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c_howdy replied to the topic Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point reached, report warns in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

German astronaut Alexander Gerst shocked by parched Earth images from space

https://www.dw.com/en/german-astronaut-alexander-gerst-shocked-by-parched-earth-images-from-space/a-44997548

He is used to seeing the earth like never before from the International Space Station (ISS), but even Alexander Gerst was shocked at what he saw when he looked…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point reached, report warns in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago
c_howdy started the topic Earth at risk of becoming 'hothouse' if tipping point reached, report warns in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

Earth at risk of becoming ‘hothouse’ if tipping point reached, report warns

By Euan McKirdy, CNN

Updated 1517 GMT (2317 HKT) August 7, 2018

…avoiding this scenario requires a redirection of human actions from exploitation to stewardship of the Earth…[Read more]
c_howdy started the topic Counsellor claims to only 'have sex with GHOSTS' (article) in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

Counsellor, 30, who claims to only ‘have sex with GHOSTS’ reveals she’s in a ‘serious’ relationship with a spirit she met in Australia – and she plans to have a ‘baby’ with him

By EMILIA MAZZA and NATALIE CORNER FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 06:16 BST, 6 August 2018 | UPDATED: 00:21 BST, 8 August 2018

h…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic If we were really smart, we’d get over our fixation on the IQ test (article) in the forum Practice 7 years, 7 months ago

Particle physicists team up with AI to solve toughest science problems

August 2, 2018 by Manuel Gnida, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator at the European particle physics lab CERN, produce about a million gigabytes of data every second. Even after…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic Evidence suggests subatomic particles could defy the standard model (article) in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

The universe’s rate of expansion is in dispute – and we may need new physics to solve it

August 6, 2018 by Thomas Kitching, The Conversation

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-universe-expansion-dispute-physics.html

Next time you eat a blueberry (or chocolate chip) muffin consider what happened to the blueberries in the batter as it was baked. The b…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic in the forum c_howdy 7 years, 7 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXRJgSd-aU
c_howdy replied to the topic Can't inner smile in the forum Practice 7 years, 7 months ago

August 19, 2012 at 4:01 pm#39732
Topic: Japan’s Last Ninja (article)
in forum General

Steven

A 63-year-old engineer is Japan’s ‘last ninja’
AFPBy Miwa Suzuki | AFP 5 hrs ago

A 63-year-old former engineer may not fit the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic in the forum c_howdy 7 years, 7 months ago

«Бароны-разбойники» — собирательное название предпринимателей США периода 1870—1890 гг.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8

“Robber baron” is a derogatory metaphor of social criticism originally applied to cer…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic If we were really smart, we’d get over our fixation on the IQ test (article) in the forum Practice 7 years, 7 months ago

A neural network that operates at the speed of light

July 27, 2018 by Bob Yirka, Tech Xplore

https://techxplore.com/news/2018-07-neural-network.html

A team of researchers at the University of California has developed a novel kind of neural network—one that uses light instead of electricity to arrive at results. In their paper published in the j…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic If we were really smart, we’d get over our fixation on the IQ test (article) in the forum Practice 7 years, 7 months ago

Past experiences shape what we see more than what we are looking at now
July 31, 2018, NYU Langone Health

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-07-past-experiences-shape-what-we.html

A rope coiled on dusty trail may trigger a frightened jump by hiker who recently stepped on a snake. Now a new study better explains how a one-time visual experience…[Read more]
c_howdy started the topic Mars terraforming not possible using present-day technology in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

July 30, 2018 by Bill Steigerwald, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-mars-terraforming-present-day-technology.html

Science fiction writers have long featured terraforming, the process of creating an Earth-like or habitable environment on another planet, in their stories. Scientists themselves have proposed…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic Japan executes sarin gas attack cult leader Shoko Asahara and six members in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

So here are all the executed ones:
c_howdy replied to the topic Japan executes sarin gas attack cult leader Shoko Asahara and six members in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

Six more members of a Japanese death cult responsible for a saringas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people have been executed.

-https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-sarin-cult-execution-tokyo-subway-attack-shoko-asahara-aum-shinrikyo-a8464121.html-

Thirteen members of the gr…[Read more]
c_howdy started the topic Researchers report long hidden properties of Polaris in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

A Cepheid variable (/ˈsɛfiːɪd, ˈsiːfiːɪd/) is a type of star that pulsates radially, varying in both diameter and temperature and producing changes in brightness with a well-defined stable period and amplitude.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepheid_variable-

Taoist Nine Star Astrology is the essence of the all the Taoist practices and is base…[Read more]
c_howdy started the topic Brain activity alternates while stepping (article) in the forum Practice 7 years, 7 months ago

May 14, 2018, Society for Neuroscience

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-brain-alternates.html

Human steps are associated with neural activity that alternates between the left and right sides of the brain, finds a study of Parkinson’s disease patients published in JNeurosci. The research recommends future investigations address whether…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic Killed at 507 years old by scientists trying to tell how old it was in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

…one species of jellyfish, for example, turritopsis dohrnii, is biologically immortal: instead of dying it simply reverts to an earlier stage in its life cycle. This means that there is no theoretical limit to its life span but also that it is impossible to verify its age…
c_howdy replied to the topic MIKE-IANTITY STRIKES BACK: reply to Ribo-tzu in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

ein pakt mit dem teufel=deal with the devil
c_howdy started the topic Killed at 507 years old by scientists trying to tell how old it was in the forum General 7 years, 7 months ago

The ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) is a species of edible clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Arcticidae. This species is native to the North Atlantic Ocean, and it is harvested commercially as a food source. This species is also known by a number of different common names, including Icelandic cyprine,[1] mahogany clam, mahogany…[Read more]
c_howdy replied to the topic Can't inner smile in the forum Practice 7 years, 7 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkbBvTYDEKc

Kacem Zoughari has written very fine book about the traditional warrior path; it’s highly recommended.

Sorry for my broken English.

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