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Fucking hell. No matter where I click it always starts at the beginning.Meh. It's only 385 meg. I'll download it and watch it that way.
Researchers in Finland have discovered live bacterial species in antique beer originating from the mid-1800s. A few bottles of the beer were found in an old shipwreck in the Aland Islands of Finland during the summer of 2010.VTT was commissioned by the Aland government to study the composition of the shipwreck beer and identify the type of yeast used to brew it. The aim of the project was to study what early 19th-century beer was like and whether its production process could be reverse-engineered and the beer replicated. Annika Wilhelmson from VTT told Reuters that with the help of a master brewer it would be possible to make beer that closely resembled the shipwreck beer.
There are now 4,700 asteroids out there — plus or minus 1,500 – that are considered Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). This is the latest and best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of Near Earth Objects that have the potential to make close Earth approaches. The new results come from data obtained from the asteroid-hunting portion of the now-hibernating WISE mission, called NEOWISE.
4,700 Asteroids Want to Kill YouQuoteThere are now 4,700 asteroids out there — plus or minus 1,500 – that are considered Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). This is the latest and best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of Near Earth Objects that have the potential to make close Earth approaches. The new results come from data obtained from the asteroid-hunting portion of the now-hibernating WISE mission, called NEOWISE.
With powerful microscopes and hi-tech diagnostics that tease out chemical signatures and DNA telltales, pathologist Philippe Charlier pores over centuries-old remains to probe the riddles of history.He has determined that Vatican-authenticated bone fragments said to have come from Joan of Arc were in fact from a cat and an Egyptian mummy.He has confirmed that a mummified heart came from the uncrowned boy king Louis XVII.He has crushed the folklore that said Napoleon was poisoned to death by his perfidious English captors.
World's First Energy-Storage Membrane DevisedCrunchy bit:QuoteThe cost involved in energy storage is also drastically reduced. With existing technologies based on liquid electrolytes, it costs about US$7 to store each farad. With the advanced energy storage membrane, the cost to store each farad falls to an impressive US$0.62. This translates to an energy cost of 10-20 watt-hour per US dollar for the membrane, as compared to just 2.5 watt-hour per US dollar for lithium ion batteries.
The cost involved in energy storage is also drastically reduced. With existing technologies based on liquid electrolytes, it costs about US$7 to store each farad. With the advanced energy storage membrane, the cost to store each farad falls to an impressive US$0.62. This translates to an energy cost of 10-20 watt-hour per US dollar for the membrane, as compared to just 2.5 watt-hour per US dollar for lithium ion batteries.
Forensic sleuth probes fate of royal lovers and lion heartsQuoteWith powerful microscopes and hi-tech diagnostics that tease out chemical signatures and DNA telltales, pathologist Philippe Charlier pores over centuries-old remains to probe the riddles of history.He has determined that Vatican-authenticated bone fragments said to have come from Joan of Arc were in fact from a cat and an Egyptian mummy.He has confirmed that a mummified heart came from the uncrowned boy king Louis XVII.He has crushed the folklore that said Napoleon was poisoned to death by his perfidious English captors.The article has a long interesting list of other persons he has investigated.
There is only one Johnny Slick, and he is a son of a [redacted].
You're really good at bad ideas.
A scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away. The celestial equivalent of "guess your weight" was achieved by Steve Chesley of JPL's Near-Earth Object Program Office by utilizing data from three NASA assets - the Goldstone Solar System Radar in the California desert, the orbiting Spitzer Space telescope, and the NASA-sponsored Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. ...With the asteroid's orbit, size, thermal properties and propulsive force (Yarkovsky effect) understood, Chesley was able to perform the space rock scientist equivalent of solving for "X" and calculate its bulk density.
Scientists create LED that consumes less electrical energy than it gives off as light energy. Figured it was BS when I saw the headline, turns out it's just awesome science!
