From seattlepi.com, “In 1965, Schaller was part of an American spy team that tried to place a nuclear-powered surveillance device on top of Nanda Devi, one of the highest mountains in the world. That mission was a spectacular failure. The device and its nuclear core vanished along with, or so the CIA hoped, any news [...]
Category Archives: Science
The Realities of the 4Gb Limit
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Coding Horror has an excellent discussion of the 4G limit on 32-bit systems, and why you won’t even get that on modern boxes.
From Railroads to Space?
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Lately, I’ve been wondering if a new history/ science blog is in order. For now, we’ll just post this here; enjoy. How the space shuttle was affected by the horse’s rear-end. Just for kicks, the day they changed the guage. Let’s play a game called; name that union. Largest union of it’s day (1893)? First [...]
Nuclear Weapons Design Selected
Friday, March 2, 2007
The Bush administration has taken steps towards building the first new nuclear weapon since the end of the Cold War. Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore, the government’s two premier nuclear weapons labs have been developing competing designs. Lawrence Livermore’s design is based on a warhead actually tested in the 1980s. Los Alamos’ design is based [...]
Chemestry Used to Create Unusual Dishes?
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
High end vacuum packed meals are nothing new (WSJ subscription required). Chef-proprietor, of the Fat Duck restaurant, Heston Blumenthal’s mousse ‘poached’ at the table in liquid nitrogen is. Found in the village of Bray, Berkshire, UK, diners cost about £97.50 and are representative of a new field known as ‘kitchen chemistry.’ Note: Heston Blumenthal is [...]
Stem Cell Breast Augmentation
Monday, February 12, 2007
Scientists in Japan are using fat along with Stem cells to increase the cup sizes in a new breast enlargement procedure. Apparently it provides for a more “natural” look and feel. Link via BoingBoing
Outerspace Exposure
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Have you ever found yourself laying in bed, unable to sleep, wondering what would happen to you if you were out in space without a space suite? I guess I’m not the only one. A human will have no more than five to ten seconds to take any action in response to the decompression. Find [...]