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Interactive map of snow depth The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (part of NOAA) has an interactive map of snow depths across the United States (current map above).  What is amazing is not just that you can zoom in/out to look at your local area, but you can also call up data for any date (or any hour!) for the past ten years.
Post Date:01/10/2010 12:24:00
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How to make America more innovative: give scientists more incentives to innovate. Is America no longer the land of innovation? Everyone from tech billionaires to Times columnists is sounding the alarm, and everyone has his own diagnosis of the problem: innovators kept out of the country by H1-B visa quotas and bureaucracy. Poor science education in public schools. Even U.S.-style health care has been implicated. Would-be entrepreneurs, the thinking goes, can't act on their breakthrough ideas because they feel tethered to middle-management jobs and the health benefits that come with them.[more ...] United States - Education - Health care - Public school - Innovation
Post Date:01/10/2010 08:09:57
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What Happened Before The Big Bang? [del.icio.us] The idea that the universe erupted with a Big Bang explosion has been a big barrier in scientific attempts to understand the origin of our expanding universe, although the Big Bang long has been considered by physicists to be the best model. As described by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, the origin of the Big Bang is a mathematically nonsensical state -- a "singularity" of zero volume that nevertheless contained infinite density and infinitely large energy.
Post Date:01/09/2010 03:40:44
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Facts ~ What Me Worry? An Eastern Idaho State Legislator and a Pocatello TV station create a tempest in a teapotThe Idaho State Legislature is back in session this week and headline seeking in Boise is already taking its toll. Not that KPVI (NBC) in Pocatello is blameless. Its reporter seems to have been out of the room when the part about getting all the facts was taught in college. 15 seconds of fame summaryPocatello, ID, KPVI-TV quotes Idaho State Rep. Tom Loertscher (R-Iona) saying that Areva will ditch the Eagle Rock Enrichment Plant. Wrong, and worse, Loertscher makes his claim after a drive by of empty high desert pasture 18 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID, not realizing that Areva can't break ground until it gets the NRC license in mid-2011. Tempest in a teapot and media frenzy result. Do you know where your state legislator is tonight?And now for the rest of the storyIt all started this morning (Jan 7) when State Rep. Tom Loertscher (R-Iona) told Aaron Kunz, a KPVI TV reporter, that he thinks Areva
Post Date:01/07/2010 17:44:00
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Athletes and Gatorade Scientists 'Team Up' For New Product-Line When athletes look to rehydrate, they turn to Gatorade. When Gatorade looks to create a new product, they go right to the source...athletes.Peyton Manning (pictured), Dwyane Wade, Derek Jeter, Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach are among several athletes working with scientists, from the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, to create a new product-line. The line will feature regiments for athletes before, during, and after physical performance.Curious as to how this new product will help your performance? During the Super Bowl, Gatorade will be providing a look at the products in action. If you can't make it down to Miami, no worries! You will be able to see your favorite athletes LIVE via uStream, and even ask them questions via chat or Twitter!Look out for the product later this year, we can't wait!
Post Date:01/07/2010 13:09:00
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Bouncing water droplets revealed by slow-motion
Post Date:01/07/2010 08:26:00
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Some Good News About Cell Phone Use? We keep reading about studies that claim that cell phones can cause tumors in the brain. Granted, these studies are not “proven” science. Neither is the positive story I’m about to point you to, unless you’re a mouse: In mice prone to an animal form of Alzheimer’s disease, long-term exposure to electromagnetic radiation typical of cell phones slowed and reversed the course of the illness, according to Gary Arendash of the University of South Florida in Tampa and colleagues. A similar exposure in normal mice — for two hours a day over seven to nine months — improved their cognitive abilities compared with controls, Arendash and colleagues said in the January issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, which is the research journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. The findings provide “striking evidence for both protective and disease-reversing effects” of long-term exposure to radiation at cell phone levels, Arendash an
Post Date:01/07/2010 08:04:15
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How to Be a Cop: Learning to Fingerprint We all know that law enforcement officials, whether it’s the feds or your local townie, use fingerprints as a main tool in identifying a person. In fact, identifying a person by their fingerprints has been employed for over 2000 years, going back to Ancient Egypt. In 1858, Sir William J. Hershel was the first to document [...]
Post Date:01/06/2010 18:13:40
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NASA - Galaxy History Revealed in Colorful Hubble View [del.icio.us] More than 12 billion years of cosmic history are shown in this unprecedented, panoramic, full-color view of thousands of galaxies in various stages of assembly.
