Stalking Venus

Every now and again, I come across someone who doesn’t believe in global warming. They say it’s hype or some sort of scientific conspiracy to um… well, to do something or other. Maybe get funding or recognition or something.
Well, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so check this out. These are [...]

This is a photograph of the concrete dome on Runit Island. The island, which is part of Enewetak Atoll was fitted with its unusual concrete cap because of the simple small fact that beneath it lie 111,000 cubic yards of radioactive soil and debris from the Bikini and Rongelap atoll nuclear tests.

The dome covers the [...]

Ok, I took this one tonight. Would have been better with a tripod.

Way cool video of some folks driving into a dust storm in New South Wales, Australia…

There’s an interesting article over at The Silicon Alley Insider that states the New York Times could buy every single subscriber an Amazon Kindle e-book reader and it would still cost them only half of their existing publishing costs.
From the article:
According to the Times’s Q308 10-Q, the company spends $63 million per quarter on raw [...]

Reuters reports that London is snowed under, with much of the public transport system ground to a halt due to the 15 centimetres of snow covering tracks and roads.
Heathrow Airport reported “significant delays” in their flights and London City Airport said they were “closed until further notice”.
The London Met Office reports that “so far, this [...]