Do Solar Flares Cause Earthquakes?
Ryan Milligan at The Sun Today blog has written an article on the claim that solar flares can cause earthquakes. Check out his analysis of the problem: The Sun Today: Do solar flares cause earthquakes?ScienceBlogs: Does Dark Matter affect the motion of the Solar System?
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especially like the author's story about how HE actually examined this
problem utilizing many of the techniques for examining questions that I
like to explore in this blog. Also note the graphic comparing some of the galaxy surveys with the Millennium cosmology simulation (Wikipedia). If you didn't know it was a simulation, could you distinguish it from the actual datasets presented?
NASA's Massive Free E-Book Collection
NASA has made available a number of books on the history of space exploration and aeronautics. There are a number of documents on the history of the organization, as well as the history and science of aeronautics.Celestial Billiards for Space Travel
Ever wonder how the flight dynamicists at NASA and ESA develop some of the complex trajectories which can take a satellite from Earth to some distant location (like Jupiter or Saturn) using gravity assists? They're currently developed guided by some rules-of-thumb which are refined with detailed n-body simulations. But Artificial Intelligence systems (AI) are catching up in this capability.Slashdot: Evolution of AI Interplanetary Trajectories Reaches Human-Competitive Levels
'Dark Lightning' Does Not Mean 'Undetectable'
While they call it 'Dark Lightning' because it isn't detectable in visible light, the particles behind this are still detectable by other means.Slashdot: "Dark Lightning" Could Expose Airline Passengers To Radiation
Conspiracy Polling
And if you want some detailed numbers on just how many people in the U.S. believe weird stuff...Public Policy Polling: Conspiracy Theory Poll Results
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