Topic: Science
Though Easter is still a few months away, technology is ready for it with the #39;Original Egg #45;Bot 2.0. #39; Egg #45;dying is a fun tradition for many, but #39;Evil Mad Science #39; has release ... moreE.P.A. to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas The Environmental Protection Agency sent letters to nine drilling companies on Thursday requesting detailed information about the chemicals contained ... more
Below the fold is a reposting of an open letter I wrote to newly elected President Obama 20 months ago (posted here as Yes We Can But Will We?). The essay touches on principles of natural capital, de ... more
Tribology Research Advances by J. Paulo Davim (Ed.). NY, USA, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. 226pp. ISBN 978-1-60692-885-1 ... more
Mining the Truth on Coal Supplies No matter how bad coal might be for the planet, the conventional wisdom is that there is so much of it underground that the world s leading fuel for electricity wi ... more
What peak oil? Why an oil glut is ahead FORTUNE -- In May, less than a month after the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a key milestone was achieved with little notice: ... more
This is a guest post by GliderGuider. It was originally posted in May 2007. This post presents one model of what the future may look like. There are other, less dire, views as well. At the root of all ... more
Science is as much about investigating what we do not see as it is about investigating what we do see. For example, from a recent open access paper: Small rodents in captivity routinely reach ten tim ... more
There is not much new to report, except that Tropical Storm Hermine has hit northern Mexico, so I will re-run yesterday's post. The BOP has been brought to the surface and is being examined as forensi ... more
Swedish photographer Henrik Isaksson Garnell captures images that mix science and nature. Colourful wires emerge from a conch shell and bones and vegetables grow electrical sockets and wiring. The ma ... more
Mexican drug cartels cripple Pemex operations in basin Reporting from Reynosa, Mexico The meandering network of pipes, wells and tankers belonging to the gigantic state oil company Pemex have long ... more
The BOP has been brought to the surface and is being examined as forensic evidence at a NASA facility in Louisiana. The next step two steps are Controlling the well at the source through the inter ... more
ASPO-USA's 6th Annual Peak Oil Conference October 7 -9, 2010 Capitol Hill Hyatt, Washington DC 9 Join The Oil Drum analysts at the 2010 ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference in Washington, DC Oct 7-9, 2010. ... more
Many parents, health care professionals, and educators agree that there is a pressing need to develop effective treatments for ADHD to complement or substitute for traditional medication and behavior ... more
Blame your bad grades on your dopamine gene variants. The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects ΒΒ English, math, science, history ΒΒ if their DNA co ... more
Wall St. firm behind slow solar pace on federal lands? - Goldman Sachs subsidiary bought lots of leases but hasn't used them ROACH DRY LAKE, Nev. Not a light bulb's worth of solar electricity ... more
This fall has lots of great contests and competitions #8211; don #8217;t miss the opportunity to win some nice business services, prizes, cash and even investors. This list of contests, competitions ... more
This paper adopts a fresh perspective at what companies could do to achieve growth and profitability over the mid- and long-term. Various disciplines of management science have examined the determinan ... more
The future of our organs is as much artificial as it is fleshy. In the competition to develop a source of replacement organs built from scratch, the biotechnology-focused materials science researchers ... more
Interview with Michael Smith (Part 2 of 2) I feel the peak/plateau period is much delayed because of the recession. Currently I am looking at around 2020 - perhaps as late as 2025. But of course it is ... more
Dr. Adam Brandt of Stanford University's Department of Energy Resources Engineering sent us a copy of a paper he wrote called Review of mathematical models of future oil supply: Historical overview an ... more
Oil Price Ignores Long-Term Supply Worries You could be excused for seeing a grim metaphor for the death of the oil age in the scenes of destruction visited on the U.S. Gulf coast this summer. Howeve ... more
The SENS Foundation recently teamed up with InnoCentive to spur movement in the development of AGE-breakers for human use. I'd mentioned this over at the Longevity Meme, but the initiative seems worth ... more
The Peak Oil Crisis: Prospects for China The key question in all this is how much longer China's economic miracle can continue before the realities of finite mineral resources force a slowdown? Anoth ... more
A little while back, I pointed out the Immortality Institute's present fundraising program for modestly sized research projects. The Institute volunteers solicit proposals from life science researcher ... more
