Links for 18-02-2007
Cascio on geoengineering, water on Mars is back on again, dark matter galaxies, science myths debunked…
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Jamais Cascio on geoengineering and the Virgin Earth Challenge.
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2 – Second Life Sketches: News From Nowhere
“The whole experience apparently takes half an hour. That, sadly, was half an hour I didn’t have this week. So go down to Seclimine Drug Shack and get good and messed up for me.” Warren Ellis reports.
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3 – More Evidence Found for Water on Mars
It’s back on again.
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4 – Space Historian Sees Cyborgs in Our Future
“…in some respects might this be an evolutionary road not unlike that taken by amphibian creatures that departed their water world to become land creatures.”
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5 – When Did Science Become the Enemy?
“The fact that you’re confronting this column on a web site devoted to space science and astronomy makes you roughly as rare as technetium.”
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6 – In Search of Dark Matter Galaxies
“Understanding dark matter, a major goal for cosmology, comes down to figuring out how normal matter interacts with its mysterious counterpart.”
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“The nanoworld cannot be portrayed with a camera, nor can it be seen even with the most powerful optical microscope. Only special instruments have access to images of the nanoworld.” Mind-boggling nanoimagery.
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“Starting a novel is like charming a feral cat. Move too quickly & it will punish you with days of absence & you will have deep anxiety.” M. John Harrison.
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9 – Saying You Can’t Compete With Free Is Saying You Can’t Compete Period
“Anyone who says that is effectively saying that they can’t figure out a way to add value that will make someone buy something above marginal cost — but it’s no different if the good is free or at a cost.”
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10 – The Most Popular Myths in Science
Does what it says on the tin; via Chris Roberson.
