Thursday, April 19, 2012

QUI CITO No. 10

Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes?:  http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/04/does-fracking-cause-earthquakes

6 Scary Extreme Energy Sources Being Tapped to Fuel the Post Peak Oil Economy.  Think of this as taking fracking to the next level so that we can continue to speed along on our highway to hell -- peak oil, and the earth, be damned: http://www.alternet.org/environment/154936/6_scary_extreme_energy_sources_being_tapped_to_fuel_the_post_peak_oil_economy

Artificial Photosynthesis Breakthrough: Fast Molecular Catalyzer: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120412105430.htm

The Nature of Science and the Scientific Method: http://www.geosociety.org/educate/NatureOfScience.htm

Nutrition for everyone: http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone:
Promiscuous Queen Bees Maintain Genetic Diversity:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416150403.htm

Scientists Discover 'Switch' in Plants to Create Flowers: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417221825.htm

Do we need a new social medium for science? http://blogs.physicstoday.org/thedayside/2012/04/do-we-need-a-new-social-medium-for-science/  With thanks to Ludwik Kowalski

Imperfection is not our personal problem: http://davidkanigan.com/2012/04/18/imperfection-is-not-our-personal-problem/  I like it!

Tinted Windows that Generate Electricity. A German company borrows the materials and manufacturing process of OLED displays to make a new kind of solar panel:
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/40192/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2012-04-19

Peter Diamandis: We're Living as Emperors and Kings Would Have Lived 100 Years Ago                   
http://bigthink.com/humanizing-technology/peter-diamandis-were-living-as-emperors-and-kings-would-have-lived-100-years-ago

The Tyranny of the Many is (Perhaps) as Bad as the Tyranny of One:                                                              
http://bigthink.com/against-the-new-taboo/the-tyranny-of-the-many-is-perhaps-as-bad-as-the-tyranny-of-one

25 Twitter Hashtags for Lots of Facts and Truth: http://savedelete.com/25-twitter-hashtags-for-lots-of-facts-and-truth.html

Crime and Punishment: Neurobiological Roots of Modern Justice: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120418135350.htm

Deathless data. What happens to our digital property after we die?:                http://www.economist.com/node/21553011?fsrc=nlw|hig|4-19-2012|1436604|37088816

Demystifying social media: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Marketing/Digital_Marketing/Demystifying_social_media_2958

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