Daylight Savings, Marathons, Solar Film and the Universe
Friday, March 7th, 2008Daylight savings is found to waste energy
For decades, conventional wisdom has held that daylight-saving time reduces energy use. Now a university study of a unique situation in Indiana has provided compelling evidence challenging that view. Daylight savings may actually waste energy.
101 Year Old Man Runs 13 Mile Marathon & Stops for a Beer
Martin says that in the last weekend, he’s completed a 13-mile half marathon that took him a little more than five hours. It would have been faster, he says, but he says he stopped for a beer and a cigarette.
Startup Makes Cheap Solar Film Cells With Inkjet Printer
This year could bring the Silicon Valley-funded renaissance in solar power we’ve all been waiting for. First, San Jose-based Nanosolar began delivering its affordable thin-film solar coating, followed by a construction boom in American solar thermal power plants—essentially the reflective equivalent of geothermal power.
The Universe is 13.73 +/- .12 billion years old!
New results just released from the WMAP probe have nailed down lots of cool stuff — literally — about the Universe.
5 Vital Rules For Web Site Design
When it comes to building a web site that attracts visitors and performs well, it is important to pay close attention to every detail. It’s not difficult to do and if you follow these five simple rules, you’ll have a web site that people enjoy coming to and hanging out at.
