Random Thoughts

Scientists have found an ancient ecosystem below an Antarctic glacier and learned that it survived millions of years by transforming sulfur and iron compounds for growth. Described in the April 17 issue of Science, the ecosystem lives without light or oxygen in a pool of brine trapped below Taylor Glacier and next to frozen Lake Bonney in eastern Antarctica, said John Priscu, co-author of the Science article. Priscu is a longtime Antarctic researcher and professor in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University. The ecosystem contains a diversity of…

It's an idea so brilliant, I wish I had thought of it (though that gimmicked Google street view art project Josh linked to made me a bit jealous as well) ... in preparation for the upcoming Star Trek movie you can make yourself into a Star Trek character.   Is it perfect?   Well, no, anything that requires some manual input in a system I don't yet understand will be quirky but that is mostly my fault.    Side by side, the pic I gave them and what they said is my Star Trek character. Not too bad, actually, though I seemed to have set the width for the eyes strangely (you'…

The past few months, it has been difficult to watch TV, browse the internet or any other form of media viewing without some mention of the Octamom. If you are wondering why the villain from Spiderman 2 is on TV so much, then you need to readjust your POV. In January, Nadya “octamom” Suleman made history when she gave birth to octuplets with the help of in-vitro fertilization (IVF). News media seem to love stories about multiple births, and have dedicated ample airtime to Suleman and her situation, which has also brought up some other issues including that she does not have a stable salary,…

I find myself fascinated how similar people, with similar values, can feel so differently about social engineering.  This comes out in political discourse, and certainly is a hot topic today, with those more in favor of socialism, which I’ll refer to in this article as socialism inclined, having dramatically increased momentum for putting their more socialistic policies in place. I’ve paid attention to this for a while, inquiring of people who feel differently that I (I believe in little or no socialism) why they felt the way that they did.  Over time, I’ve come up with a theory,…

With all the "bro's" and "ho's" we hear about in the rap world, I think it's safe to say that as a society, we all agree that the rap industry could use a drastic image change.  Furthermore, if that image change could include an educational aspect, then that would definitely be beneficial for our children.  Just imagine, all the cool and funky beats of rap music coupled with the wholesome words we use in science class.  What a concept!  And please, don't be hatin' on me because you didn't think of it first. To lead this movement, I nominate Tampa's own Steven Rush, also…

In his NY Times opinion column, Nicolas Kristof worries about the fact that people prefer to read things that reinforce their own preconceived notions, instead of things that challenge them. The demise of print newspapers accelerates this trend, because we can pick and choose, more easily than ever before, which ideas we're exposed to: When we go online, each of us is our own editor, our own gatekeeper. We select the kind of news and opinions that we care most about. Nicholas Negroponte of M.I.T. has called this emerging news product The Daily Me. And if that’s the trend, God save us…

Energy technology is not only the next big thing but it also is attractive in being leveraged on real science and technology.  ET presents potential for real social, political and environmental change.  Bail out or innovate?  Transformational investment is the only way out.  Amidst the debate regarding the stimulus plan, Thomas Friedman is a voice of truth, vision and clarity.  

Allah has created everything including human beings. Allah has told us that human beings are the best out of all the creatures in the Quran. if darwin is correct then why don't human beings evolve and take better shapes? evolve immune system, respiratory system, digestive system, Cell structure, eye structure and the look at the role of eye, ear, nose, tongue etcetera. all are signals created in brain. they have no reality. whatever we see exists somewhere but as the Matrix movie tells that a super computer is controlling what ever we see, whatever feel, each and everything is controlled by…

Terrible science from a time when I knew very little in the domains of both science and writing. I've considered deleting this post but feel that would be a disservice to my prior self.If quantum mechanics is correct than everything in the universe would have a subtle affect on our life due to its gravitational force. This force alter on what plankian size of time-space we are existing in. By moving this place the quarks are in the brain cells you completely change there likelihood of making random quantum fluctuations(like my brain cell deciding to randomly jump to pluto and chill…

L. Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz" in 1900. As a centennial-celebration of this hugely popular American story, I went back to a reread. There are many themes to be explored in the land of Oz created by Baum. Starting with "Oz," you knew it stood for ounce, ounces of silver, contrary to others saying the tabs of O to Z in file folders, right? The author was into supporting the silver platform in contemporary US politics. In 1960, S. J. Sackett wrote "Utopia of Oz", The Georgian Review, Vol XIV, pp 275-290. Here, staying with politics, are the political elements that I culled from this…