What is working memory, and why it matters? Can we multi-task as good as we seem to assume? What should we all know about how our brains work, and why? We hope you enjoy this August eNewsletter, featu ... more
Lenders Back Off of Environmental Risks Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environme ... more
Dr. Adam Brandt of Stanford University's Department of Energy Resources Engineering sent us a copy of a paper he wrote called Review of mathematical models of future oil supply: Historical overview an ... more
Kurt Cobb - Personality profile: Do you "go with the flow" or do you "stock up" just in case? Why is it that some people believe they can really store up much of anything? Yes, it is wise to have emer ... more
Today #8217;s world of fast-paced technology advancements and ever-evolving media and marketing techniques requires marketers to be much more versatile than they had to be in the past.Β No longer are ... more
Biofuels Firms Buy Up African Land, Cause Deforestation, Food Output Loss Biofuels companies from the U.K. to Brazil and China are buying up large swaths of Africa, causing deforestation and diverting ... more
This is a second copy of http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6895. The attempts to recover pipe from within the blowout preventer (BOP) on the Deepwater well have now halted, without being able to recover ... more
This is a second copy of http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6895. The attempts to recover pipe from within the blowout preventer (BOP) on the Deepwater well have now halted, without being able to recover ... more
The attempts to recover pipe from within the blowout preventer (BOP) on the Deepwater well have now halted, without being able to recover any of the pipe. Instead attention is now being given to the r ... more
The attempts to recover pipe from within the blowout preventer (BOP) on the Deepwater well have now halted, without being able to recover any of the pipe. Instead attention is now being given to the r ... more
Demographic researchers Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova pointed me to a powerpoint of their latest presentation, titled How Long Will We Live in the 21st Century?: We are pleased to share with ... more
Dealing With Scarcity Julian Cribb, in his book The Coming Famine (which I reviewed today over in Arts), contends that we ve already seen peak oil the time when production can do nothing b ... more
This is a guest post by Ryan King. Ryan is a biologist, independent journalist, and community eco-preneur in Costa Rica. Below, he provides a brief introduction to decentralized biodiesel and ... more
Big Oil ticked off at new money law NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A new law requiring oil companies to disclose all payments made to governments has sparked a sharp debate, with Big Oil saying it will pu ... more
This thread is being closed. Please comment on http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6893. The problem with not watching the video feeds from the ROVs at the Deepwater site on a very regular schedule is that ... more
On Wednesday, August 25, I gave a presentation called How limited global oil supply may affect climate change policies at the MIT-NESCAUM Endicott House Symposium on climate change. The audience inclu ... more
On Wednesday, August 25, I gave a presentation called How limited global oil supply may affect climate change policies at the MIT-NESCAUM Endicott House Symposium on climate change. The audience inclu ... more
BP frozen out of Arctic oil drilling race BP has been forced to abandon hopes of drilling in the Arctic, currently the centre of a new oil rush, owing to its tarnished reputation after the Gulf of Mex ... more
The problem with not watching the video feeds from the ROVs at the Deepwater site on a very regular schedule is that it becomes hard to define if anything has changed since the last time you looked. ... more
Despite all the advancements in science and technology, this latest development of battery fabrics is still definitely considered innovative. Made possible thanks to M13 bacteriophage, a medium whic ... more
This is a guest post by Ryan King. Ryan is a biologist, independent journalist, and community eco-preneur in Costa Rica. Below, he provides a brief introduction to decentralized biodiesel and ... more
Oil analyst: U.S. policy detached from market reality The world is running out of oil. This prediction could be made today, of course, but it also has been stated with moral certainty numerous times ... more
The latest issue of Rejuvenation Research is available online for those of you who like to keep up with the scientific journals. In the opening commentary, Aubrey de Grey points to the recent positio ... more
FACTBOX - China's fledging shale gas exploration (Reuters) - China last week launched its first national shale gas research centre to support the country's development of the fuel. Encouraged by the ... more
Weak federal oversight of tube design makes it all too easy for tubes with different functions to get mixed up in hospitals, harming patients, the New York Times reports. When the wrong connections ar ... more
Calls to tackle rising oil imports BEIJING - China, which is set to import more than 55 percent of its oil needs this year, should seek greater diversification of oil imports, build more stockpiles an ... more
