NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11679

Algae good for fuel production.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Depleting the world's fish stocks isn't all bad:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... food/print

Pigs would have a bigger market

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

People with super memory abilities:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditio ... topstories

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Open science:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=science-2-point-0

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Are the mathematics of today easier than that of the past:

http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/08/ ... 3259.shtml

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

What you, electricity, and magnets can do to money:

http://205.243.100.155/frames/shrinkergallery.html

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

If the MythBusters episode started this fascination with mirrors at MIT, I'll laugh my @rse off:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12153

MIT makes a mirror array that can melt steel.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Using b00bs to generate electricity:

http://www.slate.com/id/2193827/

Another use for cleavage? Will wonders never cease?

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Intel hopes to use Tesla inspired power transmission:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12740

Honestly, this was the most interesting lecture at IDF ( Intel Developer's Forum ):

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/ ... spx?i=3381

Granted, half of it is probably marketing bull$hit, but I don't understand how everyone is going on about Intel's new procs when this work of theirs seems far more interesting:

-the transition where machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence. This event is called the singularity.
-optic computers instead of electrical
-laser computers
-1000 radios per person that choose different bandwidth frequencies based on availability
-Darpa project and self-driving vehicles
-neural interfaces

Taking a little more effort, he had to concentrate more to lift a bridge into place and repair it. Kinda cool -- using the force with computers.

-claytronics
-catoms
-electromagnets

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

How much does one bad solder joint cost ya?

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13460

$21 million if you're CERN.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Social experiment on whether the best solution is actually chosen democratically by people using free songs:

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/12/01/1643227.shtml

Conclusion? $hit rises and people are sheep

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Vaccines often get a bad rap, but it may have to do with the way they are reported:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... mr-vaccine

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Many women prefer the internet to having sexual relations:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... r-sex.html

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Cloaking devices becoming a reality:

http://www.dailytech.com/Researchers+Ma ... e13967.htm

The Romulans are gonna $hit when they find out we broke the treaty.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Ethanol from crop left-overs becoming a reality:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=14031