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- Bugs harmed by nuclear radiation?
- Bugs harmed by nuclear radiation?bugs as "canaries"Hesse-Honegger's findings are very interesting and not a bit surprising Similar work has been done on the birds around Chernobyl.It is so unfashionable in this time of the much touted "nuclear renaissance" - so unfashionable to talk about the harmful effects of "low level"...
- Tags: radiation, nuclear radiation, Hesse-Honegger
- Discussion threads 2008-05-25
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- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forward
- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forwardHere's what's going to happen:Here's what's going to happen:Someone will turn on a switch and we'll learn something new. What's going to happen in the LHC happens [i]trillions[/i] upon [i]trillions[/i] of times every day. If the...
- Tags: Large Hadron Collider, move forward
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Data center energy use
- Data center energy useHmmmm....1. It's still a positive contribution, even if it is a small one. 2. And I think real enterprises are seriously eying desktops a real money sinks when it comes to power.3. The same argument could be applied to oil. We shouldn't...
- Tags: Data centers, Operating systems, Servers, hardware, Data Center Energy, Sun Microsystems Inc., data center, Process Protection
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
- Cummings of the Daily Express, 24 August 1953, "Back to Where it all Started" The events of the last several weeks surrounding Russia's invasion of Georgia and its recognition of the rogue provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have threatened to...
- Tags: Russia, Russian, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- ROFLthing 2008
- Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...
- Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Green Plug snags heavy hitter for board
- Who says green tech isn't rocket science? Starting Sept. 1, green tech start-up Green Plug, which is pushing for the concept of a universal power converter, has appointed former White House advisor George Keyworth as the chairman of its board of directors. Keyworth was Science Advisor to...
- Tags: Green Technology, White House, Board, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails
- MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud failsMore to blameShame on the customers who selected this vendor. When evaluating vendors in the cloud, your RFP should identify exactly how these companies secure, backup, and process your data. I fear that poorly run IT shops like this one will...
- Tags: cloud computing, MediaMax, Linkup
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Major security hole found in iPhone
- Major security hole found in iPhonewhose fault?Seems to me you're blaming Apple for bad coverage when you should be blaming O2. Didn't they give you some sort of trial period when you sign up to see how the coverage was in your area?The risk Me-Firsters takeEr, I mean early...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, Apple iPhone, security, 3G, security hole, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingBest overview of LHC ever.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtMRE: Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingAhhh, this is just awesome news. I'm so glad the Europeans are picking up the ball on High Energy Particle Physics, as Bush seems hell-bent on catastrophizing particle physics research here in the US, just...
- Tags: Large Hadron Collider, stem-cell, theory, LHC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing
- In a tunnel under the Franco-Swiss border, the world's most powerful particle accelerator passed its final test run before its full-fledged attempt on September 10. Pre-initiation testing of the Large Hadron Collider has now been completed, ahead of the particle accelerator's official launch on September 10. ...
- Tags: CERN, Tunnel, Particle, Beam, LHC, Team Management, Leadership, Management, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator
- News items 2008-08-26
- All that solar energy is wasted overnight, but now there's a way to capture it
- The folks at the Idaho National Laboratory say they've come up with a way to make solar energy work round the clock. The sporadic nature of solar energy and the need thus to store day-time solar for night-time use has long been one of the biggest bugaboos cited by...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transport
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transportIt's a motor, a battery, and an engine."Not a surprise, the auto industry is crap at explaining these vehicles to potential buyers."It's a motor, engine, and a battery. The motor can power the wheels. It gets great mileage.That's about as much explaining as you need....
- Tags: Engineering, hydrogen, battery, motor, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- 79 million adults can't pay medical bills
- 79 million adults can't pay medical billsReaganomics..it's the cure.Look, cut taxes to the wealthy. Let 5% get as much as they can.A rising tide floats all boats. Wait, economic data says that's not true...but, but we've been believing it so far.So what if the majority of Americans...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Free trade, Insurance, health care, tax, government
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?
- I'm old enough to remember the many apocalyptic scenarios conjured up by nuclear weapons and the Cold War. From Alas, Babylon to "The Day After", from Godzilla himself, the second half of the Twentieth Century was repeatedly haunted by vivid imaginings of the post-nuclear world, or its ending....
- Tags: Bee, Clean Technology, NRDC, Purdue, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Google.org invests in geothermal
- Google.org invests in geothermal$1 billion is even lesswhen compared to welfare payouts. Chew on that the next time you want to make a political statement.And while you're masticating, figure this one out: If you have to beg for a government handout, your business isn't viableNuclear power, coal and oil PAY...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, What-If, geothermal energy, tax break, Google.org
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?....It's pioneers like Colorado that will finally propel us into the 21st century. Great news! Love it when the old ways are trounced by new tech AND soundly at that!"[B]Despite a continuing boom, oil and gas companies here are on the...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Westinghouse, mW, tax, Xcel Energy Inc., renewable energy
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming
- There's already money going into developing geoengineering plans to combat rising temps on this planet. Shell Oil has stepped forward as an early supporter. There are a myriad suggestions on how to use mega-engineering projects to combat global warming. Sulphurous gases sprayed into the upper atmosphere. ...
- Tags: Global Warming, Proposal, Geoengineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Russia, Georgia and NASA
- Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...
- Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Russia, Georgia and NASA
- So now that relations with Russia are taking a decided turn south, NASA's plan to depend on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to get to the space station isn't looking too sharp, warns one congressman, according to Daily Tech. "The new challenge we have is...
- Tags: NASA, Russia, Transportation, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?
- Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?.....Either way our arrogance will be our undoing. Nature will bounce back once we have been reduced to nothing more than a foot note in history. While I don't believe as a species we will be wiped out, that is not...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, species, denial
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
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