General Science

How to Green the Desert

Please watch the video below. It is well worth your time.

The march from lush land to desert is not as inexorable as it may seem. By recruiting an unlikely ally, it appears that Mr. Savory has come up with …

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Perhaps the Doomsayers Had a Point?

Hello all;

Below is wild speculation from an unused corner of my mind, so don’t say I didn’t warn you.

As we know, some people claimed that the world was supposed to end on December 21st 2012. As far as …

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The Newest Prime

If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, prime numbers are a mathematician’s.

And Curtis Cooper at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg has  just found the biggest, shiniest diamond of them all.

As part of the Great Internet Mersenne …

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The Future as I see it

There are two schools of thought which have been around since the dawn of humanity. They have always been at odds with each other, but historians will say that in the early 21st century is when they reached their maximum.…

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Protons may be Smaller than Expected, and why not?

A team of scientists set out to find the size of protons, and in doing so have upset the current body of literature on quantum electrodynamics. According to the report published in the journal Science, the scientists used a …

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DNA Data Deposits

It can store the information from a million CDs in a space no bigger than  your little finger, and could keep it safe for centuries.

Is this some new electronic gadget? Nope. It’s DNA.

The genetic material has long held …

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Wild Amelia Press Release

Planetarium and telescope show for 01/18/13

At about 3pm, Helmut Albrecht (cell 585 406 2296) and Nate Bell  from Science First/STARLAB (with perhaps one other person from their company) will start to set up in the Rec. Center across from …

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2,000 and Counting

We’ve just surpassed the 2,000th view of our video. This little clip explains rather eloquently just why everyone wants a Starlab.

Given that the Starlab is perhaps the most niche product in the world, this is quite a milestone indeed.…

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Dangerous Chemical Detected!

Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide!

The Invisible Killer

Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end …

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Possible Alien Life?

This looks to be a huge story, the first evidence of extraterrestrial life, if it holds up. I would remind readers that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence“. This needs to be confirmed by others in the science community

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