Here are some things that I find interesting.

Quantum randomness may not be random

Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:48 AM EDT (NewScientist)

Seeded by Back N'Black74 (Clipped by etlund)

Quantum wierdness? Spooky action at a distance? The nature of the natural world is fuzzy at the quantum level, where things can be in two places at the same time. Particles can interact instantaneously over seemingly any distance.

science, quantum, quantum-theory, quantum-mechanics, particle-physics, determinism, physcis, quantum-entanglement, bohmian-mechanics

Fermilab Director: Unexplained Noise may show that the Universe is a Hologram

Seeded on Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:53 AM EST (newscientist.com)

Seeded by JCAtom (Clipped by etlund)

For many months, the GEO600 team-members had been scratching their heads over inexplicable noise that is plaguing their giant detector. Then, out of the blue, a researcher approached them with an explanation.

energy, space, study, force, mystery, physics, expansion, dark, newton, nasa

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Mineral Kingdom Has Co-evolved With Life, Scientists Find

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:42 PM EST (Science Daily)

Seeded by alkimija (Clipped by etlund)

Evolution isn't just for living organisms.

science

UPS Going Labeless with Super Cool Paper-Free Printer

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:54 AM EST (TreeHugger)

Seeded by Eric Atienza (Clipped by etlund)

The device underscores that it pays to be green – according to UPS's estimates, it will save about 92,456 hours year through increased productivity, save about 1,338 tons of paper, and reduce carbon emissions by 3,807 tons each year.

technology, shipping, ups, printer, packaging, printing, conservation, green-technology, paperless-printing

Obama will record weekly address on YouTube

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:43 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Seeded by KRich (Clipped by etlund)

Today, President-elect Obama will record the weekly Democratic address not just on radio but also on video -- a first.

politics, obama, youtube, radio-address, presdient-elect, youtube-address

Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?

Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:56 AM EDT (Reuters)

Seeded by Eddie French (Clipped by etlund)

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Internet is not just changing the way people live but altering the way our brains work with a neuroscientist arguing this is an evolutionary change which will put the tech-savvy at the top of the new social order.

evolution, internet, science, surfing, canberra, neuroscience, brain-activity

Buzz Aldrin Says "Send Them to Mars....Permanently."

Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:41 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

Seeded by floridaFrodo (Clipped by etlund)

PARIS, FR - Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, in discussing the differences in his trip to the moon and back, said that going to Mars is a very different prospect.

mars, nasa, science, space-travel, u-s-news, planetary-colonization

Daily Kos: I attended a McCain/Palin meetup tonight.

Seeded on Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:36 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Seeded by Mike Sifeldeen (Clipped by etlund)

It was a complete accident. I went down to my local Tampa Starbucks where of course I expected to find the Obama Elite. I knew something was wrong as soon as I pulled into the parking lot. Typically in Tampa, you see far more Obama bumperstickers than McCain, but not tonight.

muslim, starbucks, marriage, gay, politics, mccain, god, obama, islam, christian

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Physicist's Quantum-'Uncollapse' Hypothesis Verified

Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:07 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Seeded by Ivan Pavlov (Clipped by etlund)

Most scientists have believed that the instant a quantum object was measured it would "collapse" from being in all the locations it could be, to just one location like a classical object.

physics, science, quantum

MIT Researchers Make Major Solar Power Breakthrough -- InformationWeek

Seeded on Fri Aug 1, 2008 6:07 PM EDT (informationweek.com)

Seeded by JCAtom (Clipped by etlund)

MIT researchers have discovered a way to store solar energy that could make solar power in homes a mainstream energy option and might even make power companies obsolete, at least for residential needs. More Articles

technology, energy, economy, home, fuel, crisis, power, house, electricity, energy-crisis

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Google's Knol: Evil and Doomed.

Seeded on Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:08 AM EDT (Mashable!)

Seeded by Donald Turnbull (Clipped by etlund)

I was skeptical originally about Google's Knol project. I was under the impression from its initial press materials and blog posts that it was to be unmonetized.

google, technology, knol

Pictured: The moment a wildlife officer risked his life to save drowning bear

Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:31 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Seeded by Spaman (Clipped by etlund)

'The clearly confused bear looked at me as if he was either going to go by, through or over me . . .

rescue, bear, odd-news

MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging

Seeded on Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:26 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

Seeded by mogmich (Clipped by etlund)

Star-shaped brain cells shown to play key role In work that solves a long-standing mystery in neuroscience, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes—previously considered bit pla …

science, brain, neuroscience, brain-scanning, astrocytes

Pictured: Rocketman flies over Alps with jet-pack strapped to his back (w/ video)

Seeded on Thu May 15, 2008 11:00 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Seeded by Grey Wolf (Clipped by etlund)

Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings on his back and loop the loop above the Swiss Alps.

technology, jet, alps, flying, jet-pack, yves-rossy, jet-turbines

BMX makes Olympic debut

Seeded on Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:13 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Great story about the new Olympic Event that should be fun to watch: BMX (Bicycle Motocross)

sports, olympics, bmx

Father of LSD takes final trip

Seeded on Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:01 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

(This was the best headline for this story.) He was 102. Cool.

science, obituary, lsd, albert-hofmann

All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts

Seeded on Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:41 AM EDT (colourlovers.com)

Seeded by Redruby (Clipped by etlund)

For the last 100 years or so kids have been exploring and creating worlds of color with Crayons. For a lot of us, our life long love affairs with color began with these wax sticks and a blank sheet of paper.

entertainment, color, crayola, crayons

Science confirms 'The Colbert Bump'

Seeded on Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:27 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Seeded by jasmin-aline-persch (Clipped by etlund)

Democrats who appeared on "The Colbert Report" raised about 44 percent more money after their appearance than they did before. Republicans, on the other hand, didn't fare as well after their Colbert appearance.

science, presidential-race, hillary-clinton, stephen-colbert

What If Apple Purchased Corel?

Seeded on Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:19 PM EDT (Cult of Mac)

Seeded by brinsmaid (Clipped by etlund)

The proposed "iCreate" software package would be a welcome addition to my Mac. In fact, I learned how to photochop on Paint Shop Pro, and would love to see what Apple could do with it.

technology, apple, adobe, photoshop, corel, paint-shop-pro