Comment: Re:"The Rain On Saturn Falls Mainly From Space" (Score 1) 75
Oops. That should have been: The rings of Saturn spin mainly in the rain!
Comment: Re:"The Rain On Saturn Falls Mainly From Space" (Score 1) 75
The rings of Saturn spin mainly in the plane?
Comment: "The Rain On Saturn Falls Mainly From Space" (Score 1) 75
Doesn't really have the right ring to it does it?
Bees Reveal Nature-Nurture Secrets 84
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from the spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-bee dept.
from the spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-bee dept.
NoFear writes "The nature-nurture debate is a 'giant step' closer to being resolved after scientists studying bees documented how environmental inputs can modify our genetic hardware. The researchers uncovered extensive molecular differences in the brains of worker bees and queen bees which develop along very different paths when put on different diets. The research was led by Professor Ryszard Maleszka of The Australian National University's College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, working with colleagues from the German Cancer Institute in Heidelberg, Germany and will be published next week in the online, open access journal PLoS Biology."
Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart 315
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from the any-way-the-wind-blows dept.
from the any-way-the-wind-blows dept.
Shawnconna writes "Can a wind cart travel faster than the wind? A group of makers say, 'Yes!' Make: Online has published a story about the Blackbird wind cart that just set a record. This is a follow-up to an earlier story in which Charles Platt built a cart based on a viral video where a guy claimed he'd built a wind-powered vehicle that could travel downwind faster than the windspeed. Charles built one and said it didn't work. Heated debates broke out in forums, on BB, and elsewhere on the Net. In the ensuing time, a number of people have built carts and claimed success, most principally, Rick Cavallaro. He got funding from Google and JOBY to build and test a human-piloted cart. They claim success, with multiple sensor systems on board, impartial judges and experts in attendance."
+ - Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot dies->
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I'm not evil. See writes "Benoit Mandelbrot, who discovered mathematical shapes known as fractals, has died of cancer at the age of 85.
Mandelbrot, who had joint French and US nationality, developed fractals as a mathematical way of understanding the infinite complexity of nature."
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Mandelbrot, who had joint French and US nationality, developed fractals as a mathematical way of understanding the infinite complexity of nature."
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Comment: Re:There are few things more annoying (Score 1) 241
I'd be willing to bet that those people we dislike most are often nowhere near as truly and completely evil as we imagine, and similarly those who we admire most are in truth quite likely to be far less angelic.
Comment: Re:Wouldn't it be cool... (Score 1) 116
The participants to last year's ICFP Programming Contest received a short sharp introduction to orbital mechanics. It was only a 2D version, but still not an easy task. I ran out of brain power and time just short of the last set of problems which is where it got really interesting.
Comment: The Time Warp (Score 1) 337
Please believe me when I tell you that many things in New Zealand are stuck in a Time Warp... not just the trees. Even the computer I'm typing this on is from the last century.
Comment: Re:Prior Art (Score 1) 203
Endo, the alien creature at the heart of this years ICFP Contest, has already stuffed all manner of information into his/her DNA. Plenty of images, and some audio also. Do our earthly patent systems extend to outer space?