Small businesses are much less important in technology-intensive industries than in the rest of the economy. They account for a slender portion of high tech sales. A recent report by the National S ... more
Analysts warn of threat to oil price stability The deteriorating global economic outlook and weakening OPEC discipline could force oil prices as low as US$50 per barrel within the next year, analysts ... more
This is a guest post by George Mobus. George is an Associate Professor of Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington, Tacoma. His blog is Question Everything. Solving the Unemploym ... more
The next few months have some great contests and competitions going on for growing companies. Don #8217;t wait till summer is over to think about it #8211; there are some deadlines coming up soon. Th ... more
Do you ever have days when you wake up and everything seems wrong with the world? Hopefully for most of these types of days are not the norm but the exception. However, there are some people who see e ... more
As you might recall, the Immortality Institute started their search for a new research project to fund earlier this year. This is a follow-on to raising funds for laser ablation of lipofuscin last yea ... more
Crude Oil Declines to Six-Week Low Amid Signs U.S. Recovery Is Faltering Crude oil declined to six-week low as rising U.S. jobless claims and a contraction in manufacturing added to concern growth in ... more
(TrendHunter.com) This set of futuristic fashion photography by the creative duo of Aleksey Marina has a little something for everyone. Whether you are into fashion, science fiction, vibrant colors ... more
Yale researchers find ketamine's rapid action against depression comes as a result of ketamine's stimulation of synaptogenesis (formation of connections between neurons). Yale researchers have discove ... more
Summary: #0160; Could we bring our nation s health care bill down from 17% of GDP to 12%? An intriguing study from Milliman, the independent consulting and actuarial firm, says yes. Looking at ... more
This is a guest post by David Fridley, known on The Oil Drum as Spraxis. See end of post for more information. The scramble for alternatives is on. High oil prices, growing concerns over energy securi ... more
If you were given a free hand to plan how your life will end--your last weeks, days, hours and minutes--what would you choose? Would you, for example, want to remain in great shape right up until the ... more
A leaky product development pipeline is hampering the country's ability to ensure a steady output of new medical countermeasures, such as medications, vaccines, equipment and supplies needed for healt ... more
Nearly a decade after the U.S. launched its National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) , the program's $12 billion in funding has helped place the country at the head of the pack regarding the devel ... more
This paper explores the problems of speech recognition in a (sometimes) noisy environment. An adaptive acoustic beamformer is proposed based on the Griffiths-Jim method and a 'hot-spot' where speech c ... more
The decision as to how best proceed with the final stages of closure of the Deepwater well is still apparently being debated. The issues relate to the problem of dealing with a column of fluid in the ... more
This year's Singularity Summit was held in San Francisco a few days ago, and generated a fair amount of coverage. The event was largely focused on artificial intelligence and other topics not directly ... more
Courtesy of the University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience What should everyone learn about the brain?Β At the national level, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (A ... more
Medical science has known for some time that the direction of a bone fracture depends on how quickly the bone is compressed. If the bone is squeezed slowly, the break proceeds cross-wise. If compress ... more
If this works out such a huge reduction in car battery costs would be a game changer. The new company, called 24M, has been spun out of the advanced battery company A123 Systems. It will develop a nov ... more
Sociology research investigates the challenges of patients experiencing pain symptoms that don't visibly turn up on any test, or, in other words, are not "proven" by science. ... more
Crude prices likely to rise on firm global demand Peak Oil is the time when petroleum-extraction activity in the world reaches an optimal level. Thereafter, the rate of oil production enters a termina ... more
As China Expands in Latin America, Tensions Fester at Its Mining Venture in Peru SAN JUAN DE MARCONA, Peru In its worldwide quest for commodities, China has scoured South America for everything fr ... more
Our list this week has some really good opportunities to learn and network, whether you get our there to one of the big conferences or log in from your desktop. This list of small business webinars, ... more
Oil industry's deep well of fear There is an open secret in the oil industry that dare not speak its name: peak oil. Well, two did speak its name and gained no acclaim for it. One, M. King Hubbert, d ... more
