Links for 2nd October 2008
Fresh from the clogged tubes of teh intarwubs…
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HIV jumped species earlier than thought
"The AIDS virus, previously thought to have been transmitted from chimps to humans in the 1930s, may have leapt the species barrier more than a century ago in west-central Africa."
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Medvedev: No grounds for Cold War with US
"We do not have such ideological differences around which a new cold or any other kind of war could start… " Oh, I'll stop worrying then.
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12 Tips for “Psychological Selling”
Copypsych 101
Tagged with: marketing • writing • psychology • copywriting • tips •
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"…while there are sf books (and authors) I love, I’m not a fan of the books, I’m a fan of the form. Or, more specifically, I’m a fan of the potential of the form. I read a lot of science fiction because I know what science fiction can be, because I know that it can engage me in ways other fiction does not. That doesn’t stop me thinking plenty of sf novels are bad, though it might (okay: does) lead me to disagree with non-fans about the merits of specific books."
Tagged with: science • fiction • fandom • reviewing • criticism •
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Canadian scientist creates atmosphere-saving CO2 scrubbing machine
"In demonstrating the technology in practice, Keith and his team used a custom-built tower to capture CO2 directly from the air while requiring less than 100 kilowatt-hours of electricity per tonne of carbon dioxide. The tower unit was able to capture the equivalent of approximately 20 tonnes per year of CO2 on a single square metre of scrubbing material — which amounts to the average level of emissions produced by one person each year in North America." Hell knows we're gonna need something like this. Like, yesterday.
Tagged with: carbon • sequestration • technology • scrubber • prototype • environment • climate •
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