Cloudy with a chance of…
Experts at NASA have sighted thin, wispy clouds of ice particles similar to Earth’s cirrus clouds on one of Saturn’s moons, Titan.
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‘Nothing is Impossible’ – World’s Smallest Engraving on the Edge of a Razor Blade
The world’s smallest engraving by human hand has been completed on the edge of a razor blade.
Graham Short etched the motto “Nothing is impossible” which measures just a tenth of a millimetre. The letters are invisible to the naked eye, and can only be read with a medical microscope at 400 times magnification.
YouTube Enlists Help for Music Rights Management
YouTube gets help keeping up on all the music it deals with.
YouTube has just sealed a deal with RightsFlow, a music publishing rights management company.
RightsFlow today announced an agreement with YouTube to assist with music rights management. The deal allows YouTube to enlist RightsFlow’s help in processing and managing music rights, and it should help the online video company to make rights administration a lot faster and simpler, which would in turn drive royalties for rights-holders, including publishers and songwriters…
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Dramatic Increase in Strokes Among Young and Middle-Aged Americans
Chart compares hospitalizations for stroke, by age group.
Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older ones, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to reshape the age burden of the disease.
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Do You Need to Confess Your Sins? There’s an App for That
It seems as though the Catholic Church really really wants us to go to confession, so much so that apparently it has sanctioned a new iPhone app aimed at bringing some of the wandering sheep back into the fold. (video)
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Sex Ban Suggested for Belgian Coalition Negotiators
Sex bans have helped form governments in the past.
The partners of Belgian politicians are being urged to go on a sex strike until a government is formed. The country had general elections last June but parties have so far been unable to form a governing coalition.
Socialist senator Marleen Temmerman said after a week of a similar sex ban in Kenya in 2009, a government was formed. Previous attempts to pressure Belgian negotiators into agreement have included a “grow a beard” campaign.
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Phantom of the Floppera
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YouTube user FunToTheHead has created a working organ that uses finely tuned wheezing floppy drives to play rather impressive renditions of music. It’s not easy to sequence for four-note floppy-drive organs, but FunToTheHead has done a rather good job with Toccata and Fugue — a solid choice for any mad-science organ! I love that he’s got the blinkenlights synched with the music…
Bacteria Creates Google Logo
Scientifically Google-fied.
I find it fascinating that scientists can express their creativity through such awesome means. I’m no science major, and the last time I had the opportunity to work with cells was in high school. Where art applies, I typically think of a pencil and pen, or paintbrush. When I saw the video of the Johnson and Wright creating a Google logo by literally growing bacteria, I was awed. It was really quite fascinating.
The process itself is not too difficult: simply color the bacteria, make sure it grows according to a mold, and then let them replicate into the shape of the mold…
Apophysis Fractal Animation
A fractal is a geometric pattern that is repeated at ever smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical geometry. Fractal flames are a member of the iterated function system class of fractals. This animation was made with Apophysis 3D, an open source fractal flame editor.
Class Of 2011: If Social Media Were a High School
What if social media were a high school? That’s the question Ethan Bloch tries to answer by slotting in the “types” of networks into his “yearbook”. Where would you fit into this system?
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Mitsubishi Breaks 5 Guinness World Records in 24 Hours
A true award winner.
Mitsubishi is taking a unique approach to draw attention to its all-wheel drive vehicles: The automaker broke five Guinness World Records relating to driving in winter conditions.
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First Time Ever Smart Phones Outsell Personal Computers
People tend to replace their phones much more often than they do their computers.
Smart phones such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone are outselling personal computers for the first time ever, according to a report by research group IDC that was released Monday.
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