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Physics Buzz: Space invaders: cosmic rays arrive for their 100th birthday "Cosmic rays constantly bombard earth's atmosphere at a rate of about 100 per square meter per second, but they don't make it through intact. They collide with atmospheric molecules, setting of a cascading shower of…
Flying Flux: The Dullness of Details "Short sentences; active voice; keep the audience in mind; draw clear diagrams; minimize jargon; use paragraphs; spell correctly; conjugate verbs; employ diacritics properly; use metric; resist idiomatic speech; avoid overusing semicolons; write in English.…
james_nicoll: In the spirit of Christopher Wren "How much would it cost to rebuild Port-au-Prince with the infrastructure a modern, first-world city should have? Large sections of it will have to be rebuilt so it might as well be done right." (tags: economics politics world blogs james-nicoll)…
How Much Could the Real Floating House Lift? | Wired Science | Wired.com "The internet is all pumped up over this real floating house recreating the scene from Up! (the movie). Here is a video: Or perhaps you prefer some pictures. Here is a website full of pictures. here is the deal. National…