Thursday, July 22, 2010

Earth's Upper Atmosphere Suffers Record Collapse [Atmosphere].

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Well, this doesn't sound good: NASA just announced that the Earth's thermosphere, an upper layer of the atmosphere, collapsed. It's the biggest contraction in 43 years and scientists have no idea what's going on. I don't feel safe anymore. More » [Gizmodo]
7:48:05 AM

June Shatters Average Global Temperature Records (Again).

This past June was the hottest ever on record according to a just released NOAA State of the Climate Report. Perhaps even more eye opening is that June[base ']Äôs record breaking heat is on the back of the hottest March, April, and May on record. The monthly report added that this would make June the 304th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average, and July is looking to keep the streak going. Breaking temperature records sounds like a broken record by now. Shall we go on?

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7:45:07 AM

Kenora nominated as Canada's Ultimate Fishing Town. Kenora is on the list to be named Canada's Ultimate Fishing Town. The World Fishing Network is hosting an online poll tallying votes for the top fishing communities in the country and Kenora got the nod from resident Daryl Thomson after seeing an ad for the contest on TV.[...] [Kenora Daily Miner and News]
7:34:10 AM

Game of Life in HTML 5. Gameofliffffff

Joseph Mansfield created an HTML 5 implementation of John Conway's Game of Life, the classic cellular automaton first devised in 1970. Conway's Game of Life in HTML 5 (via Technoccult)

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7:27:18 AM