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Readers Ask: How Can I Tell If I've Found A New Species?
Several Florida residents have reported seeing the Leptotyphlops microsnake long before it was announced as a new species, which herpetologist Blair Hedges named for his wife. Readers want to know: how can you tell if the new animal or plant you've stumbled across is a unique, as of yet unnamed species? Do you know the answer? Submit your science and technology questions to fyi@popsci.com.
8.23.2008 at 09:29pm - Comment by ninjaturtle456just google it
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Better Than Switchgrass
Move over, switchgrass. There's a new miracle crop on the horizon. Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign indicates that a perennial grass named Miscanthus x giganteus can produce about two and a half times more ethanol per acre than either corn or switchgrass.
8.23.2008 at 08:00am - Comment by ninjaturtle456biofuels are a lost cause. with the technology of hydrogen cars, we would never have to worry about hydrogen prices or what it would do to the atmosphere. honestly i wonder if the government really does put a cap on these technologies so they wouldnt lose all their tax money.
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Bigfoot Found Again
Not since Harry and the Hendersons has the legend of Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, aka Yowie, captured the attention of the country so thoroughly. This week, a pair of men from northern Georgia claimed they have found the body of the so-called Georgia Gorilla, and are keeping the remains in a chest freezer.
8.23.2008 at 07:54am - Comment by ninjaturtle456that corpse looks like a costume with pig intestines thrown on top of it. but then again...i do see the john edwards resemblance
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Could Robot Aliens Exist?
The existence of a race of sentient alien robots might be not just possible, but inevitable. In fact, we might be living in a "postbiological universe" right now, in which intelligent extraterrestrials somewhere have exchanged organic brains for artificial ones. The driving factor is a pragmatic desire to improve mental capacity. Alien beings may have already reached a point in their evolution where, having exhausted the potential of their biological brains, they have taken the next logical step and opted for robotic brains equipped with artificial intelligence.
8.23.2008 at 07:41am - Comment by ninjaturtle456well seeing how statistically there should be millions of intelligent species throughout the universe, just because we havent seen transformers fallin out of the sky doesnt mean there not out there. their technology could be thousands of years ahead of ours and honestly were not that far from it either. ever hear of artilects? artificial intellect? those are the supercomputers that are supposedly going to make humans look like dumb apes. eta 2030 so who knows maybe it could be within our lifetime
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The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind
PopSci reader Dave wants to know: "Hello, if the earth spins east to west why does our wind blow west to east? The wind has to be blowing faster than the earth spinning. Yes?" Feel free to tackle this one in the comments section. Submit your science and technology questions to fyi@popsci.com.
8.23.2008 at 07:27am - Comment by ninjaturtle456if the speed and direction of the earth spinning directly controlled wind speed then on a nice breezy day the average wind speed would be 1038 mph at the equator. haha so much for that picnic! :p
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