Science news, mostly physics, astronomy and cosmology Tags:physics relativity science scientific Stanislas Created on:01/07/2008 15:07:24 Rating:0 Comments:0 http://hollow.secondbrain.com/collections/736306 Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://secondbrain.com/static/images/favicon.gif http://hollow.secondbrain.com/collections/736306 <a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/could-life-evol.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fblog.wired.com%2fwiredscience%2f2008%2f09%2fcould-life-evol.html" alt="Could Life Evolve on the Internet? | Wired Science from Wired.com"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:12/09/2008 11:08:37 <p> http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/could-life-evol.html Hollow Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:08:37 +0100 <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/24/2312706.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.abc.net.au%2fnews%2fstories%2f2008%2f07%2f24%2f2312706.htm" alt="Humans to live on Mars within 25 years - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:25/07/2008 16:23:49 <p> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/24/2312706.htm Hollow Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:23:49 +0100 <a href="http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2008-07/quantum-physics-glass" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.popsci.com%2fdiy%2farticle%2f2008-07%2fquantum-physics-glass" alt="Quantum Physics in a Glass | Popular Science"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:25/07/2008 16:23:49 <p> http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2008-07/quantum-physics-glass Hollow Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:23:49 +0100 <a href="http://io9.com/5027571/instant-moon-base-to-be-delivered-by-ares-rocket" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fio9.com%2f5027571%2finstant-moon-base-to-be-delivered-by-ares-rocket" alt="Moon Base Porn: Instant Moon Base to Be Delivered by Ares Rocket"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:24/07/2008 13:40:36 <p> http://io9.com/5027571/instant-moon-base-to-be-delivered-by-ares-rocket Hollow Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:36 +0100 <a href="http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=541" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fcurious.astro.cornell.edu%2fquestion.php%3fnumber%3d541" alt="Curious About Astronomy: Where did the Universe come from?"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:24/07/2008 13:40:36 <p> http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=541 Hollow Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:36 +0100 <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/03/080303fa_fact_holt?currentPage=all" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.newyorker.com%2freporting%2f2008%2f03%2f03%2f080303fa_fact_holt%3fcurrentPage%3dall" alt="Annals of Science: Numbers Guy: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker"/></a><p>Are our brains wired for math?</p><p>Tags:Cognition Dehaene&#0044 Education Mathematics Neurology Numerical Stanislas</p> Posted on:24/07/2008 13:40:13 <p> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/03/080303fa_fact_holt?currentPage=all Hollow Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:13 +0100 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/science/15brain.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f2008%2f01%2f15%2fscience%2f15brain.html" alt="The New York Times &# Log In"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:17/07/2008 10:14:36 <p> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/science/15brain.html Hollow Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:14:36 +0100 <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1035440/Incredible-pictures-Mars--look-surprisingly-like-parts-Earth.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2fsciencetech%2farticle-1035440%2fIncredible-pictures-Mars--look-surprisingly-like-parts-Earth.html" alt="Incredible pictures of Mars - and they look surprisingly like some parts of Earth | Mail Online"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:16/07/2008 11:56:26 <p> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1035440/Incredible-pictures-Mars--look-surprisingly-like-parts-Earth.html Hollow Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:56:26 +0100 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7Sg41Bp-U" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/CC7Sg41Bp-U/2.jpg" alt="E=mc²: Einstein explains his famous formula"/></a><p>Albert Einstein explaining the equivalence of energy and matter.</p><p>Tags:albert E=mc² einstein physics relativity science theory</p> Posted on:15/07/2008 12:39:06 <p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7Sg41Bp-U Hollow Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:39:06 +0100 <a href="http://www.ecalc.com/calculator/scientific" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ecalc.com%2fcalculator%2fscientific" alt="eCalc- the best online Calculator"/></a><p>The best online calculator with basic and scientific modes.</p><p>Tags:calculator graphing online scientific</p> Posted on:15/07/2008 08:14:26 <p> http://www.ecalc.com/calculator/scientific Hollow Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:14:26 +0100 <a href="http://hollowmarked.blogspot.com/feeds/5042848537543164138/comments/default" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fhollowmarked.blogspot.com%2ffeeds%2f5042848537543164138%2fcomments%2fdefault" alt="Cosmology - Inflation - the limit of gravity?"