The Gates Of Hell

Burning gas crater in Turkmenistan has been polluting for 41 years.

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/geologists-accidentally-opened-the-door-to-hell.html

Photo credit: johnhbradley.com via Treehugger
/ sulphur dioxide SO2 carbon dioxide CO2 greenhouse gas energy waste global warming climate change pollution asthma /

Platform agnostic malware spreads from Macs to other platforms

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/-24o4e.html

/ operating system environments Windows virtual machines running on VMWare Windows Mobile
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Bad News for Google: Nexus phones still don’t sell

No surprise here. A major weakness of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is lack of memory: only 16GB & no external memory slot. This has been a failure of other Nexus devices as well.

http://techland.time.com/2012/08/22/bad-news-for-google-nexus-phones-still-dont-sell/?iid=tl-main-feature

/ Android smartphone smart phone sales /

Ergo Electronics announces the 10″ GoNote touchscreen Android 4 netbook

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/08/23/ergo-electronics-announces-the-10-gonote-touchscreen-android-4-notebook/

/ tablet laptop Ice Cream Sandwich ICS keyboard 2GHz ARM Rockchip RK2918 CPU 1GB RAM 8GB internal storage microSD card slot resistive touch screen /

From tiny to tinier: One GIF zooms in on bacterial life (video)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/from-tiny-to-tinier-one-gif-zooms-in-on-bacterial-life/261443/

/ animated images scanning electron microscope amphipod small Crustacea milimeter nanometers diatom algae alga tiny bacterium James Thyrwitt-Drake University of Victoria /

A sleeping timebomb – dangers of sleep apnoea (update)

http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/a-sleeping-timebomb-20120822-24mwd.html

The original article has been moved or deleted, but the items linked below develop the same ideas – associations between snoring & sleep apnoea on the one hand, & high cholesterol, obesity, depression, & Alzheimer’s on the other.

Virtual Medical Centre
http://www.myvmc.com/news/sleeping-time-bomb/

Independent.ie
http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/heavy-snorers-are-a-ticking-time-bomb-30477692.html

RMIT
https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2014/february/a-sleeping-time-bomb/ / sleep apnea apnoea diet obesity snoring heart stops beating wake gasp for air /

Bowers & Wilkins P3 headphones review

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/08/22/bowers-wilkins-p3-headphones-review/#more-102511

/ in-ear commuter commute earpads audio signal venting system better air flow around the drivers /

Can a Pacific island nation use old industrial law to stop climate change?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/can-a-pacific-island-nation-use-old-industrial-law-to-stop-climate-change/261455/ / Palau paradise earth low-lying nation threatened climate change global warming sea-level rise CO2 carbon dioxide greenhouse gas legal initiative United Nations /

Ancient grains can help prevent cancer, heart disease & high blood pressure

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ancient-grains-can-help-prevent-cancer-heart-disease-and-high-blood-pressure/2012/08/10/5a1d9438-b631-11e1-9e4c-5a6a137d65e1_story.html

/ amaranth emmer teff millet quinoa rye nutrients protein cereal grains broadleaf plants /