23 April, 2017

Timeless questions? ( 2ⁿᵈ part )


Donaustadtbruecke-Praterbruecke-DSC 0024w.jpg
Praterbrücke and Donaustadtbrücke seen from Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke.
By Peter Haas / , CC BY-SA 3.0, Link




1) Will the Danube be blue again soon?
The confluence of the Sava into the Danube at Belgrade.jpg
The confluence of the Sava into the Danube at Belgrade. Pictured from Kalemegdan
By Lošmi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link



2) The real message of the March for Science - Support Labs?

Malicious philosopher's "Ultimate Love Recipe"

Siri and other chatbots can act as malicious philosophers, please use them in desperate need e.g. homelessness and so on. At the end of the day you will always get something like this:

Love
  • Need soul ( some spiritual stuff )
  • Don't bargain with it
  • Too much of it will kill you every time

17 April, 2017

Other galaxies and ocean worlds


An astronomer: Life ‘might be more common’ than we thought

Distant galaxy GN-z11 in GOODS-N image by HST.jpg
Galaxy GN-z11 is currently the oldest and most distant known galaxy in the observable universe.

By NASA, ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz) - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/07/image/a/; see also https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/hubble-team-breaks-cosmic-distance-record/ and http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1604a/, Public Domain, Link
PIA17202 - Approaching Enceladus.jpg
Saturn’s moon Enceladus was found to have ocean world
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - PIA17202 from the NASA/JPL Photojournal, Public Domain, Link

UN's new global standard to feed the world's population

UN News - New UN guidelines to make international trade in plants and seeds safer

A United Nations commission overseeing plant health has adopted a new global standard to ensure that international trade in plants and seeds - vital to feed the world's population - is free from agricultural pests and disease-causing bugs.
I'm not an expert but I think artificial manures should be deprecated.

09 April, 2017

Smart tires - Goodyear shows off its smart, spherical tire concept

Smart tires have really come a long way. I remember when they were filled with just the foam, preventing a blast.









Also please do the cleaning of tires, especially if you are coming from rural areas.

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