Archive for the ‘PopSci’ Category

Light Pollution — National Geographic Magazine

Friday, August 10th, 2012

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/light-pollution/klinkenborg-text
The waste of upward directed street lights.

EXAMINING BIOFUELS POLICY – Chemical & Engineering News Archive (ACS Publications)

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v089n033.p010

1st gen = EtOH, 2nd = cellulosic 1st, 3rd = algae

Antiviral Drugs Could Blast the Common Cold—Should We Use Them? | Wired Science | Wired.com

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/ff_antivirals/all/1

E15 CONTROVERSY – Chemical & Engineering News Archive (ACS Publications)

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cen-v089n033.p026

now at EtOH 10% moving to 15%

nature got pummeled here

Sunday, August 5th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/news/why-great-olympic-feats-raise-suspicions-1.11109

Often, Just Watching Prostate Cancer Is Enough – NYTimes.com

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/choosing-watchful-waiting-for-prostate-cancer/

Solving Crimes with Linguistics : The New Yorker

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

Words on Trial – A fascinating look at forensic linguistics, and the search for hidden meaning in words & language.
Interesting comparison of DNA and language, with the latter aping the former http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/07/23/120723fa_fact_hitt

Concerns raised as strange and sudden ice sheet melt reported in Greenland – Climate Change – Environment – The Independent

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/concerns-raised-as-strange-and-sudden-ice-sheet-melt-reported-in-greenland-7976082.html

3D printing – the wave of the future

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

http://the-scientist.com/2012/07/01/printing-3-d-molecules/

Out of Africa

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

from KKY & CC:

more or less what we are doing. why not we are making a fortune? ….
check this article about conference invitation from China.

http://genomebiology.com/2012/13/6/162