Saturday, May 24, 2008
Santa Clara in emergency
clipped from http://www.ktvu.com/news/16361275/detail.htmlFire Spreads Into Santa Clara County
longivity secret - vegetarianism?
life's technology skills
10 Technologies That Will Transform Your Life
Predictions are risky, especially when they concern the future. That said, there are technologies being tinkered with right now that could transform your life - if and when they are brought to full expression. - Lamont Wood
Images of nasa
clipped from http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/05/23/an-inside-look-at-where-nasa-image-central/May 23rd, 2008
Author Andrea Thompson
After NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander makes it nerve-wracking descent through the Martian atmosphere on Sunday and hopefully makes a safe landing on the surface of the red planet, mission scientists will not only be waiting with bated breath for the first beeps of radio signals from the craft, but also the first images it will send.
I had the opportunity yesterday to tour the Multimission Image Processing Lab (MIPL, pronounced "mipple") at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which will be responsible for processing those images and sending them to both the Phoenix science team at the University of Arizona and to the public.
what do you know about sex?
The Sex Quiz: Myths, Taboos, and Bizarre Facts
--Heather Whipps
LiveScience Quiz
diet bbq
How to BBQ a Healthier Burger
By Robin Nixon, Special to LiveScience
posted: 23 May 2008 ET
Hankering after a juicy burger? Try an herbal topping and indulge guilt-free.
Despite its notable nutrients — creatine, iron, B vitamins — ground beef spurs health fears from many directions. The American Heart Association frets over beef's saturated fat content, the main dietary cause of high cholesterol (which some link to heart disease), and scares us into choosing only the leanest red meat.
the ladder to heaven
Kew
Take a stunning journey high above Kew Gardens with the new 18 metre high treetop walkway.
Treetops Walkway
The walkway opens to the public from Saturday 24th May and is a permanent feature of Kew Gardens.
Visitors to Kew will be able to take a breathtaking journey from the intricate root system of trees to the very top of the tree canopy.
The 200 metre long walkway takes you underground to the Rhizotron where the trees root systems are explained with models, video displays and facts surrounding these huge organisms.
400 tonnes of steel was used to build the walkway
"I have had the privilege of being up in the tree canopy...It's fantastic that we are able to give visitors the same experience."
to be or not to be single?
clipped from http://www.thelocal.se/11968/20080523/
Single Swedish women earn more
Published: 23 May 08 13:08 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/11968/
Single Swedish women earn more than their married and co-habiting sisters according to a study done by the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (SACO).
According to the study, a single woman's income bottoms out once she ties the knot or co-habits, whereas a married man's income goes from strength to strength
