — 1,759 trillion calculations per second. The machine, housed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, added two more ...
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• Contrails, Chemtrails & Artificial Clouds

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 161
  Product DescriptionNONFICTION – Earth Science. Full color, printed on recycled paper. (This book was sent to members of the US Senate and House of Representatives.) As shown in the satellite photos in this report, much of the cloud cover around the Earth [...]
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• Are Earth’s Oceans Made Of Extraterrestrial Material?

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 143
  From Science Daily : Contrary to preconceived notions, the atmosphere and the oceans were perhaps not formed from vapors emitted during intense volcanism at the dawning of our planet. Francis Albarède of the Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre (CNRS / ENS Lyon / Université Claude Bernard) suggests that water was ...
  2 weeks ago

• Underwater Glider Hunts, Records Cryptic Whales

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 765
  The mysterious beaked whale is the target of a new undersea glider trying to track the deep-diving mammals by their high-frequency clicks and squeals. A Seaglider unmanned underwater vehicle with an underwater microphone began patrolling the coast of Hawaii on October 27 and will finish up its initial mission on ...
  2 weeks ago

• T. Rex Finally Has a Buyer, We Just Don’t Know Who

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 765
  The Tyrannosaurus rex that was featured in a Las Vegas auction in October finally has a home. We just can’t tell you where. Samson, as the giant fossil is affectionately known, failed to fetch enough at the live auction to satisfy the owner. In October, Tom Lindgren, who curated the natural history auction for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Secret Math of Fly Eyes Could Overhaul Robot Vision

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 765
  By turning the brain cell activity underlying fly eyesight into mathematical equations, researchers have found an ultra-efficient method for pulling motion patterns from raw visual data. Though they built the system, the researchers don’t quite understand how it works. But however mysterious the equations may be, ...
  2 weeks ago

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