Advocacy for longevty research is a balancing act informed by ongoing developments in raising funds, actual progress in the fields of interest, and the growth of the community of supporters. In an ide ... more
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. this week closed down a sham RN school that targeted Filipino-Americans who already worked in healthcare. He announced a $500,000 settlement with the op ... more
Medical students would like to use video games in med school, according to findings from a survey published online in BMC Medical Education. Virtually all of the students surveyed (98 percent) like th ... more
Russia: Iran's nuclear plant to start next week MOSCOW (AP) Russia's nuclear agency said Friday that it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, defying U.S. calls to hold o ... more
Much of the focus of recent efforts at the Deepwater Horizon well site have been focussed on getting the relief well down to do a bottom kill of the well. However, in recent remarks the possibility h ... more
Washington (PRESS RELEASE #8211; August 10, 2010) #8211; The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation have agreed to work together to str ... more
IEA Raises Forecast for Global Oil Consumption Even as 2011 Growth Slows Global demand for oil will exceed the International Energy Agency s earlier estimates, even as the adviser predicts the econo ... more
On Tuesday, President Obama quickly signed into law a bill that will give $26 billion to struggling states. Although most media reports are focusing on the aid for teachers, nearly two-thirds of the m ... more
The discussion about our energy supply is full of extremely optimistic expectations. There are many people who believe that full replacement of fossil with renewable energy sources in an extremely sho ... more
Exercise correlates with a reduced risk of suffering dementia in later life, just as excess visceral fat is correlated with an increased risk of later developing dementia. The underlying mechanisms ar ... more
Atlantic Hotter Than Before Katrina, Boosting Storm Forecasts William Gray, who pioneered seasonal hurricane forecasting at Colorado State University 26 years ago, rings a bell each Aug. 20 and tells ... more
Building a business online isn #8217;t rocket science, but, like starting a business anywhere, it requires discipline, attention to detail and trial and error. One of the most important aspects of mak ... more
The following is the second of two posts based on a recent paper published under the same title in the journal Environment, Development, and Sustainability. I was the lead author for the article. The ... more
(TrendHunter.com) 'Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking' by Nathan Myhrvold is a $625 tome on the art of molecular gastronomy. The cookbook is currently offered at Amazon for a $203 disc ... more
The Kalamazoo River 'mess' is a lot more than that: An oil spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River points out the grave flaws in America's energy policies If the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is causi ... more
(TrendHunter.com) Andrew Solesbury's futuristic flying car Libelulla is inspired from sci-fi video games and movies, and is named after a dragonfly. The insect-inspired flying car features a turbine ... more
This is a guest posting by Altaira, who has a Masters Degree in Agricultural Science. She is employed at an NGO working on issues related to sustainable development. The article was originally posted ... more
Activities in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) range from single-issue events to integrative triple-bottom-line approaches. Considering the latter provides a multitude of innovative tools with di ... more
Contests and awards are a great way to get the word out about your business. Even if you don #8217;t win, many offer an opportunity for recognition and publicity #8211; so it #8217;s not just about t ... more
Not So Easy The writers and editors at Nature this past week boldly proclaimed, with some carefully qualified caveats, that producing enough food for the world s population in 2050 will be easy. M ... more
(TrendHunter.com) With September right around the corner and most parents shopping for school supplies, the majority of kids are panicking over their school attire. These featured back-to-school fas ... more
Yesterday, a commenter wrote: If you only had 20 minutes, what would you do to convince an intelligent (college educated or professional) audience of the significance of life extension beyond 120 yea ... more
One of the problems hindering reduction of poverty and achieving the millennium development goals in the Arab region is the significance of gap and absence of adequate science, technology and innovati ... more
China says to maintain trade cooperation with Iran (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang told the visiting Iranian oil minister on Friday that Beijing would maintain cooperation with Tehran on e ... more
Parallels can be drawn and biochemical similarities pointed out between (a) limb and organ regeneration in lower animals like newts and salamanders, (b) embryonic growth in all species, and (c) cancer ... more
