Doctor Who’s maverick side-kick Captain Jack, played by big show-tunes fan John Barrowman, took time out from his busy schedule to indulge a passion for mini big bangs with a visit to CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and home of the large hadron collider (LHC). I suspect that Barrowman has not read my earlier post on the LHCand misread the title, but you never know.
Anyway, Barrowman took Manchester-CERN high-energy physicist, Brian Cox, along for the ride, and yes, there really are just far too many lewd puns to be made in the context of Cox, hadrons and Barrowman to be worth the effort. Actually, Cox was a ray of Sunshine, he was one of the scientific advisers on the recent sci-fi flick of that name. Barrowman, apparently, is genuinely interested in exploring the boundaries between science fact and science fiction. His fascinating response when confronted with the notion that a speeding proton in the particle accelerator experiences every second of our time as a seven thousandth of a second is illuminating to say the least - “Holey Moley”, he exclaimed. But, at least he went and donned the hard hat in the name of science.
Check out the video. Dig the groovy tune. And if you’re into that kind of thing you get to see Barrowman’s teeth, which are a miracle of modern science in themselves.
Seals Protect Brain, Conserve Oxygen By Turning Off Shivering Response Seals shiver when exposed to cold air but not when diving in chilly water, a finding that researchers believe allows the diving seal to conserve oxygen and minimize brain damage that could result from long dives. This research into hypothermia and hypoxia is important to treating people who are hypothermic or who have suffered hypoxia following cardiac arrest, stroke, etc. Research was presented at the American Physiological Society conference, "Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity."
United Nations History: 60th Anniversary of the San Francisco Conferen "In celebration of the United Nations sixtieth anniversary [in 2005], the United Nations Department of Public Information has organized a commemoration of the signing of the United Nations Charter, which took place in San Francisco on 26 June 1945."The site includes the message of the Secretary-General, a video clip, and a list of exhibits and activities commemorating the event. Also includes links to information about the 50th anniversary and to related documents.
9/11 Tapes One of several news sites offering the unedited audiotapes "of emergency personnel's two-way radio traffic from the World Trade Center response on Sept. 11, 2001."Also find "written memories of the first responders."From MSNBC.
Link Between Carbohydrate Quality And Vision Loss Is Strengthened By N People consuming diets with a higher glycemic index than average were at greater risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration, report researchers. The researchers suggest that twenty percent of cases of advanced age-related macular degeneration might have been prevented if individuals had consumed a diet with a glycemic index below average.
Key Event In Cell Death Occurs As Single, Quick Event Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated that a key event during apoptosis (cell suicide) occurs as a single, quick event, rather than as a step-by-step process.
John Muir-Yosemite California State Quarter Information about the California quarter issued by the U.S. Mint in 2005, which features the image of Sierra Club founder John Muir posed against Yosemite's Half Dome. Site provides images of the final design and of Garrett Burke's original, and information about the design selection process and John Muir. Also includes related links. From the Sierra Club.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against W Information about this United Nations (UN) convention, "often described as an international bill of rights for women ... [that] defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination."Provides the text of the convention, history, country reports, meeting information, and other documentation. Some material available in several languages. From the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women.
Dispersal Or Drift? More To Plant Biodiversity Than Meets The Eye Although we know how and when Pangaea broke apart, the distribution of fossils of the same species on many different continents, separated by vast ocean waters, challenges us to explain how they got there. Plant life on New Zealand, for example, shares striking similarities to that on other Southern Hemisphere land masses, but scientists have yet to agree on how this came to pass.
Surprising Killer Of Southeastern Salt Marshes: Common Sea Snails From South Carolina to Texas, salt marshes have experienced a massive die-off in recent years, threatening fisheries and leaving coastal areas vulnerable to flooding. The culprit, ecologists have long thought, is degraded soil. But new research, published in Science, points to the periwinkle -- cordgrass consuming sea snails -- as a major contributor to salt marsh loss.
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Doctor Who’s maverick side-kick Captain Jack, played by big show-tunes fan 
