Teaching Computer Science without a Computer
I am so going to be all over this in a few years: teach children Computer Science without a computer
Archive for tag Science
Caffeine protects brain
Woo! Daily caffeine may protect the brain from the damaging effects of cholesterol They say that this may explain why caffeine drinkers have a lower risk of alzheimer’s. Bacon, eggs, coffee. Eat it up.
Basis of life found on an extrasolar planet
More support for panspermia, Molecular Basis of Life Discovered on Extrasolar Planet.
ancient bacteria are reclaiming the ocean
Ancient Bacteria + Human Pollution vs. Modern Ocean Ecosystem- thanks to pollution ancient species of bacteria are reclaiming the oceans
- toxic algae attacking marine mammals
- toxic algae invading coastal waters
- tide of plastic debris spreads through the oceans
- increasing seawater acidity threatening coral, fish, and other aquatic species
- massive island of floating trash in the Pacific is twice the size of the continental United States
New blackest material created
New blackest material created – check out that picture, the material looks like a hole in the table.
Mathematics of Traffic Jams
Even geeks go to a crazy place when the discussion turns to the mathematics of traffic jams. Here’s a nicely animated explanation of how traffic patterns should work
Fear brains, not robots
Forget the robots, we should fear the disembodied brains that can fly F-22s. Does this count as artifical intelligence?