Monday 26 March 2012

The Great Antidote

Frickin' giant wasp found on Sulawesi, Indonesia. Impactlab

James Cameron plunged the depths of the Mariana trench, 6.77 miles, in his self funded submersible. SciencDaily.

Some boffins have found a polyurethane eating fungus in the Amazon. Reddit.

Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, donated $300 million to the study of the neurophysiology of perception. WSJ

As our understanding of our noggin deepens there's some serious ethical issues that need discussion, some of which are covered in this brief article. Reddit.

Nice gallery of plane related atmospheric effects. DarkRoasted and Wired have an array of unusual optical images.
Experience might not be everything it's cracked up to be. Farnum St.

The Impact origin theory of the moon comes under strain with new data from the University of Chicago. DailyGalaxy.

1 comment:

  1. The militarised usage of advances in the study of the mind/brain are dramatically explored in richard morgans novels and of course Joe haldemaan s sci fi classic forever war soldierboy and flyboy remote killing constructs now look to be almost reality.

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