Category Archives: science

Interesting posts about the Japanese nuclear reactors

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Arcadian Adventures

Flea Power May  Be Saving Japan http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/flea-powder-may-be-saving-lives-in-japan/ Is anything nuclear ever really super safe small and simple? http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/is-anything-nuclear-ever-really-super-safe-small-and-simple/

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Evaporating Water in -30C in Yellowknife, NWT

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Arcadian Adventures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGjwe-BCfms Evidence from my friends suggest that the water has to actually be boiling hot, not just tap hot.

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Someone tackled the lightbulb/sustatinability issue

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Arcadian Adventures

http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/346692

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What does “Sustainability” mean anyway?

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Arcadian Adventures

Interesting … http://progressivetimes.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/what-does-sustainability-mean-anyway/

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Wikileaks, pesticides, and bees

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Arcadian Adventures

Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists’ red flags http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-10-leaked-documents-show-epa-allowed-bee-toxic-pesticide-

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Scale of the Universe

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Arcadian Adventures

Slide the bar and ponder the size of everything. http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/

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Smithsonian NMNH bird collection

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Arcadian Adventures

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/3312907424/in/faves-spoeknkieker/

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A tour of ideas from recent pain science

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Arcadian Adventures

An interesting article summarizing what’s known about humans and pain. http://saveyourself.ca/213

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Earth as Art

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Arcadian Adventures

Pretty satellite images of the earth http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm

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