Category: Science

March 6, 2009

Your risk of death is 1 in 1

Filed under: Science, medical - 06 Mar 2009

Only the root cause of biological death seems to have varying odds.  Will it be a tree cut down by a beaver that happens to land on you while you’re driving a white SUV, or will your cause of death …

February 20, 2009

Compact Disc DVD metal-eating fungi really exists.

Filed under: Science - 20 Feb 2009

It was ten years ago when a few teams of research groups from Japan began researching the biodegradable properties of the compact disc, isolating several species of bacteria that degradate polycarbonates.  Fast forward to 2000, and Victor Cardenes, a Spanish …

February 18, 2009

ASCII Periodic Chart of the Elements

Filed under: Science - 18 Feb 2009

Here we have an Ascii Periodic Table of the Elements, if I ever get bored, I’ll link every
one to a wikipedia article.

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February 13, 2009

NASA Space Debris vs. Math

Filed under: NASA, Science - 13 Feb 2009

Following the breakup of an iridium com-sat (the holdings company that took over motorola’s old communication satellites for their old phones) into a russian trashcan satellite, there were estimated 10^4 pieces of debris left in orbit which could jeopardize future …