All of the evidence points toward a conclusion that the sun is “communicating” with radioactive isotopes on Earth, said Fischbach.

But there’s one rather large question left unanswered. No one knows how neutrinos could interact with radioactive materials to change their rate of decay.

“It doesn’t make sense according to conventional ideas,” Fischbach said. Jenkins whimsically added, “What we’re suggesting is that something that doesn’t really interact with anything is changing something that can’t be changed.”

“For the first time ever, physicists…have observed…the quantum-mechanical behaviour occurring at the location in a noble gas atom where, shortly before, an electron had been ejected from its orbit. The researchers achieved this result using light pulses which last only slightly longer than 100 attoseconds….” Full Slice

“A blast of the brightest X-rays ever detected from beyond our Milky Way galaxy’s neighborhood temporarily blinded the X-ray eye on NASA’s Swift space observatory earlier this summer…”…we know that this burst is one for the record books.”…” Full Slice

An animation showing the proposed tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct, with a fascinating peek at the underbelly of the waterfront.

“A team of researchers…say that even the top 60 citizen websites and bloggers are not filling the information shortfall that has resulted from cutbacks in traditional media…The researchers identified a number of factors including how much linking each website included, how much public participation they allowed or invited, how frequently news and content were updated, and whether the citizen websites provided contact information for the public….” Full Slice

“Clusters of heated, magnetic nanoparticles targeted to cell membranes can remotely control ion channels, neurons and even animal behavior…The research could have broad application, potentially resulting in innovative cancer treatments that remotely manipulate selected proteins or cells in specific tissues, or improved diabetes therapies that remotely stimulate pancreatic cells to release insulin….” Full Slice

I don’t know if this is the end of the world, but certain the end of Arctic Seaice, at least in the summer.  More to come

Pop Culture and Excessive Devotion in Modern American Males by Dr. Richard Tumbler

Unsubstantiated belief in the devotion of the target of desire, feelings of being able to uniquely satisfy the needs of the target, and continuous use of the word “Never” in stalkers can be traced to music from the 1980’s.  Full Slice

For entertainment purposes only.  This video is compiled from the sun images on Spaceweather.Com.  The images are displayed in chronological order.  There are some missing days because they were not returned by the Spaceweather archive.  These gaps are just skipped over.

For entertainment purposes only.  This video is compiled from the sun image thumbnails on Spaceweather.Com.  The images are displayed in chronological order.  There are some missing days because they were not returned by the Spaceweather archive.  These gaps are just skipped over.

“…two widely divergent model organisms – yeast and nematodes, or garden worms – can survive hypothermia, or potentially lethal cold, if they are first put into a state of suspended animation by means of anoxia, or extreme oxygen deprivation…”We have found that extension of survival limits in the cold is possible if oxygen consumption is first diminished…Our experiments in yeast and nematodes suggest that organs may last longer outside the body if their oxygen consumption is first reduced before they are made cold.”….” Full Slice

“On the surface of things, how a bubble bursts may seem to be a simple, unremarkable event…It is well known that when small bubbles pop on a liquid surface tiny droplets are ejected upwards…Bubble-mediated aerosols are also relevant to applications in health and climate.

The shooting droplets have been shown to transfer any infectious material as well as dissolved gases and salt from large bodies of water, such as the ocean, into the air. Bubbles over a few millimeters in diameter have tended to be dismissed by researchers as not producing aerosols.

The team’s findings, however, may modify this belief…” Full Slice

In a recent study of women undergoing cosmetic treatment with Botox, researchers found that the treatment, which blocks facial nerve impulses, seemed to slow the ability to comprehend emotional language.

“We know that language moves us emotionally,” said the lead author, David Havas, a psychology graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “What this study shows is that that’s partly because it moves us physically.”

“…Using the concentrated solutions of dissolved graphene, the scientists made transparent films that were electrically conductive. Such films could be useful in making touch screens that are less expensive than those used in today’s smart phones. In addition, the researchers also produced liquid crystals.

“If you can make liquid crystals, you can spin fibers,”…”In liquid crystals, the individual sheets align themselves into domains, and having some measure of alignment allows you to flow the material through narrow openings to create fibers.”

If the method proves useful for making graphene fibers in bulk, it could drive down the cost of the ultrastrong carbon composites used in the aerospace, automotive and construction industries.” Full Slice