Steward Advanced Materials Thiol-SAMMS: The Toxin Terminator
popsci.com — This simple-looking white powder can get mercury-contaminated water 100 times as clean as any other method, for about half the cost. Each grain is actually a carefully engineered molecular sponge designed to absorb more than half its weight in mercury. (Submitted by divinediva) More...
China's Weather Manipulation Brings Crippling Snowstorm
popsci.com — As Beijing suffers through its second major snowstorm this season, residents are growing weary of their leadership's control-freak tendencies. After all, while the storm came as a surprise to residents, the government knew about it all along. In fact, the government caused it. (Submitted by HeDiggMe) More...
Old Soviet Warheads Fuel America's Nuclear Power Industry
popsci.com — Could the Cold War be heating and lighting your home? If you are one of many Americans whose life is powered by a nuclear power plant, there's a good chance it is; while not widely publicized, decommissioned nuclear warheads provide much of the fuel powering America's 104 nuclear reactors. (Submitted by divinediva) More...
UK Calls For a Transforming, Laser-Toting Stealth UAV
popsci.com — Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Great Britain unveiled its plans for modernizing its military. Curiously similar to the US Army's recently killed Future Combat System, the British program looks to bring a new generation of unmanned vehicles, advanced sensors and energy weapons to the battlefield. (Submitted by executex) More...
Resilient Space Internet Comes Down to Earth Gadgets
popsci.com — A new Internet protocol designed for interplanetary transmissions is bringing its delay-tolerant magic to Earth. Google's Android does a lot more these days than just smart phones and nifty mobile gadgets. An Internet pioneer is using the platform to launch a interplanetary Internet protocol on Earth that could harden wireless networks against.... (Submitted by oteque) More...
How Much Power Does The Human Brain Require To Operate?
popsci.com — According to Kwabena Boahen, a computer scientist at Stanford University, a robot with a processor as smart as the human brain would require at least 10 megawatts to operate. That's the amount of energy produced by a small hydroelectric plant. (Submitted by divinediva) More...
Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The LHC
popsci.com — (NOT the Onion!) With freak accident after freak accident piling up over at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery is beginning to seem less and less far fetched. (Submitted by MrBabyMan) More...
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