Apr 22nd, 10
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There’s been a lot of mentions in the news about Katla always erupting when Eyjafjallajökull does, but no time frames have been mentioned. It was a bit challenging to dig it up, but here it is:
Eyjafjallajökull’s most recent eruption, December 1821 to January 1823, was followed by an eruption of Katla in June and July 1823
Eyjafjallajökull and Katla: restless neighbours « The Volcanism Blog.
The one before that was in 1600s and it’s a bit uncertain if both even erupted then, let alone knowing which one went first.
With these 1.5 data points it seems we might very well have some time to fly around right now.
The eruption of Katla is well past the schedule, however, so if not right now (meaning in year or two), it will happen soonish, unless something extraordinary happens. There’s record of Katla erupting from 900s to present and it has been erupting twice per century all these centuries, and now it’s already 92 years from the previous one (1918).
Jan 31st, 10
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This is rather interesting. Not just the obvious US disparity, but also how Japan combines top-of-the-chart doctor visit count with low costs and very good results.
The cost of health care around the world Boing Boing.
Dec 30th, 09
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http://www.laakarilehti.fi/kommentti/index.html?opcode=show/news_id=8272/news_db=web_lehti2009/type=7/ref=rss
Suomen Lääkärilehti – Finlands Läkartidning.
Dec 1st, 09
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Interesting and intriguing!
Optical illusion that plays with our recognition of gender:
The Illusion of Sex Change | Mighty Optical Illusions.
Oct 29th, 09
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These are damn interesting, and sometimes downright scary:
a man who was convicted of paedophilia late in life, but was later found to have a brain tumour, and on removal of the tumour his sudden interest in children disappeared. It reappeared again when the tumour once more began to grow
Mind Hacks: Dramatic sexuality changes after brain disturbance.
Sep 17th, 09
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On some days it seems technology is advancing very, very fast as we speak. Today is one of those days.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Military robot ‘hops’ over walls.
Sep 2nd, 09
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Tutkimus: Tetriksen pelaaminen kasvattaa aivoja – HS.fi – Ulkomaat.
Pelasin teininä yökaudet Tetristä ja pilkin sitten päivät koulussa. Taisin sittenkin voittaa!
Jul 16th, 09
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Porttiteoria toimiikin juuri toisin päin:
Injections of THC, the active principle of cannabis, eliminate dependence on opiates (morphine, heroin) in rats
Active Ingredient In Cannabis Eliminates Morphine Dependence In Rats.
Jun 27th, 09
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I have long suspected the skewed sex ratio in some large asian countries will cause unpredicted sociological and economical consequences. This is one of them:
Across Chinese provinces, there is clear evidence that local savings rates tend to be higher in regions with more unbalanced sex ratios.
Why Do Chinese Save? Boys Want to Marry – Floyd Norris Blog – NYTimes.com.
Jun 25th, 09
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Pekka Hyvärinen, Julkisen sanan neuvoston (JSN) puheenjohtaja, on useissa yhteyksissä osoittanut että hänellä on vaikeuksia suhtautua neutraalisti moderneihin medioihin tiedonvälityksessä.
Tämä kolumni kuitenkin tiivistää ehkä parhaiten sen miten pahasti hänellä heittää:
Käytin itsekin aikoinani Wikipediaa lähteenä, mutta huomasin toki sen salatut motiivit ja sisällölliset puutteet. Nykyään hankin tietoa enimmäkseen vakiintuneiden tiedotusvälineiden sivuilta.
Joko teillä wikittää?
Että niin. Ymmärrän että voi ikääntyvä ja uudistumiskyvytön journalisti voi pelätä duuninsa puolesta, mutta jospa nyt kuitenkin pidettäisiin foliohatut sylissä kun puhutaan oikeista asioista. Jos Wikipedia arveluttaa, voi vaikka perehtyä asiasta tehtyihin tutkimuksiin, kuten tähän. Vai onko BBC:kin Hyvärisen mielestä niin pelottava, että sen sanaan ei voi luottaa?
Mar 15th, 09
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Scientists say that a type of rock found at or near the surface in the Mideast nation of Oman and other areas around the world could be harnessed to soak up huge quantities of globe-warming carbon dioxide.
Rocks Could Be Harnessed To Sponge Vast Amounts Of Carbon Dioxide From Air.
Via IRC.
Mar 11th, 09
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the results suggest that a 10 percentage point increase in internet access is associated with a decline in reported rape victimization of around 7.3%
Internet Reduces Rape? – The F-Word.
Via IRC.
Mar 11th, 09
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Gizmodo reports:
iPods really have killed music. People aren't just ignorant of high quality audio, they actually hate it. Gee, thanks for contributing to the downfall of civilization, Apple.
So.. According to Gizmodo, the main point in the music is the almost-but-not-really-hearable sounds in the music that are lost in compression. Right.
I, for one, have thought the main part in the music is melody, lyrics and sounds you can easily hear. So people preferring hearing the essentials of the music over the multi-layered web of expensive background choruses sounds very refreshing for me. Back to basics! It’s the riffs and hooks that make music good or bad, not the expensive producing.
This way or that way, people liking music without some of the finer nyances is something completely else than “killing the music”.
The whole article is here:
Music Is Dead: iPods and Young People Have Utterly Destroyed Music.
Mar 7th, 09
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Economist.com reports about researchers in Osaka walking on the fine territory where physics and philosophy are the same.
Jan 4th, 09
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Princeton University – Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchips.
I am a bit sceptical about the method fixing *all* defects, but it looks like it might indeed boost overclockability and such.
Jan 4th, 09
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Inhabitat » THE MAGLEV: The Super-powered Magnetic Wind Turbine.
Sounds a bit too good to be true, but nice if it works. We’ll see. Especially “rare earth elements” sounds like bad for scaling.
