03.27.2006 20:40
When someone complains about the cold ...
Years ago, I was in Alaska for a few months, and
before that, in Wisconsin back in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Here's an image from radio station KNOM's Nome Static March, 2006
newsletter.
KNOM volunteer Eric Gauthier tosses hot water in the air.
It freezes instantly into vapor and pellets
when the air temperature is 30 below, Fahrenheit.
If it's 50 below or colder, it explodes
with a 'poof' entirely into frozen vapor.
KNOM volunteer Eric Gauthier tosses hot water in the air.
It freezes instantly into vapor and pellets
when the air temperature is 30 below, Fahrenheit.
If it's 50 below or colder, it explodes
with a 'poof' entirely into frozen vapor.
03.22.2006 20:45
'What a country!' Drunk in a bar? Get arrested in Texas
In Texas, comments write themselves: Texas arresting
people in bars for being drunk.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has
begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for
being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission said on Wednesday. ...
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," [Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Carolyn] Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," [Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Carolyn] Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
03.09.2006 19:49
NASA podcast on Cassini and possible liquid water on Enceladus
The Science@NASA podcast today (susbscription xml file
location here) is on the possible discovery of liquid water
geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Links to stream or download the podcast are at the news article site Radical! Liquid Water on Enceladus. Enceladus' diameter is about 310 miles.
Links to stream or download the podcast are at the news article site Radical! Liquid Water on Enceladus. Enceladus' diameter is about 310 miles.