Archive for 'Science & Technology'
Intelligent have better sperm
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by writer.
Men of higher intelligence tend to produce better quality sperm, UK research suggests. A team from the Institute of Psychiatry analysed data from former US soldiers who served during the Vietnam war era. They found that those who performed better on intelligence tests tended to have more - and more mobile - sperm. The study, [...]
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Scientists discover the chance meeting 19bn years ago that led to the eruption of life on Earth
Posted on 04. May, 2009 by writer.
A . . chance encounter about 1.9 billion years ago, led to life on Earth, say scientists. New research finds that an amoeba-like organism engulfed a bacterium that had developed the power to use sunlight to break down water to make oxygen. The bacterium could have been intended as prey, but instead became incorporated into [...]
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What Gmail does better than its competitors
Posted on 03. May, 2009 by writer.
Posted by Don Reisinger. As someone who spends an inordinate amount of time wading through e-mails, finding the best e-mail service is paramount in my life. Realizing that, I’ve done my fair share of shuffling from one e-mail program to the next trying to find the best service that not only offers speed and [...]
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Adult Brain Neurons Can Remodel Connections
Posted on 03. May, 2009 by writer.
Overturning a century of prevailing thought, scientists are finding that neurons in the adult brain can remodel their connections. In work reported in the Nov. 24 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Elly Nedivi, associate professor of neurobiology at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and colleagues found [...]
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michigan moto
Posted on 02. May, 2009 by writer.
How you get from the invincibility of the glory days of the US car industry - celebrated in these photos here - to the verge of bankruptcy is a cautionary tale for the whole of America as its dominance wanes in an increasingly globalised economy. 1900: Henry Ford in his new T Ford model [...]
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Urban Camping from Times Square to the Car Tent
Posted on 02. May, 2009 by writer.
Urban camping means different things to different people, from living without a vehicle or electricity and plumbing to squatting in unused properties and more. However, the . most popular definition of urban camping provided by the urban dictionary is: ?camping in an urban setting by sleeping on rooftops, under bushes, and in public parks.?. [...]
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Mobile Urban Architecture
Posted on 01. May, 2009 by writer.
Mobile Urban Architecture: From Portable Housing to Temporary Hotel Rooms. Written by Urbanist . The world?s interest physical mobility has, to the surprise of many urban theorists, not decreased with the rise of global digital communication. In fact, people are more mobile than ever, changing jobs, cities, or even countries with increased frequency. This trend [...]
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Top 10 Things You Forgot Gmail Can Do
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by writer.
. 10. Change Gmail’s look entirely with themes. Adam did the yeoman’s work of compiling screenshots and thumbnails of Gmail’s new Themes, accessible through a Settings tab, and one can see that they’re more than just a font switch and background image. Gmail’s themes cover a nice range of aesthetic choices, geekiness, cute-overload, elegant [...]
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Is it true that no two snowflakes are alike
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by writer.
. Is it true that no two snowflakes are alike? . Up in the winter sky, water vapor in a cloud condenses into a droplet and freezes into a tiny bit of ice, with the water molecules bonding together as a hexagonal crystalline lattice with a six-fold symmetry. As water vapor condenses on its [...]
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10 More Common Misconceptions
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by writer.
I can not tell a lie: I love misconceptions lists - I love writing them almost as much as I love reading them. Therefore, I have put together a third list on the topic! Regular readers will know that we have already presented two such lists. They can be found here and here. Enjoy the [...]
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20 Amazing Optical Illusions
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by writer.
An optical illusion is always characterized by visually perceived images that, at least in common sense terms, are deceptive or misleading. Therefore, the information gathered by the eye is processed by the brain to give, on the face of it, a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. This [...]