Software Services Outsourcing (SSO) industry has grown rapidly in the last few decades in undertaking software projects. Projects are grouped with several other projects according to some similarity, ... more
Neurofeedback also known as EEG Biofeedback is an approach for treating ADHD in which individuals are provided real-time feedback on their brainwave patterns and taught to produce and maintain ... more
Oil glut in Middle East as crude sales falter The Gulf region, which supplies 40 per cent of the world s oil, is glutted with crude that producers cannot immediately sell, even as US and European oi ... more
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(TrendHunter.com) The steampunk movement gained popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s, but it has hardly lost any fizz. Starting out as a genre of science fiction, steampunk is now a style on its o ... more
This is the second copy of this thread. The first copy can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6806. Progress on the relief well at the Deepwater Horizon well has now reached the point that BP ... more
Missouri voters vote today on a ballot measure that would ban laws requiring people to have health insurance, Associated Press/Columbia Missourian reports.The vote presents the first time that voters ... more
Predictions of Coal, CO2 Production Flawed, Says Latest Research AUSTIN, Texas The CO2 emission estimates used for government policy decisions assume unlimited coal and fossil fuel production for ... more
Progress on the relief well at the Deepwater Horizon well has now reached the point that BP have started the procedures for the top static kill of the well. There was a little delay in the installati ... more
The administration has trotted out Andy Griffith, who starred in classic TV shows "Matlock" and "The Andy Griffith Show," to sell senior citizens on President Obama's new healthcare law in a new TV co ... more
Renewable resources becoming a real alternative Abu Dhabi s first major solar power project, a field of panels at the edge of the capital, cost US$50 million (Dh183.6m) to build in late 2008. If the ... more
Buying gas to fuel Gulf oil sales Maximising oil exports from the GCC will hinge on the region importing more gas, the Scottish consultancy Wood Mackenzie says. Wood Mackenzie has belatedly realised ... more
At Sunday's press conference, Admiral Allen indicated that static kill could start this evening (Monday evening) or on Tuesday. At the time of the press conference, the pressure had built up to 6,980 ... more
ANALYSIS - Iran sanctions could add to gasoline glut (Reuters) - The impact of disrupted Iranian fuel supplies following tough new sanctions is likely to hit gasoline markets after the peak summer sea ... more
At Sunday's press conference, Admiral Allen indicated that static kill could start this evening (Monday evening) or on Tuesday. At the time of the press conference, the pressure had built up to 6,980 ... more
Renewable resources becoming a real alternative Abu Dhabi s first major solar power project, a field of panels at the edge of the capital, cost US$50 million (Dh183.6m) to build in late 2008. If the ... more
The concept of "Functionally Graded Materials", FGM, was introduced in 1980s for the development of reliable thermal shock resistant components for high temperature applications. Later on biomimetic a ... more
This week #8217;s list has some excellent opportunities for growing companies to learn and network over the next few months. This list of small business webinars, events and conferences is brought t ... more
It seems I have become jaded - one might even say bored - by repeated discussion of the potential for longevity-induced boredom. My capacity to enjoy the novelty of each new appearance of this fairly ... more
While traditionally, medical schools have used indicators like Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores and performance in advanced science and math courses to evaluate and admit students, the Mou ... more
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are 12 Times Support for Renewables, Study Shows Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloo ... more
This is a guest post by Gregor MacDonald. Gregor is an oil analyst and energy sector investor, who, in his words, "also focuses on the coming transition to alternatives". This post was previously publ ... more
A team of researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center and the Institute of Cancer Research has uncovered details of a protein complex governing innate immune response in plants and animals, with app ... more
Summary: In the August 2 issue of the New Yorker, Boston surgeon Atul Gawande writes about the ambiguities that plague end-of-life care. #0160; With the candor that makes his writing both so cre ... more
From a recent article on the film To Age or Not to Age: It's easier to change lifespan than previously thought, notes Dr. Austad. "We already know how to make animals live 25-40% longer." But no one ... more
Australia: Food security plan essential for the national interest While people discuss the threat of obesity in the suburbs and in the seat of power, nobody talks about the threat of global food scarc ... more