/></a><p>Nice piece on Entropy in the Sci-Am, and how it relates to Times ArrowPopular in cosmology at the moment is the concept that just after the Big Bang, the Universe when it was 1cm wide underwent a period of rapid expansion, after which it slowed to roughly current levels (the rate is slowly increasing again though)Where was gravity in this scenario?  No real explanation on why inflation occurred has been conclusively found, since this requires a quantum theory of gravity.Could it be that gravity </p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:14/07/2008 00:34:00 <p> http://hollowmarked.blogspot.com/feeds/5042848537543164138/comments/default Hollow Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:34:00 +0100 <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/07/10/particle-physicists-discover-lowest-energy-bottomonium-particle/" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.universetoday.com%2f2008%2f07%2f10%2fparticle-physicists-discover-lowest-energy-bottomonium-particle%2f" alt="Particle Physicists Discover Lowest Energy "Bottomonium" Particle | Universe Today"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:10/07/2008 14:24:22 <p> http://www.universetoday.com/2008/07/10/particle-physicists-discover-lowest-energy-bottomonium-particle/ Hollow Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:22 +0100 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7497867.stm" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fnews.bbc.co.uk%2f2%2fhi%2fhealth%2f7497867.stm" alt="BBC NEWS | Health | New CJD type discovered in US"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:10/07/2008 14:22:56 <p> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7497867.stm Hollow Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:22:56 +0100 <a href="http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/byo_star/byostar.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.seed.slb.com%2fen%2fscictr%2flab%2fbyo_star%2fbyostar.htm" alt="Build Your Own Star&#Virtual Experiment"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:04/07/2008 09:12:38 <p> http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/byo_star/byostar.htm Hollow Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:12:38 +0100 <a href="http://hollowmarked.blogspot.com/feeds/2456050219012184394/comments/default" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fhollowmarked.blogspot.com%2ffeeds%2f2456050219012184394%2fcomments%2fdefault" alt="Life created in Diamonds?"/></a><p>A great news piece on the BBC at the moment on the discovery of biogenic carbon in ancient 4.4 billion year old diamonds.Imagine if that is where actual genesis took place.  Forces of pressure so high that it fuses atoms into denser and denser pieces.The material from that reaction provided by supernovae in the infant universe.If the Universe's laws are poised to give forth life, is it in fact necessary since we would only live in such a universe?  Anthropic Principle.We give diamonds such divin</p><p>Tags:biogensis diamonds life physics</p> Posted on:03/07/2008 00:48:00 <p> http://hollowmarked.blogspot.com/feeds/2456050219012184394/comments/default Hollow Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:48:00 +0100 <a href="http://lifeboat.com/ex/10.futuristic.materials" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2flifeboat.com%2fex%2f10.futuristic.materials" alt="LF Special Report: 10 Futuristic Materials"/></a><p>No description</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:02/07/2008 11:58:59 <p> http://lifeboat.com/ex/10.futuristic.materials Hollow Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:58:59 +0100 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/25/starsgalaxiesandplanets.spaceexploration" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.guardian.co.uk%2fscience%2f2007%2fapr%2f25%2fstarsgalaxiesandplanets.spaceexploration" alt=""Second Earth" found--20 lightyears away!"/></a><p>Scientists have discovered a warm and rocky "second Earth" circling a star, a find they believe dramatically boosts the prospects that we are not alone.</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:16/10/2007 02:40:15 <p> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/25/starsgalaxiesandplanets.spaceexploration Hollow Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:40:15 +0100 <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/artificial-life-created-as-scientist-makes-sythetic-chromosome/" target="_blank"><img src="http://simple.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=1252&v=1&w=120&h=90&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.engadget.com%2f2007%2f10%2f07%2fartificial-life-created-as-scientist-makes-sythetic-chromosome%2f" alt=""Artificial life" created as scientist makes sythetic chromosome"/></a><p>The new "life form" is reliant on the host cell for replication and metabolism so it's not exactly entirely synthetic, but as the DNA is different, it is effectively an artificial form of life. Sounds like the human race's really doomed now: ultimately, all we're doing is setting the robots up with a tag team.</p><p>Tags:</p> Posted on:07/10/2007 20:29:04 <p> http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/07/artificial-life-created-as-scientist-makes-sythetic-chromosome/ Hollow Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:29:04 +0100