June 2010
18 posts
WatchImmortal Dog!
A fairly Nice Ride in Minnesota. →
Great review of the new bike share program in Minneapolis.
via colinkloecker
Wired.com: Japanese Spacecraft Deploys First-Ever... →
science:
Miniscule but numerous photons striking a super-thin sail? Sounds like interstellar travel to me! Everythinginthesky:
The first solar sail ever to be used by a spacecraft has been deployed. Awesome.
My favourite part is with regards to how they deploy it:
The key difficulty with such a thin and large object is that it’s hard to deploy. “The things we’re watching for are all their...
WatchBeyond the Motor City | Blueprint America | PBS Video
Toxic cities mock 'healthy' cycle riding →
edkohler:
robosheep:
thepolitics:
Cycling to work may seem the healthy option, but a study has shown that people riding in cities inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles with every breath, at least five times more than drivers or pedestrians.
The research involved fitting cyclists with devices that could count the particles, mostly emitted by car exhausts, in the air they were...
“Why is it that privileged suburbanites—the kind of people we see swing into our...”
– Johnny proposes the same “grow your own” solution to cutting financial support for drug gangs. (via edkohler)
“Without salt, many processed foods would have a “warmed-over flavor” that can...”
– Two (more) good reasons for cutting back on processed foods (via bigboxcar)
