Exploring the Infinite
http://kradeleet.com/?p=77 From the page: “Rudy (Rucker) is starting to think all this is more than just a nifty coincidence, that mathematics has just happened to stumble on a method of creating patterns that look just like so many natural patterns. In his latest post, he makes the suggestion that “God” could be a deterministic non-reversible class four paratime metaphysical cellular
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21031911-5003402,00.html FAST-growing weeds had evolved over a few generations to adapt to climate change, which could signal the start of an “evolution explosion” in response to global warming, US scientists said today.
via Engadget A 3D mouse for $189
http://www.xckd.com/c203.html Dig it.
via Space.com This three-dimensional map offers a first look at the web-like large-scale distribution of dark matter, an invisible form of matter that accounts for most of the universe’s mass. The map reveals a loose network of dark matter filaments, gradually collapsing under gravity and growing clumpier over time. Credit: NASA, ESA, R. Massey (Caltech)
LOL… did someone say “dragons”?
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/xmaskaos How to create fractal looking imagery using a few Christmas bulbs and a camera.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2701723&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 From the page: “Some of anthropology’s greatest scientific treasures rest in the National Museums of Kenya. But they may soon become all but invisible if Christian fundamentalists get their way.”
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8175/RIAA+sues+AllofMP3+for+$1.65+trillion The RIAA is seeking $150,000 for each of the 11 million songs AllofMP3 allegedly pirated.
via Engadget From the page: Posing as a flip-phone wannabe, this handheld germ-eliminating light reportedly eradicates “99.99-percent of E-Coli, staphylococcus, salmonella, and germs that cause the flu and the common cold.”
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http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Hybrids_in_the_Universe_999.html Scientists re-think their theories on gamma-ray bursts – the most powerful cosmic explosions. Are stars that produce hybrid bursts inherently different from the kind that make supernovae? “This is brand new territory; we have no theories to guide us,” said Dr. Neil Gehrels of NASA GSFC.
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