On June 18, 2010 in General Stuff
Apparently, the turritopsis nutricula jellyfish is capable of immortality. It can regenerate cells down to the polyp level, therefore making it able to start life over and over again.
No word on whether it has to fight Highlander Connor MacLeod to get the prize.
On June 18, 2010 in Computer Tips
I recently upgraded from Outlook 2007 to Outlook 2010 (the entire Office suite, actually), and although the upgrade took quite awhile – probably related to a lack of hard drive space on the hard drive – email worked fine for a few hours.
Unfortunately, after about 4 or 5 hours, email did not connect. Not to Exchange, Gmail, or any other email service. I searched for awhile, and about the only thing I could find was to delete the accounts and add them back in. It works.
Outlook seems to be flaky in this regard for several years. Unexplained email connection problems have been fixed merely by deleting the account and re-entering the information. At least since Outlook 2000. Microsoft?
On February 8, 2010 in General Stuff
Car and Driver has a write up of a way to adjust your automobiles outside rearview mirrors to help eliminate blind spots. The technique was presented in a 1995 paper by he Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Click through the graphic to see the Car and Driver article.
On December 20, 2009 in General Stuff
The American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan has a terrific planetarium, Hayden Planetarium. Visit for Thanksgiving and see both the planetarium and catch the balloons being filled from the location where the Macys Parade starts. Here is a video from AMNH to try to put a little perspective on our little rock.
On November 27, 2009 in General Stuff
What if the Earth had Saturn-like rings? This video graphically illustrates the views beings on Earth would have of the rings from various locations around the world, various times of day. Worth a watch.
On November 25, 2009 in Video, Podcasts, & Photos
Featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Michio Kaku and Robert Jastrow.
Great Job, John. Visit Johns site at The Symphony of Science.
On November 25, 2009 in Video, Podcasts, & Photos
Another video mashup with Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bill Nye.
Learn more about John Boswell’s Symphony of Science series.
On November 8, 2009 in Marketing, Video, Podcasts, & Photos
On October 19, 2009 in General Stuff
Image by topicagnostic via Flickr
Yeah, I had not heard the phrase before, but I know what it means now. Big Think has an article about Bill Maher using the same type of arguments Creationists used against him in Religulous as HE is using arguing against vaccinations.
The reasoning is such:
“The science is not settled, there are many competing thories, so we should have a debate about the facts.”
The big take-away from Big Thinks article?
“Their (scientists) work is not the revelation of eternal truth, but the pursuit of methods for diminishing ignorance.”
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