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Information Technology in a Global Society studies the Social and Ethical impacts of IT on different Areas like Business and Employment, Health, Education, Entertainment, Art, Politics, and Science.

Showing posts with label Area of Impact : Science and the Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Area of Impact : Science and the Environment. Show all posts

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Supercomputers Corroborate Einstein's e=mc2 After 103 Years

















Believe it or not, but it has taken 103 years and the combined power of various of the world's top supercomputers to prove Eintein's biggest equation right, resolving e=mc2 at the scale of sub-atomic particles. The feat has been achieved by a team of French, German, and Hungarian physicists led by Laurent Lellouch at the Center for Theoretical Physics in France, and has finally answered a question that has puzzled scientists for decades: The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Atom Mass!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Come on NASA! I'm not drinking my own Urine

Nasa designs a space simulator to mimic the environment on a space shuttle. Astronauts are running on treadmils and their sweat is being condenesed into containers along with their piss for recycling since water is scarce on a space shuttle. Sometimes, i just hate technology.

YUK!

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