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Submission + - Zephyr solar plane flies 7 days non-stop (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by chichilalescu on Friday July 16, 2010 @10:03AM

chichilalescu writes: solar planes in the news again (BBC): The UK-built Zephyr solar-powered plane has smashed the endurance record for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
The craft took off from the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona at 1440 BST (0640 local time) last Friday and is still in the air.

maybe we can attach some netbooks, and extend the internet to the clouds.

Submission + - The Scientific Impotence Excuse (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by chichilalescu on Friday May 28, 2010 @10:52AM

chichilalescu writes: I've had the feeling for a long time that people refuse to listen to scientists. This is from an article on arstechnica:
"It's hardly a secret that large segments of the population choose not to accept scientific data because it conflicts with their predefined beliefs: economic, political, religious, or otherwise. But many studies have indicated that these same people aren't happy with viewing themselves as anti-science, which can create a state of cognitive dissonance. That has left psychologists pondering the methods that these people use to rationalize the conflict.
A study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology takes a look at one of these methods, which the authors term "scientific impotence"—the decision that science can't actually address the issue at hand properly."
They also provide the DOI for the original paper, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00588.x .

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