JUNE 2009 SCI/TECH ITEMS
[NewScientist]
Your brain operates on the edge of chaos.
30 June 2009 8:15 am MST
[Nature]
Physicist Leonardo DiCarlo of Yale University and his colleagues have made the first solid-state quantum processor.
29 Jun 2009 8:33 am MST
[NewScientist]
NASA is criticised for sticking to imperial units.
23 June 2009 7:42 am MST
[ScienceDaily]
Carbon dioxide is higher today than over the last 2.1 million years.
23 Jun 2009 7:41 am MST
[The Economist]
A modified version of the internet’s communications protocol, devised for interplanetary use, is being tested by spacecraft.
23 June 2009 7:38 am MST
[Scientific American]
Scientists have brought a newly-discovered bacteria back to life after more than 120,000 years in hibernation. It raises hopes that dormant life might be revived on Mars.
18 Jun 2009 8:28 am MST
[BBC]
A 2,500-year-old bird's nest has been discovered on a cliff in Greenland. The nesting site is still continually used by gyrfalcons, the world's largest species of falcon, and is the oldest raptor nest ever recorded.
18 June 2009 8:25 am MST
[cognitive fun!]
Learn about and play with your brain by trying out variants of actual cognitive tests.
18 Jun 2009 8:24 am MST
[Dev.Opera]
An introduction to Opera Unite.
16 June 2009 8:34 am MST