Category: Earth

Mass EVACUATION alert: One of world’s MOST DANGEROUS volcanoes threatens to BLOW

THOUSANDS of people living by one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes have been put on evacuation alert after the monster peak began spewing toxic >>>

Posted: January 23, 2016 in Earth

Environmentally-Friendly Liquid Battery

New battery has much more power and a longer cycle life than any current rechargeable battery

Posted: January 23, 2016 in Energy, Storage

ISPs try to kill open-access fiber network, avoid competition | Ars Technica

In West Virginia, cable lobby and telcos rally against expanded broadband. Source: ISPs try to kill open-access fiber network, avoid competition | Ars Technica

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Computer, Internet, Security

Report: ‘Every Major US City East of the Mississippi’ Is Underreporting Heavy Metals In Its Water

Just when the news about lead poisoning the drinking water of Flint, Michigan, couldn’t get any worse. A report from The Guardian says many US >>>

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Environmental

Red Hat OpenShift Review – Free & Open Source Linux Hosting For WordPress & Owncloud And Other PHP/JS/Java/Go/Python/Ruby/Rust Applications – The Linux Homefront Project

Source: Red Hat OpenShift Review – Free & Open Source Linux Hosting For WordPress & Owncloud And Other PHP/JS/Java/Go/Python/Ruby/Rust Applications – The Linux Homefront Project

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Computer, Internet

Study zeros in on plate tectonics’ start date

Source: Study zeros in on plate tectonics’ start date

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Uncategorized

‘Merciless and shocking’: Excavator recounts her discovery of a gruesome, 10,000-year-old massacre | National Post

The findings challenge our understanding of the roots of conflict and suggest warfare may have a much older history than many researchers believe Source: ‘Merciless >>>

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Social

We Haven’t Discovered Planet X… But We Have Some Really Interesting Clues – YouTube

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Space

Koch brother resigns from museum board after calls from scientists | Grist

The billionaire polluter was on the American Museum of Natural History’s board for 23 years. No more. Source: Koch brother resigns from museum board after >>>

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Editorial, Environmental, Social

News: Quantum knots are real

The very first experimental observations of knots in quantum matter have just been reported in Nature Physics. Source: News: Quantum knots are real

Posted: January 22, 2016 in Quantum Physics