Climate change: Bell weather

"Are heat waves more common than they used to be?"

This the question addressed by James Hansen & his colleagues in a paper just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their conclusion is that they are:

http://www.economist.com/node/21560235?zid=313&ah=fe2aac0b11adef572d67aed9273b6e55

/ global warming climate change carbon dioxide CO2 greenhouse gas /

The Mars rover Curiosity, from launch to landing

http://www.computerworld.com/slideshow/detail/60479

/ NASA explorer re-entry landing sky-crane sky crane soft controlled landing deploy slide show slideshow /

Middle Eastern Gauss malware could be state sponsored

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/10/gauss_middle_east_malware/

/ Gauss Kaspersky Labs Flame virus 2,500 infections cloud network encrypted payload infected USB sticks designed target certain system or systems which have specific program installed record track individual computers bank accounts /

"Monster" Tajima • Pikes Peak International Hill Climb • Day 1 Qualifying Run 2012

This is an all electric car in qualifying.

At the time of writing, it's 03:40 Sunday morning at Pikes Peak. Hopefully more to come soon.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=D0bygKFvnSI&v=D0bygKFvnSI&gl=AU

/ EV electric vehicle car automobile battery LiIon charge recharge /

Patent wars: Apple v. Samsung: Apple says it has no interest in licensing its patents

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/apple-v-samsung-apple-has-no-interest-in-licensing-its-patents/

/ court courtroom licenses licence intellectual property IP lawyer witness infringe infringement methodology /

"The Olympic Ticket Scalper" with Sir Patrick Stewart, Ryan Lochte, Simon Pegg & Maisie Williams

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2d26100ce3/the-olympic-ticket-scalper-with-patrick-stewart-ryan-lochte-simon-pegg-maisie-williams

Flickr, the photo site where entomologists stumble across new insect species

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/08/flickr-the-photo-site-where-entomologists-stumble-across-new-insect-species/

/ classification entomology /

Swipe iPhone case with integrated screen cleaner (video)

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/swipe-iphone-case-with-integrated-screen-cleaner-video-13-07-2012/

/ iOS fingerprints clean wash soap water /

Scosche releases the boomSTREAM Bluetooth wireless media speaker (video)

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/08/10/scosche-releases-the-boomstream-bluetooth-wireless-media-speaker/

http://www.google.com/search?q=Scosche%20boomSTREAM%20Bluetooth%20

/ speaker phone hard wired /

Obama knocks Romney on renewable energy

http://www.instapaper.com/m?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.climatespectator.com.au%2Fnews%2Fobama-knocks-romney-renewable-energy%3Futm_source%3DClimate%252BSpectator%252Bdaily%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DClimate%252BSpectator%252Bdaily%26utm_source%3DClimate%2BSpectator%26utm_campaign%3D9ed3301071-CSPEC_DAILY%26utm_medium%3Demail

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Would you rather know the origin of life or watch people play sport?

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/08/would-you-rather-know-the-origin-of-life-or-watch-people-play-sport/

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