U.S. Says 27% of Gulf of Mexico Oil Production, 10% of Gas Idled by Storm About 27 percent of crude-oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and 10 percent of natural-gas output is still idle because of T ... more
The cancer suppressor gene p53 has proven to be the center of a fruitful area of study in aging research: it is a master controller or important component in many critical biological processes - such ... more
Nuclear experts seek to advance fusion project MARSEILLE, France (AFP) An explosion in costs has cast a cloud over a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion project aiming to make the power that fuels ... more
Scientists: Oil plumes definitely from BP's well TAMPA, Fla. -- Researchers in Florida say they have the first scientific proof that two plumes of oil beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico came fr ... more
This post is long, but summarizes a lot of interesting results with respect to biofuels. Some readers may not have had a chance to read it during the week, so I thought I would put it back up. - Gail ... more
Here #8217;s an updated list of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses, brought to you every other week as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com. - * ... more
(TrendHunter.com) In honor of 'Mad Men' Season Four starting up in the very near future, the Periodic Table of 'Mad Men' is the perfect cultural reference. The categories on the table include "Harsh ... more
Scientists have incorporated nanotechnology, material science, and the clinical imaging modality MRI, to create a nanosized probe capable of noninvasively visualizing and quantifying the blood vessel ... more
A Big Oil Field in Central Asia Isn't Earning What Chevron Planned On ATYRAU, KAZAKHSTAN A single oil field here in Central Asia stands ready to produce nearly as many barrels each day as the enti ... more
Below the fold is the 3rd in a series of posts providing analysis (and follow up) on the difficulties of maintain our current energy paradigm with renewable energy (generally, 'the fake fire brigade') ... more
David Stipp is the author of a recently released book on longevity science. Much like the mainstream of the research community, he is of the view that slowing aging is the only practical way forward. ... more
The first microbe to live entirely by artificial genetic instructions began proliferating in a test tube in late March at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md. Venter and his colleagues buil ... more
The movie Fantastic Voyage , the story of a miniaturized team of doctors traveling through blood vessels to make lifesaving repairs in a patient rsquo;s brain, was pure science fiction when it came o ... more
To go along with the upcoming Immortality Institute International Conference and TransVision 2010 over in Europe later this year, I should also note that the Singularity Summit 2010 will be held next ... more
Caribbean System Has a 40% Chance of Developing Into Cyclone, Center Says An area of thunderstorms and clouds is becoming more likely to develop into a tropical cyclone in the next two days, the U.S. ... more
Dr. John Docherty is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College, Cornell University, Director of Post Graduate Education there, and Chief Medical Officer of Brain Resource. Traine ... more
Because of the number of comments, this is a third copy of this post. The previous post can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6752. The White House says the well is leaking at the top and a s ... more
Because of the number of comments, this is a second copy of this post. The previous post can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6749. At the end of last week, BP began the testing of the Deep ... more
At the end of last week, BP began the testing of the Deepwater well cap, closing all the valves and stopping the flow of oil and natural gas into the Gulf waters. With this cut-off in flow, the volum ... more
The power to control living things and objects from a distance is a popular supernatural talent in science fiction and fantasy: Witches fling spells at foes and X-Men send chairs and tables flying wit ... more
Does Middle East Oil Get a Carbon Subsidy? The federal government s position on ethanol fuel is that it must contribute less to global warming than gasoline does, or why bother promoting it. Yet by ... more
This is the second copy of this thread. The previous one can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6746. Update: 9:00PM EDT Sunday: Admiral Allen has sent a letter to BP about seeps which have b ... more
(TrendHunter.com) The gravity field map known as GEOID was generated from readings taken by a low-orbiting known as GOCE, which stands for Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer. G ... more
(TrendHunter.com) The Dr Denim F/W 2010 lookbook plays with fun little science tricks while showing off some pretty rad designs. The shoot plays with magnets, a lever and hair dryers to create fun e ... more
Rethinking the Measure of Growth Andy Xie, a private economist in Shanghai, has long argued that the 1.3 billion people in China cannot realistically hope to live like Americans. That statement is ... more
