Sci/Tech: Physical Sciences
Currently listing articles 88-51:
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The Ultimate Theory of Science, Religion, Faith, Opinion, Facts, and Eternity?— Can anyone really understand eternity? What makes a fact a fact and not simply a widely accepted opinion?
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Satire: Earthquake In Midwest Stirs Ghost of Iben Browning Vindicated— The good doctor is finally vindicated and seeks the community's gratitude.
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TV Review: Nova - "The Four-Winged Dinosaur"— Nova explores the study of a new dinosaur and the surrounding dispute in the scientific community.
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How Do You Survive a 47 Story Fall? You Don’t— For commercial properties, safety is essential, and attainable.
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Diamonds Are DeBeers' Best Friend— DeBeers control of the precious diamond market finally being threatened by lawsuits and other competing countries.
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TV Review: Nova - "Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold" and "Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero"— Is it getting cold in here or is it just the Bose-Einstein condensate?
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An Analysis of Roger Clemens’ Injection Excuse— The word is Roger Clemens’ story is that his trainer Brian McNamee injected him with Lidocaine and Vitamin B-12, not steroids.
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No More Agnosticism: The Science Behind the Wonder of the Unknown — Feelings of genuine wonder and reverence are no reason to remain agnostic about the origin and meaning of life on Earth.
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Global Warming: New Software Tracks Geophysical Changes from Radar Images— A Caltech grad student's new software can reveal major geophysical events, using 20 years of satellite radar images.
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Ron Paul Has A Blimp, But Will It Fly?— Weather was keeping the Ron Paul blimp grounded, but when now that it's up, it could get the media attention his campaign needs.
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Atmospheric Oxygen Levels Fall As Carbon Dioxide Rises— Studies conducted by the Scripps Institute indicate there is less oxygen in the atmosphere than there used to be.
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Apocalyptically Sudden Climate Change – Looking at The Sixth Winter and The Day After Tomorrow— It's not whether it gets hot or cold that is scary. It is the speed of the change that terrifies.
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An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Rob Stewart - Part Two— Part two of Nathalie's conversation with Rob Stewart, creator of the documentary, Sharkwater.
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Greed, Soup and The Rape of the Oceans— The rapidly approaching extinction of a species has an inevitable effect on the marine ecosystem.
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Hard Rain Falling: The Tropical Deluge— Global warming causes heavier rainstorms.
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Road Bump Rage— How teeth-chattering washboards form on heavily traveled dirt surfaces.
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Update On Hurricane Dean From His Path— Hurricane Dean aims for us. Update before the power fails.
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Hurricane Dean Struts His Violent Way
— Hurricane Dean is category 4 heading for 5, heading for the Caymans and headed for me.
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DVD Review: Tutankhamun & The Golden Age of the Pharaohs - Official Exhibition DVD— This is one for the history nut inside all of us, or maybe just me.
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The Healthy Skeptic: First Impressions of the Soloflex Whole Body Vibration Platform— Soloflex has jumped on the WBV bandwagon. Should you?
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Bridge Spanning Mississippi in Minneapolis Collapses: 9 Dead, 20 Reported Missing — We never know when the bottom will drop our of our lives...
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Heloise At The Hadron... Collider That Is— Seven days of inquiry into inquiry.
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How Tall Was Goliath? Fun With Cubits— mental_floss fact of the day.
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Will Earth Need A Reboot After The Sky Falls?— Celestial objects have hit Earth and continue to threaten an evolutionary catastrophe. What are we doing for protection?
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Atlantic Ocean Trivia: Do These Facts Float Your Boat?— How much do you really know about the Atlantic Ocean? Take our quiz to find out.
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The Healthy Skeptic: Warning, Diet Soda May Seriously Harm the Health of Yeast— The facts behind this diet soda doom story.
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Hubble Shoots A Sexy Galaxy— It looks like us but its central bulge is larger and so is its black hole.
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Misuse of the Word "Calorie" — mental_floss fact of the day.
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World’s Largest Freshwater Lake — mental_floss fact of the day.
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What Is Banana Oil?
— mental_floss fact of the day.
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Next Generation Performance Enhancing Drugs Are Already Being Used in MLB— The steroids in baseball investigation will find IGF-1, a next generation PED, is being used .
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Q: Do Scientists Believe the Moon’s Phases Affect Human Blood Flow?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Gene Upshaw, Head of NFL’s Players’ Union, Is Part Of The Problem— Every time he opens his mouth about drug testing, Upshaw puts his foot in it.
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Direct Injection Gives Your Next Car More Power and Better Economy— Direct injection increases both power and fuel efficiency, and it will be increasingly common in automobile engines in the near future.
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What if Homosexuality is Biological?— Some believe homosexuality is biologically determined. If they are right, what does this say about the morality of it?
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A Beginners Guide to MotoGP— What's new, and what's changed in MotoGP for 2007
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Book Review: The Physics of the Buffyverse by Jennifer Ouellette— The book feels like a coffee klatch, except instead of discussing Buffy's hair, it's about the rules of the universe itself.
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Periodically Speaking: Archaeological Diggings— This colorful Australian bimonthly dishes the dirt about archaeological finds in the Middle East.
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