Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Jan 14, 2009 9:21:02 GMT 9.5
Everything you need to know about science
John Sharpe | January 14, 2009
WE'RE in for a hot year in science. Will energy-source breakthroughs end fears of global warming?
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is backing a nuclear fusion experiment called LIFE, which he says will be the clean solution to US energy needs. LIFE stands for Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion-fission Energy and uses 192 lasers to bombard a tiny ball of frozen hydrogen gas and release incredible amounts of energy.
So far, no experiments have actually been performed.
In other nuclear news, there will be more confusion over cold fusion as the debate heats up.
Work continues on one well-known anti-gravity power source. If you superglue a slice of buttered toast to a cat's back and chuck it in the air, the cat must, by Newton's fourth law, land on its feet, but the toast, by the same law, must land on the butter side. (See Uncyclopedia.) Result? The machine floats and spins where the cat-toast forces reach equilibrium, known as the kitty constant. Adding coils of copper wire creates a friction-free motion and propulsion system patented as MogLev and CataPull.
There is no stopping perpetual motion inventors. Expect to hear more of Sean McCarthy, of Steorn Ltd, who has an all-magnet motor in Dublin. He claims that when you travel around magnetic fields, starting and stopping at the same position, you gain a constant stream of clean energy.
The petrol additive pill that doubles your mileage, known as FireCon, will be withdrawn as studies prove half an aspirin a day is much better for your car.
Meanwhile, pond scum will make strides as biofuel. The US department of energy estimates algae fuel production will need 40,000 square kilometres of land, an area just a bit bigger than Belgium.
The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, will be restarted in July to search for the Higgs boson. Unfortunately, scientists now believe the collider will open a one-way portal to the future and time tourists will come back to laugh at how old-fashioned we are.
One long shot — I think Australian scientists will finally make someone invisible, possibly the Federal Opposition Leader.
Couldn't hurt
John Sharpe | January 14, 2009
WE'RE in for a hot year in science. Will energy-source breakthroughs end fears of global warming?
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is backing a nuclear fusion experiment called LIFE, which he says will be the clean solution to US energy needs. LIFE stands for Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion-fission Energy and uses 192 lasers to bombard a tiny ball of frozen hydrogen gas and release incredible amounts of energy.
So far, no experiments have actually been performed.
In other nuclear news, there will be more confusion over cold fusion as the debate heats up.
Work continues on one well-known anti-gravity power source. If you superglue a slice of buttered toast to a cat's back and chuck it in the air, the cat must, by Newton's fourth law, land on its feet, but the toast, by the same law, must land on the butter side. (See Uncyclopedia.) Result? The machine floats and spins where the cat-toast forces reach equilibrium, known as the kitty constant. Adding coils of copper wire creates a friction-free motion and propulsion system patented as MogLev and CataPull.
There is no stopping perpetual motion inventors. Expect to hear more of Sean McCarthy, of Steorn Ltd, who has an all-magnet motor in Dublin. He claims that when you travel around magnetic fields, starting and stopping at the same position, you gain a constant stream of clean energy.
The petrol additive pill that doubles your mileage, known as FireCon, will be withdrawn as studies prove half an aspirin a day is much better for your car.
Meanwhile, pond scum will make strides as biofuel. The US department of energy estimates algae fuel production will need 40,000 square kilometres of land, an area just a bit bigger than Belgium.
The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, will be restarted in July to search for the Higgs boson. Unfortunately, scientists now believe the collider will open a one-way portal to the future and time tourists will come back to laugh at how old-fashioned we are.
One long shot — I think Australian scientists will finally make someone invisible, possibly the Federal Opposition Leader.
Couldn't hurt