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A Diverse Collection of Fractals in Nature

I’ve always liked fractals and there are tons of sites that offer stunning fractal images for the use in desktop backgrounds. My favorite being http://exoteric.roach.org/bg/. I know many of the images of fractals found out on the web are not true fractals by definition. This is mainly because they appear different at different levels of [...]

NASA Find Alters Life as We Know It

I tried to think up a dramatic title to fit in with the hoopla that is been tossed up when NASA announced it had some dramatic new findings in the field of biology. Naturally many assumed that because it was NASA what they were going to announce was extraterrestrial related. The discovery of life on [...]

Study Indicates Wi-Fi Harming Trees

This information comes from a recent Dutch study conducted in the city of Alphen aan den Rijn. The city was trying to figure out why it’s trees were developing odd growths. The study exposed 20 ash trees to various radiation sources for a period of three months. Trees placed closest to the Wi-Fi radio demonstrated [...]

A look at test tube grown meat

IVM (In Vetro Meat) is not a new concept. Winston Churchill (yes, that one) theorized back in the ’30s instead of growing a whole cow or chicken we would simply grow the parts that we wanted to eat. The arguments for pursing IVM are numerous, modern agriculture is resource intensive, contributes to green house gases, [...]

Feuer Basejump

Incredible base jumping video. Technically I think it was a stunt from a movie, so it was probably all in a days work for the guy. However, busting through a window, on fire, and falling 20-25 stories still isn’t something you get to see everyday. Notice the steam coming off the guy and the end. [...]

The Smell of Freshly Cut Grass May be a Cry for Help

We all know that smell. The thick, green, freshly cut grass sent that fills the air each spring. We don’t even have to see the lawn and we still instantly recognize it. It turns out that familiar sent is actually part of a complex chemical reaction that occurs in plants when they are injured or [...]

Big Bear Solar Observatory Snaps Highly Detailed Sun Spot Image

Highest resolution image ever captured of a sun spot.  The brand spanking new image is of a section of the Sun only 50 miles across. Amazing how it almost looks alive. The Big Bear Observatory is a precursor to an even larger solar telescope being constructed. Look forward to even more detail images in the [...]

New Solar System Yields Exciting Discovery

Scientists have long been using the wobble method for searching for stars with orbiting planets. This method involves searching for the slight wobble caused in by the gravitational pull of orbiting planets. A new discovery using this method is proving exciting for several reasons. It is the largest find of exo-planets since the first discovery [...]

Inhalable Coffee, Lose the Cup

Americans love their coffee. The invention of a Harvard professor may be just the thing for a quick does of caffeine without the hazards associated with carrying around and consuming hot liquids. The coffee inhaler which might be better described as a a caffeine inhaler as that seems to be its primary function works by [...]

Giant Gas Bubbles Threaten Indiana Farms

This interesting and some what sad story comes out of a Indiana dairy farm. The trouble started soon after farmer noticed that there was a bubble poking through the water of his manure lagoon. These lagoons are used as a safe way to store the many tons of cow manure until it can be used [...]