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Monday, February 02, 2009

Science In the News

Here are the science-type headlines that have me interested recently:

Newly Found Fault Could Cause US Quake - "A previously unknown fault in eastern Arkansas could trigger a magnitude 7 earthquake..." And here's the same article on yahoo, just in case.


A World Too Hot To Handle: On Oddball Planet, Temperatures Jump 1200 Degrees In Few Hours - "Astronomers have found a planet with a galactic case of hot flashes. In just six hours, this planet four times the size of Jupiter heats up by more than 1,200 degrees, according to a study published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. 'It's the first observation of changing weather' on a planet outside our solar system..."

The planet has been named HD80606b. The coolest part about this (pun intended ;) ), is that: "The star is visible from Earth near the Big Dipper. On Feb. 14, HD80606b will travel between the Earth and its star. There's a 15 percent chance that amateur astronomers using small telescopes could see it swing by, obscuring a tiny part of the star..."!


On an closer to home note:
Global warming hits Antarctica, study finds. Well duh. The interesting part is that Eastern and Western Antarctica have been behaving differently! One is freezing, as we knew, but the other is warming. Ahhh. So Antarctica is not balancing out the Artic melt-down. The article goes on the mention how the hole in the ozone layer that opens each Spring contributes to the cooling in East Antartica. So now we should stop trying to close the holes in the ozone layer? (snarkiness in there)


TOTALLY COOL:
New Technology Could Display Your Dreams on Screen Take a step back from your computer when you look at the picture and you can really see the images!

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