Links for 04-09-2007
The TAZ in SL, Virgin astros start training, life chemicals in interstellar space, nuclear doomsday machines, electronic nose …
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1 – Second Life as Temporary Autonomous Zone
“Bey’s headline idea was how TAZs are liberated places where people can carry on festal activities so long as they occupy hidden cracks in the net. If they become too visible they are squashed out of existence by the State.”
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2 – Virgin Galactic Astronauts to Start Centrifuge Training
“The first 100 people to fly on Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital space flights will be headed to Philadelphia to get their first taste of the G-forces of space launch and re-entry.” B*stards!
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3 – Life from Interstellar Dust?
“Does adenine, a key organic molecule, occur in interstellar dust clouds? If so, those clouds could have delivered the molecule to Earth billions of years ago …”
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4 – Did the Soviets really build a “doomsday machine”?
“Once you start to poke into this matter, you discover a disturbing level of uncertainty, which leads me to believe we should be demanding that the United States and Russia define and defend their nuclear postures.” Word.
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5 – New Viruses To Treat Bacterial Diseases: ‘My Enemies’ Enemy Is My Friend’
“By using a virus that only attacks bacteria, called a phage — and some phages only attack specific types of bacteria — we can treat infections by targeting the exact strain of bacteria causing the disease …”
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6 – Mini-Nose scent detector sniffs out bombs, possibly liars
“… the Mini-Nose works by utilizing a technology called High-Frequency Quartz Crystal Microbalance (HF-QCM), which sniffs trace levels of explosives with a lower cost and greater accuracy than existing technologies.”
