Monthly Archives: June 2009

Bible Errancy II

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Adam

Here I discussed oddities of Scripture and promised a follow-on post. That was 2 years ago. In that time I wrote a Part II on a specific issue, but now I’ve been reading the interesting material at this site… This … Continue reading →

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Limits of Life

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Adam

Life – but not as we know it – space – 06 June 2007 – New Scientist. The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems These two, a “New Scientist” article and a short National Academies Press book, contain some … Continue reading →

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Neutrino Tricksters?

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Adam

Solar ghosts may haunt Earth’s radioactive atoms – 24 June 2009 – New Scientist. Ephraim Fischbach, searcher for “Hypercharge” fifth force in the 1980s, has produced an intriguing new analysis of radioactive decay data which indicates periodicities in various decay … Continue reading →

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Global windfarm for Poverty Living…

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Adam

Prof: Global windfarm could power entire human race • The Register. Beware of wind-farm maniacs. Sure the Earth’s winds shift a huge mass of heat energy away from zones of net radiative input around the Equator towards regions of net … Continue reading →

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WB-8 Contract details

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Adam

Classical Values :: The Boys At Talk-Polywell Have Struck Paydirt. Classical Values blog has posted a summary of discussions at TalkPolywell about encouraging news emerging from the legacy of Dr. Robert Bussard i.e. the Polywell research efforts of Dr. Richard … Continue reading →

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Intelligence helps Universes Reproduce…

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Adam

K-State math professor looking to mathematical theories for clues on origins and future of life in the universe; Suggests artificial black holes play a big part. Louis Crane has been working on an extension of Lee Smolin’s suggestion that black-holes … Continue reading →

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Greater Longevity for Planets with Life?

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Adam

Caltech Scientists Predict Greater Longevity for Planets with Life – Caltech. The paper is: “Atmospheric pressure as a natural regulator of the climate of a terrestrial planet with biosphere,” by King-Fai Li, Kaveh Pahlevan, Joseph L. Kirschvink, and Yuk L. … Continue reading →

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A Miss is as Good as a Mile… Part 1

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Adam

JPL Small-Body Database Browser. 21 metre wide space-rock 2009 KR21 whizzed past the Earth and Moon at a distance of 285,000 and 150,000 km respectively on June 1st. If it had been but 0.0019 AU or 0.001 AU closer to … Continue reading →

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Lord Kelvin | On the Age of the Sun’s Heat

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Adam

Lord Kelvin | On the Age of the Sun’s Heat. William Thomson was one of the giants of 19th Century physics, playing an important role in all the major innovations of that crowded Century – thermodynamics, electricity, telegraph and geology. … Continue reading →

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The Night Land (I)

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Adam

The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson – Project Gutenberg. A seriously creepy tale, by dint of the setting in time and space. “The Night Land” is millions of years in the future, after the Sun has become too cold … Continue reading →

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