(TrendHunter.com) 'I Write Like' is a website that is perfect for budding writers. This site analyzes your writing and tells you what literary giants you write like. I don t exactly know what the ... more
This is an article by Wes Jackson that was previously published by Solutions Journal. We have included a few Campfire questions at the end. The Trouble with Agriculture Across the farmlands of the U.S ... more
Fires rage for 15 hours after oil pipeline in China explodes BEIJING An oil pipeline at a busy Chinese port exploded, causing a massive fire that burned for 15 hours before being put out Saturday ... more
Business at a certain level is about bringing clarity to complexity. You hear about organizations struggling to provide clarity all the time.Β Ford, for example, found an executive, Alan Mullaly, who ... more
The LifeStar Institute is the public face of the Millard Foundation, a family organization whose principals decided a few years ago to throw their weight behind making rejuvenation medicine a reality. ... more
Becasue of the number of comments, this is a second copy of this thread. Prior thread can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6734. The picture that everyone has long been waiting to see became ... more
Substance abuse admissions for prescription pain relievers skyrocketed 400 percent between 1998 and 2008, according to a White House study released Thursday.Among admissions for which medication-assis ... more
The picture that everyone has long been waiting to see became available after 3:25 pm (Eastern) this afternoon, when BP closed the choke lines on the 3-ram stack, and oil stopped flowing into the Gulf ... more
This thread is being closed. Please comment on http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6729. Ah! The joys of trying to work out what is happening at the seabed around the leaking well in the Gulf, and relying ... more
The Peak Oil Crisis: A Mid-Year Review Nearly everyone will admit that continuing oil shortages and that high (above $100 a barrel) oil prices would be devastating to the prospects for economic recove ... more
This is a guest post by Dr. Stephen R. Humphrey, known on The Oil Drum as NatResDr. Steve Humphrey has been on the faculty of the University of Florida since 1971. Currently he is Director of The Scho ... more
This thread is being closed. Please comment on http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6731. This is a second copy of this thread. The previous copy can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6726. Updat ... more
This thread is being closed. Please comment on http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6733. Update Thursday Afternoon, 4:00 pm : BP has at least temporarily capped the well, and oil has stopped flowing into t ... more
Michael T. Klare: Clean, Green, Safe and Smart If the ecological catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico tells us anything, it is that we need a new national energy policy a comprehensive plan for escapin ... more
This thread is being closed. Please comment on thread http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6734. This is a second thread for this post. Please see http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6731 for previous comments. ... more
The picture that everyone has long been waiting to see became available after 3:25 pm (Eastern) this afternoon, when BP closed the choke lines on the 3-ram stack, and oil stopped flowing into the Gulf ... more
I see that one of the NPR blogs posted on longevity science today and linked to the Longevity Meme in the process of dismissing the whole exercise of working to extend human life span: I confess that ... more
This is a second thread for this post. Please see http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6731 for previous comments. Update Thursday Afternoon, 4:00 pm : BP has at least temporarily capped the well, and oil h ... more
(TrendHunter.com) Looking at the Tourbillon Vase, I can't help but think of my elementary school science class. Do you remember stirring a glass cylinder brimming with water, watching in amazement as ... more
Revealing the science behind the homespun advice, researchers have identified and measured the molecular forces that enable cranberry juice to fight off urinary tract infections. The research illumina ... more
Wall St and peak oil One of the enduring lines about peak oil is that authorities keep it a secret because there would be some kind of financial havoc if it were revealed. A recent example is a claim ... more
When things are going well down at the Deepwater oil spill site in the Gulf there are press conferences, data flows in a timely manner and the public can understand what is going on. When there are p ... more
This is a second copy of this thread. The previous copy can be found at http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6726. Update: Permission to go forward with the test was given to BP Wednesday afternoon. Ah! T ... more
The economics of biodiversity and businessWhile climate scientists lament the fact that their flagship compendia, such as the IPCC reports, come under endless attack, scientists working on other envir ... more
