Science and Exploration

Corkey · 01-03-2011, 02:56 PM

http://www.onearth.org/gallery/photo...-vertical-farm

Some of these designs are really architecturally exciting.

Corkey · 01-03-2011, 03:53 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theloo...ves-in-vietnam

Way cool!

Corkey · 01-04-2011, 11:46 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110105/...rtles__journey

Corkey · 01-05-2011, 04:29 PM

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/tc...s_publish.html

This is a real problem for our Great Lakes region.

Passionaria · 01-05-2011, 05:43 PM

Yosemite Nature Notes - Episode 9 - Frazil Ice

Corkey · 01-10-2011, 01:09 PM

Break through in solar powered flight.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...nel#tab-Videos

Corkey · 01-10-2011, 06:27 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110110/...sci_space_blob

Just released from Hubble

BugsAndKisses · 09-26-2011, 05:37 PM

I think this fact will fit in here.. did you know that body odor is created when bacteria on your body eat sweat then release gas. My first post on this website and I choose farting bacteria, job well done! This is the only interesting thing I have ever heard on ESPN

Corkey · 09-26-2011, 05:38 PM

*snort* welcome, farting bacteria n all.

JAGG · 09-26-2011, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BugsAndKisses

I think this fact will fit in here.. did you know that body odor is created when bacteria on your body eat sweat then release gas. My first post on this website and I choose farting bacteria, job well done! This is the only interesting thing I have ever heard on ESPN

I love it fart facts!!!!!!

Corkey · 09-26-2011, 07:10 PM

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...cean+crossing/

Another 16 yo attempts circumnavigation.

dreadgeek · 10-17-2011, 09:06 AM

A few weeks ago, quite a bit of buzz was created when CERN announced that preliminary results from an experiment ran clocked neutrinos moving faster than light. As it turns out it may be that this is a calculation error having to do with using a time signal from a GPS satellite to synchronize the clocks. The problem is that the *satellite* is in motion in relationship to the Earth which means it's in motion relative to the detector. The upshot of this is that there was an error of ~32 nanoseconds on both the sending and detector ends of the experiment. That would equal an error of ~64 nanoseconds. The FTL-neutrinos were arriving ~60 nanoseconds ahead of the light. Meaning that in reality the neutrinos were likely moving at a substantial portion of the speed of light but not exceeding it.

It appears that once again, Special Relativity has stood up to yet *another* challenge. As I hear more I'll post here.

Full article is here.

Cheers
Aj

Corkey · 10-24-2011, 02:51 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/rapidly-inflat...142805969.html

Rapidly inflating supervolcano creating mystery.

mariamma · 12-26-2011, 05:59 PM

Mayans lived in North Georgia 1100 years ago. They even built a pyramid. Wonder where they went? Wonder if they merged with the local peoples?

mariamma · 12-26-2011, 06:00 PM

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/2...north-georgia/

oops, forgot something...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mariamma

Mayans lived in North Georgia 1100 years ago. They even built a pyramid. Wonder where they went? Wonder if they merged with the local peoples?

Corkey · 12-26-2011, 06:06 PM

hummmmm, interesting.

SoNotHer · 12-26-2011, 07:59 PM

"Golden Chief" Tomb Treasure Yields Clues to Unnamed Civilization
"Spectacular find" includes gold, jewels, and a small army of likely sacrifices.

A seahorse pendant is among gold ornaments found in a chief's grave at El Caño, Panama. Photograph by David Coventry, National Geographic

It's really a very spectacular find. ... probably the most significant" for this culture since the 1930s, when the nearby Sitio Conte site, also in central Panama, yielded a wealth of gold artifacts, anthropologist John Hoopes said. Until now, Sitio Conte provided the only major evidence of the golden-chiefs culture, which can be traced from about A.D. 250 to the 16th century, when Spanish conquerors arrived on the scene. Dating to between A.D. 700 and 1000, the new artifacts were excavated about two miles (three kilometers) from Sitio Conte, at a site called El Caño.

Striking Gold, Second Time Around

El Caño's field of stone monoliths and sculptures had drawn treasure seekers in the early 20th century, but as luck would have it, they dug up only artifact-poor graves of common people. A few years ago, after having worked at Sitio Conte—also marked by ancient monoliths—archaeologist Julia Mayo of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute decided to reinvestigate El Caño. Mayo's ground surveys, beginning in 2005, traced the circular outline of a series of burials, about 260 feet (80 meters) wide.

Not long after digging had begun, in 2008, the team uncovered the skeleton of a high-ranking chief, clad in circular breastplates embossed with ghoulish faces, patterned arm cuffs, and a belt of large golden beads—a taste of the bounty to come.

More at -

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...panama20111224

MysticOceansFL · 02-02-2012, 03:22 PM

I usually watch the NASA channel or go to the web site they have, Its more updated than any other places!

Corkey · 02-02-2012, 07:26 PM

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwor...paign=fb-posts

First video of the dark side of the moon.

Corkey · 02-02-2012, 09:31 PM

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...f+new+zealand/

Makes me do this

01-03-2011, 02:56 PM	#1
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01-03-2011, 03:53 PM	#2
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01-04-2011, 11:46 PM	#3
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01-05-2011, 04:29 PM	#4
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01-05-2011, 05:43 PM	#5
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01-10-2011, 01:09 PM	#6
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01-10-2011, 06:27 PM	#7
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09-26-2011, 05:37 PM	#8
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09-26-2011, 05:38 PM	#9
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09-26-2011, 07:10 PM	#11
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10-17-2011, 09:06 AM	#12
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10-24-2011, 02:51 PM	#13
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12-26-2011, 05:59 PM	#14
mariamma Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 352 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,458 Thanked 1,115 Times in 281 Posts Rep Power: 9628891	Mayans lived in North Georgia 1100 years ago. They even built a pyramid. Wonder where they went? Wonder if they merged with the local peoples?

12-26-2011, 06:06 PM	#16
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12-26-2011, 07:59 PM	#17
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02-02-2012, 03:22 PM	#18
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02-02-2012, 07:26 PM	#19
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02-02-2012, 09:31 PM	#20
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