Links for 18-01-2007
How to be an astronaut, sound moves faster than light…
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David Louis Edelman looks at the potential for centralised music streaming services. In summary; nice idea, but it’ll never float.
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“Water is a precious commodity on the International Space Station and every drop is recycled via the Station’s water conduction unit. And when we say every drop, we mean *every* drop.” Still seems a small price to pay.
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“Just having a few women smile at a man in public is enough to make other women consider him much more desirable, according to researchers.” Suddenly, my problems become clear.
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“For the first time, scientists have experimentally demonstrated that sound pulses can travel at velocities faster than the speed of light [...] the group velocity of sound waves can become infinite, and even negative.”
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January 18th, 2007 at 7:35 am
The “Women Prefer Men” article was largely obvious, what really did it for me is the first 3 comments.
January 18th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
The later comments demonstrate that misogyny and chauvinism are being twisted into some bizarre new forms!