Jeff Rubin: Oil must rise to make oil sands economical It s not its carbon trail that stands in the way of the Alberta tar sands picking up the supply ball dropped by deep-water drilling in the ... more
Ah! The joys of trying to work out what is happening at the seabed around the leaking well in the Gulf, and relying on the images from the ROV cameras. Consider the image that I have just pulled up f ... more
This is a guest post by Dr. Stephen R. Humphrey, known on The Oil Drum as NatResDr. Steve Humphrey has been on the faculty of the University of Florida since 1971. Currently he is Director of The Scho ... more
(TrendHunter.com) Technology may have just become that much more wearable, thanks to Yoel Fink, a materials-science professor at MIT. Having recently developed a fabric that detects and records sound ... more
Over at The New Health Dialogue, New America Foundation s Joanne Kenen offers a reading list for health care aficionados. Let me be clear: she s not talking about wonky books, but books you ... more
Europe is finally starting to think about its longer-term energy issues, and how they affect transportation plans. To try to deal with these issues, a new European Energy Consultation was set up, sp ... more
The success of small business owners can be directly tied to the tools they use for their ventures. Those tools can include social media and other resources as well. Today #8217;s small business news ... more
If you'll allow me to direct your attention: registration is now open for the Immortality Institute International Conference, which will be held on the weekend of October 9th in Brussels, Belgium. It' ... more
Virtual Educational Communities of Practice are new types of organisations that have been emerging as autonomous systems in Greek educational scheme. Initiated by technology champions who drive and ad ... more
With the exception of X and Y chromosome genes in men, we have copies of each gene from both parents. Researchers find that in mice (and likely in humans as well) specific genes from one or the other ... more
Arid Australia Sips Seawater, but at a Cost In one of the country s biggest infrastructure projects in its history, Australia s five largest cities are spending $13.2 billion on desalination plan ... more
Discovery of second pipe in Deepwater Horizon riser stirs debate among experts For the first time Friday, the Coast Guard and BP acknowledged that a mysterious second pipe, wedged next to the drill pi ... more
Summary: Don Berwick, who will soon become the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, has declared himself an extremist insofar as he is a passionate advocate of patient-centered care ... more
Lloyd's says won't cover Iran petroleum shipments LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London will not insure or reinsure petroleum shipments going into Iran, the insurance market said on Friday. U.S. Presi ... more
This is a guest post by Jeff Radtke. Jeff is an independent researcher holding BS degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Physics, and an MS in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics. He is a member ... more
Bulletproof Feathers: How Science Uses Nature rsquo;s Secrets to Design Cutting-Edge Technology edited by Robert Allen. University of Chicago Press, 2010 [More] Universi ... more
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified long-sought and elusive broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV in a pair of papers published in the July 9 issue of Science . These pro ... more
In another move that strengthens CMS positioning itself as a champion of better quality care, CMS has added outpatient indicators to hospital performance measurements listed on its Hospital Compare we ... more
If findings from a survey of teenagers on their interest in pursuing a career in healthcare are any indication, the U.S. may have to look elsewhere to ensure that its healthcare workforce is staffed u ... more
If Americans stopped seeing certain problems as medical conditions, it might be possible to whittle away some of the more than $2 trillion the country spends annually on healthcare, reports the Florid ... more
Russian Oil Erodes Middle East's Hold on Exports to Asia Russia is sending record amounts of oil to Asia, eroding the dominance of the Middle East, as refiners in South Korea and Japan increase purcha ... more
(TrendHunter.com) Wearing the Periodic Table Bacon shirt into your next chem class is sure to illicit a few laughs and giggles. I'd also be willing to bet that you will have a few people trying to co ... more
Bilingualism Associated With Brain Reorganization Involving Better Efficiency in Executive Functions, Research Finds (Science News) #8220;Findings are very important because they show an unknown aspe ... more
Scientific work is very challenging, and most projects have a significant chance of failure - meaning they generate no good data, or worse, bad data that looks good enough to use. That's not an issue ... more
Let me now share what the Judging Panel and the SharpBrains team found most impressive from each Winner and Finalist of the 2010 Brain Fitness Innovation Awards, accompanied by some additionalΓΒ info ... more