Post Date:01/05/2010 09:22:13
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PST gives Energy Advocacy Award to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer He receives a standing ovation for remarksBrian Schweitzer, the Governor of Montana, has a metaphor for his views on the nation's energy policy. He explained it on Dec 19 while receiving an award from the Partnership for Science and Technology (PST) for his advocacy of America's need to break its addiction to foreign oil.Growing up on a farm, Schweitzer said the arrival of electricity through the lines of the Rural Electrification Administration supplemented the family's wind-powered generator. He said the key benefit of the new juice from the power company is that it allowed the family to "weld at a higher voltage."Schweitzer's metaphor is that energy policy isn't just about measures that reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, though that's important. What he says is that support for the economic goals of our nation includes developing new energy technologies. Giving people the ability to 'weld at a higher voltage' is a touchstone for the Montana governor's passionate views on energy
Post Date:12/28/2009 17:50:00
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Geek Culture Is Scaring Away The Ladies (from computer science fields) Sometimes geek culture can seem a bit overwhelming to the outside world.
Post Date:12/20/2009 11:12:42
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Wearing Flowers In Your Hair, Not Phones In Your Ear Weren't those hippies against "the Man" back then? Let's see what "the Man" has in store for their little bohemian paradise today:Gavin Newsom is at it again. The San Francisco mayor's latest foray into annoying nanny statism is a proposal, reported in The Chronicle last week, to require the city's cell phone retailers to post the radiation levels of their products...In other cities, mayors usually try to make it easier for local businesses to prosper. But in The Special City, the mayor somehow manages to find ways that, if anything, make it harder for commercial enterprises to compete with out-of-town retailers...The Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration say cell phones sold in America are safe. The World Health Organization says they are not a health risk.The Environmental Working Group has found studies that suggest that there could be problems from long-term cell phone use.On the other hand, the American Cancer Society -- which isn't afraid to cry
Post Date:12/20/2009 10:46:00
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9PM in Philly - We are doomed ..... .....because it is so hot, it is white hot! Everything looks like winter snow.
Post Date:12/19/2009 18:52:00
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530PM in Philly- Even Poor Old SantaClaus..... ......is about to experience spontaneous combustion! Oh, President Obama won't you do something to save Christmas?!
Post Date:12/19/2009 15:29:00
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The First Decade of the 21st Century: Thumbs Down As a child of the 21st Century I had a clear set of expectations on what the future would look like thanks to watching too much many science fiction television shows. Now of course even as a child I had a clear understanding of what was and wasn’t going to be possible in terms of technology: For example anything you’d see on Star Trek was pretty much off limits ? as the show took place in the 23rd Century. So while I knew that interstellar travel, transporter devices and even time travel might occur ? sadly for yours truly that would happen after I was history. However there were various television shows that were set in the near future ? in fact a great of science fiction was obsessed with the year 2000 which seemed magical because it had a 20 instead of a 19 at the beginning. But also there was the assumption that one century would be so much better than the last, after all wasn’t the 20th Century so much cooler than the 19th Century? Overnight it seems everyone su
Post Date:12/19/2009 05:21:24
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a bountiful basket of green news This may not happen. Copenhagen Climate Summit Enters Crucial Stage – bbc Deniers beware…Acid Oceans: The ‘Evil Twin’ of Climate Change – myway I was just saying…Squid Invasions Signal Changes in the Pacific Ocean – cs monitor Good title…Sucker-Footed Bat Hangs Upright Via Sweat, Not Suction – natgeo They had a headstart…Europe’s Wind Companies Snap Up U.S. Stimulus Cash [...]
Post Date:12/18/2009 13:32:58
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The Religion Of Science Watch this: “…presented to me by people whose values I don’t trust.” Look pal, most of the world doesn’t trust your values. How about some of that science? There was a time when manipulating data was called evidence and not a belief. How about that fat piece of white trash security guard? Hey fat bearded bitch, we don’t trust your values either.
Post Date:12/18/2009 10:58:46
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Tips for Finding Niche Markets Niche marketing is far and away one of the best ways to reach a targeted market looking for specialty products and services. When you can market to a highly targeted group of people and offer them the information, products or services they’re looking for, you’re going to do well. The key, therefore, is to find [...]
Post Date:12/18/2009 10:27:55
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A Musing ?Kindle? The word ?Kindle? meaning to ?ignite? has been tactfully used in naming this new foxy digital wireless reading device.
Post Date:12/18/2009 10:06:02
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What Are the Biggest Downsides Or Disadvantages of Web 2.0? What are the hardest parts of dealing in a web 2.0 environment? What are the struggles of blogging, social networking ect? How can those be resolved?
Post Date:12/16/2009 20:26:57
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