science

NASA piedāvā lejupielādei iespaidīgu datorprogrammu World Wind, kurā iespējams apskatīt Zemi no kosmosa ar izšķirtspēju 15 metri/pikselis, kā arī izmantojot topogrāfiskos datus, apskatīt zemi 3D no jebkura skatupunkta. Ir arī citas interesantas fīčas.

Gastroboti: roboti, kas enerģijas iegūšanai ēd kukaiņus un dzīvniekus, piemēram mušas. Vai zivis.
Cerēsim, ka šie eksperimenti nebeigsies ar kādu robotu-cilvēkēdāju :]

BBC ir interesants raksts par Serbiju, kurā no skolu programmām gandrīz izņēma (lasīt: aizliedza) evolūcijas teoriju... Baznīcas ietekme 21. gadsimtā nav īpaši mazinājusies - links.

nejauši, caur Wikipedia.org, uzklīdu šai NASA lapai - EarthObservatory - viņa laba ar to, ka piedāvā visādus interesantus Zemes rajonu/notikumu attēlus no satelītiem. Labākais tas, ka attēliem klāt ir komentāri par tur redzamajām detaļām.
( piemēram, šajā attēlā )

palasījos tīklā infu par 'to tur' signālu, kas liekoties gana cerīgs, un svētu jūtu dzīts  iedarbināju atkal savējo seti@home programmiņu ;)
kaut kā bija iegājies, ka jamā vairs nestartējās automātiski pēc windaz98 palaišasnas, biju aizmirsis pēc pārinstalācijas setingus salikt... un skatos ka šitais softs nedaudz pamainījies, jauna versija. bet kaut kā nokačāt jamo nevar, links neiet.

Dear Friend,

Mars is our future! That is why, together with The Planetary Society, I am Aiming for Mars!

As a writer, director and producer, I am a storyteller. And although I often work in the science-fiction genre, one of the greatest true stories to be told is that of our relationship with Mars.

The story of a human Mars mission is the story of a great quest.  The quest to find life, to answer the question:  are we alone?  If we do find life on Mars, that life might have the same DNA structure as us, or something completely alien.  Either result is stunning in its implications.  Or we might find none at all... which also has profound consequences for our sense of our own place in the cosmos.

But unless we bring together the resources and the people of the spacefaring nations here -- on our own planet -- this is a story we may never get to tell. The story, as it stands now, could end with humans forever circling in low Earth orbit. The story could simply end on the Moon.

We have been to the Moon . . . now Mars beckons us. It compels the human imagination.  It is a bona fide alien planet... a complex planet that can teach us about our own past and the early solar system, about our climate and geological processes, about the Sun's history.  Mars is a world of great mystery and scientific controversy, enough for several lifetimes of investigation.  Every time we answer one question, two new ones crop up.  The Mars scientists -- the folks who know Mars better than anybody -- will tell you there are just as many mysteries about Mars as when we started sending spacecraft to Mars three decades ago.  This is exactly the kind of science challenge we collectively need to inspire us to progress.

We need to go to Mars! We need to expand human consciousness and unravel the mysteries of our closest neighboring planet. We need to do this, and we need your help.

Aim for Mars! at:
http://aimformars.org/cameron.html

If humans are to go to Mars in our lifetime, if we choose this great adventure instead of leaving it for a distant generation, we must build up support from the grassroots. We need to join with The Planetary Society's Aim for Mars! Campaign to ignite our planet’s passion for human space exploration.

The Planetary Society is an independent, non-governmental, non-industry organization that can marshal the resources and support to put us on the path to Mars. While others talk and posture, The Planetary Society takes positive action.

I am asking you to take a positive action and act upon your passion for exploration…your vision for the future…and your drive for knowledge and discovery. You are crucial to helping us inspire people everywhere to aim for Mars.  Please help us spread the word ­ to friends, family, colleagues and make the Aim For Mars! Campaign a movement ­ a movement for humans off Earth. 

