The flow (and losses) of energy from generation to home (via What You Need to Know About Energy - Sources and Uses).
Skeptical Inquiry
Looking at the world through the lenses of reason and science.
Dec 16
Oct 20
Oct 15
Dinosaur was faster than previously imagined. (via Super-sized muscle made twin-horned dinosaur a speedster)
Sep 27
» Benefits of the open source software market identified
Business is very slowly learning what scientists have known for over a century: open-source collaboration and competition produce more benefits than costs.
Incredible. Scientists create a genetic program, complete with if/then structure. In this case, they can command a cell to kill itself if it meets certain conditions (i.e. is a cancer cell).
(via Killing a cancer cell from the inside out - MIT News Office)
Dec 30
Nov 29
Good summary of the states and transitions of water.
Gore (via BSD-138: Moisture and Materials — Building Science Information
)
Nov 26
Nov 09
Very cool time-lapse of the shuttle Discovery being prepared for launch, via Air & Space Magazine.
Nov 07
