Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Science stuff below the fold


Drinking beer or ale
lowers your chance of osteoporosis...

Scientists claim it's the silicon in beer but this ad suggests it's the Vitamin D.

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A solar storm not only might wreck our banking and power systems, but with all the ebooks around, it might wipe out human knowledge too...

Back to clay tablets?
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Is earth a giant hologram?
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Forget Yellowstone:
what about the Laacher See?
Between Cologne and Bonn, the volcano last exploded 12,900 years ago, with a bang similar to Mt Pinatubo....
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and then there are the mud volcanoes of Central Asia...
from wikipedia:

Mud volcanoes are often associated with petroleumsubduction zones and orogenic belts; hydrocarbon gases are often erupted. They are also often associated with lava volcanoes; in the case of such close proximity, mud volcanoes emit incombustible gases including helium, whereas lone mud volcanoes are more likely to emit methane.

there is a question if oil drilling set off a deadly eruption of a mud volcano in Java a couple years ago.

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Technical discussion of Haiti earthquake HERE.

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and the really important scientific report of the week:

Sexxx in space....(or maybe not)

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