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Welcome to the craziness that is Majellan!
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News: Peak Oil - we're past it
According to recent research - peak oil (defined as the point in time of maximum global petroleum extraction) has already passed. Most likely in 2008 (about the same time as the start of the recent global recession. The impacts of peak oil are wide ranging - most notably economic instability, until we wean ourselves off our dependence on a dwindling resource.
read the excellent Ars article
or peakoil orgs interesting blogg
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Posted by harry on Thursday, January 26 @ 13:03:01 NZDT (1 reads)
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News: The future of Universities
The professor who ran an A.I. course at Stanford online last year has left the University to start Udacity - an online University. I get the feeling we'll see more of this... click here to read about it
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Posted by harry on Tuesday, January 24 @ 10:02:01 NZDT (1 reads)
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News: Cosmic Dark Flow
It appears that most (if not all) observed galaxies seem to be heading one direction. This movement is called the "dark flow". Read the original research here There is evidence that dark flow does not include all galaxies in our visible universe - however this does not discredit the dark flow theory.
Click here to read the article
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Posted by harry on Tuesday, January 17 @ 13:49:36 NZDT (4 reads)
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News: What was I doing again?
According to recent research a simple change of context - like walking through a door can make you forget what you were doing. That explains so much...
click here to read
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Posted by harry on Tuesday, January 17 @ 13:32:45 NZDT (5 reads)
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News: Magnetic map of the galaxy
Scientists have mapped out the Faraday depth of the Milky way (from Earth's perspective of course). This gives us an idea of the strength and polarity of the galactic field, which would be highly useful should Magno-stratic propulsion ever become a reality.
click here to read
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Posted by harry on Thursday, December 15 @ 14:19:14 NZDT (12 reads)
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News: Sony simulates Holo-Deck
Sony have made an excellent wall to wall simulation of a virtual reality room using a Playstation Move and Eyetoy software. Watch the videos they're awesome.
click here to read
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Posted by harry on Thursday, December 15 @ 14:15:12 NZDT (16 reads)
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News: Humans learn Dolphin
Unlike previous attempts to communicate with other species, which has involved teaching a language we understand, researchers are learning Dolphin. Most interestingly Dolphin seems to be universal among Dolphins. It also appears to be visual/sonic based.
click here to read about it
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Posted by harry on Thursday, December 15 @ 13:57:00 NZDT (12 reads)
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News: Genetic Modification let loose
A company called Oxitec has released genetically modified mosquitoes into the wilds of Brazil, Malaysia and the Caymans. The modified mosquitoes wreck their breeding cycle causing the populations to collapse. The consequences on ecosystems and of disease transfer are unknown. It seems to me this sets a dangerous precedent.
click here to read the article
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Posted by harry on Thursday, December 01 @ 09:38:15 NZDT (21 reads)
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Big Story of Today
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Old Articles
| Wednesday, November 30 | | · | Interactive Holograms |
| Tuesday, November 22 | | · | A new Democracy |
| Wednesday, November 16 | | · | Hologram technology advances |
| Wednesday, November 09 | | · | Record high CO2 emissions |
| Saturday, October 15 | | · | Advancement The Board Game |
| Thursday, October 13 | | · | Gobekli Tepe |
| · | Cold Fusion for real? |
| Friday, September 23 | | · | Faster than light? |
| · | Here comes Protonic? |
| Tuesday, September 20 | | · | Who's controlling your behaviour? |
| Monday, September 19 | | · | Flying over the Earth |
| Wednesday, September 07 | | · | Human population to 7 Billion by October 2011 |
| Tuesday, August 23 | | · | Zombie Engagement Shoot |
| Friday, August 12 | | · | Autonomous pod cars |
| Thursday, August 11 | | · | Furry car concept |
| Thursday, July 28 | | · | Touchscreens everywhere |
| Wednesday, July 27 | | · | Quotronic leads to Fusion |
| · | Upgrade your Dalek |
| Thursday, July 21 | | · | Steampunk Plasma Speakers |
| Monday, July 11 | | · | Clogged toilet? No - just the Reactor... |
| Thursday, July 07 | | · | Gaia theory revisited |
| Monday, June 27 | | · | Flaws in Maxwell's equations |
| Friday, June 24 | | · | City Stress |
| Wednesday, June 22 | | · | D-Dalus propulsion |
| Tuesday, June 21 | | · | Human Code |
| Thursday, June 09 | | · | Apple's new green campus |
| Tuesday, June 07 | | · | The Rise of the Jellyfish |
| Friday, June 03 | | · | The Cost of Capitalism |
| Wednesday, May 25 | | · | Heading for the Singularity |
| Wednesday, May 18 | | · | War is driven by fear |
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