Go to The Planetary Society Aim for Mars! website to get involved in our campaign! Join me, and thousands of others Aiming for Mars!
http://aimformars.org/cameron.html

Humans on Mars is not a science fiction fantasy. This is something we can do . . . together.
Let's aim for Mars!

Sincerely yours,
James Cameron

Plants and photosynthetic bacteria contain molecules that convert photons to energy very efficiently. The trick to harnessing these molecules for solar cells is marrying these relatively delicate molecules with electronics.
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Ne nu gluzhi znaatniska, bet populaarzinaatniska lapa gan, kas pietiekami skaidri un arii dzilji paskaidro dazhaadu ieriichu, procesu, fenomenu darbiibu un f-jas.

Kad veel maaciijos skolaa un biju jau apguvis anglju valodu, shis saits bija lielisks avots referaatiem. Tagad pa retam iekliistu, ja kaadaa lietaa esmu teejkanna, bet nu shausmiigi taa interesee

HowStuffWorks

principaa atrast var gandriiz da jebko- izmantojiet search un kaa teikts lapaa, "upgrade your brain"

http://journal.bad.lv/users/reinis/6158.html?mode=reply

Scientists from IBM's Zürich Research Laboratory and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have found a way to alter a single atom.
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Zinātnieki ir atklājuši, ka atspirdzinošo dzērienu (Coca Cola vs. Pepsi), izvēli nosaka nevis garšas īpašības, bet gan BRENDS (resp. zīmols:).

When Montague gave a taste of an unnamed soda to his volunteers he found that more people preferred Pepsi. On the scan images the ventral putamen, one of the brain’s reward centers, had a response that was five times stronger than for people who preferred Coke.
The shock came when Read repeated the experiment, this time telling volunteers which brand they were tasting. Nearly all the subjects then said they preferred the Coke.

Pretbranda aktīvisti izsaka bažas, ka tas varētu būt sākums jaunam mārketinga novirzienam: neirobrendingam.

[nav jau gluži zinātne ierastajā veidā, bet, ja tomēr interesē]
http://www.brandchannel.com/features_effect.asp?pf_id=201

One way to manipulate tiny particles like single cells is to trap and move them using light, which has enough energy to act like a wind at very small scales.
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Kā pienāks pasaules gals, Padomju savienības un zinātnes attiecības, kā arī - kāpēc kosmonautiem bija būtiski pārbaudīt, vai tur iespējams ieņemt dzīvību.;))Vakara intervija ar Juri Žagaru (astronomijas pētnieku).

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Laba site.
http://www.cyber-north.com/ufo/index.html

Space.com'ā kārtējais raksts par šito megaprojektu. Lifts uz kosmosu, pa 100000 km garu trosi varēs nogādāt kravas, kuģus un cilvēkus. Tas viss, protams, vēl projekta stadijā. Bet viedi vīri runā, ka lietiņa esot nopietna, finansējumu dod nopietnas kompānijas, un lietiņas bīdās ļoti ātri. Nu ko, padzīvosim, redzēsim. Katrā ziņā, šitik gara 'trose' kas ies gaisā no Klusā okeāna platformas - tas būtu grandiozs skats!

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Info šeit

The Dirty Bomb Distraction
The biggest danger from radiological weapons is the misplaced panic that
they would cause.
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kruta, tas ir noticis! Kekss uzmauca līdz kosmosam un atpakaļ ar SpaceShipOne. Preser relīze Scaled Compisites lapā.
tā teikt, kosmisko čārter-lidojumu ēra ir sākusies ;)
interesentiem iesaku šito linku lai apskatītu visu X-prize konkursa komandu īsu un kompaktu aprakstiņu (flash lodziņš kaut kur pa vidam ar 'rocket roundup' nosaukumu).

Veikta teleportācija atomu līmenī - Austriešu un amerikāņu zinātnieku komanda radījusi apvērsumu kvantu fizikā: viņiem pirmo reizi ir izdevies teleportēt atomu – sasniegums, kas tuvina sapnim par ļoti ātriem kvantu datoriem.

Lasīt šeit.