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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Date: October 27, 2009 Title: A Life in Astronomy Podcaster: Richard Saunders Organization: The Skeptic Zone Podcast www.skepticzone.tv Description: Richard Saunders talks to Professor. Colin Keay about his life and research in astronomy. Bio: The Skeptic Zone Podcast - The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason, produced by Richard Saunders is Australia’s leading skeptical podcast with reports from [...]
The Whips: 5 Fly Ones…
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009The Honda FC Sport The near automotive future will almost certainly be electric. But what about the future future? Honda’s betting it will run on hydrogen. The idea behind the FC Sport—the FC is for “fuel cell”—may seem as far-fetched as its Lambo-from-Mars exterior, but it makes sense. After all, the world has an unlimited [...]
2010 VW Golf TDI Preview — 120mph on the Autobahn
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Driving down the Autobahn at 120mph is fun no matter what, but doing it in a 2010 VW Golf TDI clean diesel technology prototype makes me a truly inspired driver. The dialed European suspension handles as fluidly at 120mph as it does at 30mph (not that we recommend breaking any speed limits but there are [...]
Energy-Efficiency News Roundup
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009EU to develop indicators for eco-efficient economy (EurActiv, 21 October 2009) EU Environment ministers have asked the European Commission to develop “robust, reliable and widely recognised indicators to measure progress towards an eco-efficient economy” to complement measures of GDP. They also agreed to monitor member state progress with the EU sustainable development strategy through a [...]
Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Doomsday Machine”
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009“The Doomsday Machine” Written by Norman Spinrad Directed by Marc Daniels Season 2, Episode 6 Production episode: 2×06 Original air date: October 20, 1967 Star date: 4202.9 Mission Summary: When the Enterprise receives a garbled distress signal (only the word “Constellation” is intelligible), they approach system L-370 to discover that all seven planets in the [...]
