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Archive for February 2009
Take Note: Doodling Can Help Memory
February 28, 2009 by alikat.
“You might look like you’re not paying attention when you doodle, but science says otherwise.
Researchers in the United Kingdom found that test subjects who doodled while listening to a recorded message had a 29 percent better recall of the message’s details than those who didn’t doodle. The findings were published in Applied Cognitive Psychology.” read the article
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Diamond no longer nature’s hardest material
February 23, 2009 by alikat.
“Diamond lost its title of the "world’s hardest material" to man-made nanomaterials some time ago. Now a rare natural substance looks likely to leave them all far behind – at 58% harder than diamond.” read the article
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scaling up to your room
February 21, 2009 by alikat.
Architects arons & Gelauff fitted out the facade of a new dormitory on University of Enschede’s campus , eastern Netherlands, as a climbing wall.
According to Arons & Gelauff ,The climbing wall was an integral part of the building’s design from the first design sketches, whereby the wall and the apartments helped shape each other. The result is a sculptural building with 87 apartments and over 2500 hand and foot grips.
Check out the picture on arons & Gelauff’s web site:
(Look for section dated 15.12.2008)
More pictures
// Don’t you just want to attend Enscheda for at least one semester?!
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HealthierUS
February 19, 2009 by alikat.
“The HealthierUS initiative is a national effort to improve people’s lives, prevent and reduce the costs of disease, and promote community health and wellness. Deciding to live a healthier life is easy; it’s the follow-through that’s hard…” more
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Race for ‘God particle’ heats up
February 18, 2009 by alikat.
“Europe’s particle physics lab, Cern, is losing ground rapidly in the race to discover the elusive Higgs boson, or "God particle", its US rival claims.
The particle, whose existence has been predicted by theoreticians, would help to explain why matter has mass.
Finding the Higgs is a major goal of Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
But the US Fermilab says the odds of its Tevatron accelerator detecting the famed particle first are now 50-50 at worst, and up to 96% at best.” more
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Two wolves
February 14, 2009 by alikat.
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.
"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
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A Beehive of Satellites
February 14, 2009 by alikat.
“ The launch of the first artificial satellite by the then Soviet Union in 1957 marked the beginning of the utilization of space for science and commercial activity. During the Cold War, space was a prime area of competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
In 1964 the first TV satellite was launched into a geostationary orbit to transmit the Olympic games from Tokyo. Later, Russian launch activities declined while other nations set up their own space programs. Thus, the number of objects in Earth orbit has increased steadily — by 200 per year on average.
The debris objects shown in the images are an artist’s impression based on actual density data. However, the debris objects are shown at an exaggerated size to make them visible at the scale shown.”
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Endless Interestingness
February 14, 2009 by alikat.
Check out this dynamic collage from pictures on flikr©! Make sure to move around your mouse, especially towards the edges of the page… endlessintrestingness
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Ultimate Flying Machine
February 1, 2009 by alikat.
Kirk Hawkins, CEO of Icon Aircraft, show cases A5, their first “light sport aircraft”. At estimated price of $139,000, A5 opens new doors to flying enthusiasts. First production model is scheduled for delivery late 2010.
By that time, you’ll have plenty of time to get your sport pilot license!
For more info on Sport Pilot License visit the following sites:
AOPA - Sport Pilot and Light Sport Aircraft
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