Iceland Volcano ~ Eyjafjallajökull

As the volcano in Iceland continues to belch out ash, many people are stuck overseas around Europe after travelling over the Easter period. Many flights have been cancelled, but it looks like they might resume soon. Some trial flights have shown conditions to be clear, according to the Herald newspaper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruptions_of_Eyjafjallajökull

Hmm, I've not really posted much in the way of news before, but I might do more if I find other interesting stuff. This has been all over the news and its something that's always interested me, volcanology.

It shows that just one natural phenomenon can bring industry and commerce to its knees across much of the world. "The airline industry was claimed to be losing an estimated $200 million a day, according to the International Air Transport Association." Nature is an impressive and wondrous thing.

Some Science programs.

I've been watching a couple programs on BBC iPlayer about cosmology and science that I found interesting. Here are the links.

http://bbc.co.uk/i/rgg31/ - Horizon: Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong?

http://bbc.co.uk/i/rf172/ - Wonders of the Solar System: Empire of the Sun

I think they might be on youtube or elsewhere if you can't get iPlayer to work for some reason. Cosmology and Astronomy have always interested me, and I love watching programs like these and reading up on stuff like this. There is so much left unexplained, and so much that is so complicated and confusing in the theories we have come up with. But it is amazing to think we have come so far in terms of our understanding in such little time on this planet.

Some assorted awesomeness.

I was shown this website the other week, and there are some pretty cool lists, videos, columns and more on it. Some really funny, and some just plain awesome. Here's a couple of links for your perusal.

The only 5 characters in Bioware games. This is...strangely correct for the most part o.o

6 Adorable Cat Behaviours with shockingly evil explanations. Ever think that cats are secretly evil? Maybe you were right...

7 Man-made Substances that laugh in the face of Physics. This is just...awesome. Check out those Ferrofluids!

12 Most insane things you can buy on the Internet. 

Worst 10 in-game quotes. Gotta love bad scripting. "This guy are sick!"

Enjoy! ;D

Viruses.

Check this Horizon documentary on viruses out, its on BBC iplayer for a limited time. Not sure if you can get it in different countries however. I got recommended it by my Biology teacher, its quite interesting stuff.

Info copied from link:

"Just a matter of months ago, the world stood in fear of an emerging new disease that threatened to kill millions. A new flu variant H1N1 had arrived. In the UK alone, 65,000 deaths were predicted. Yet to date, these dire warnings have not materialised. 

If this latest pandemic has taught anything, it is just how little is understood about the invisible world of viruses. But that has not stopped scientists trying.

Horizon follows the leading researchers from across the world, who are attempting to unravel the many secrets of viruses to understand when and Broadcast on:
BBC HD, 11:05pm Tuesday 19th January 2010
Duration:
60 minutes
Available until:
12:04am Wednesday 27th January 2010
Categories:
Audio Described, Sign Zone, Factual, Science & Nature"

Random videos..

I kinda saw some of this stuff when I was revising my chemistry, for Solid State stuff

Also, randomly... In Japan, they get a smexy woman for McDonalds, what do we get? A freaky pedo clown...

Zombies! OMG!

Hehehe I found this rather awesome publication while looking for some revision stuff online.

http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/Zombies.pdf

I wonder if they were bored or something...I can't imagine writing an article like that and expecting anyone to take it seriously, or even expecting it to avoid ridicule. It is awesome though! =D

Noctilucent Clouds

Was doing some reading for my Palaeoclimates essay and came across these 'Noctilucent clouds'

Link


They are quite interesting, one thing that I like about science is that there is still so much we don't understand about the Earth and the Planets.

Here's a video,  they look kinda like water



My internet is acting up again....it keeps cutting out and disconnecting me. Remind me never to go with BT... -_-