We now know that the unblemished white surface of Michelangelo
s David would have been considered unfinished according to classical standards. The sculpture and architecture of the ancient world was, in fact, brightly and elaborately painted. The only reason it appears white to us is that centuries of weathering have worn off most of the paint.
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While it’s one of the most important and abundant chemical compounds on Earth, water is still a puzzle to scientists.
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The MIT libraries has a nice page up of an old entrance exam as required for freshman to enter the institute. subjects include english, geometry, algebra, and arithmetic.
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The awards are given out each year by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science for the imagery that best conveys complex scientific information and concepts. Winners of the 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
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Archaeologists in northern Iran have uncovered the remains of a 124-mile-long wall, the second longest such structure in Asia after the Great Wall of China.
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Hydrogen is one of the most important fuels of the future, and the sun will be one of our most important sources of energy. Why not combine the two to produce hydrogen directly from solar energy without any detours involving electrical current?
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Two major steps toward putting quantum computers into real practice they report that superconducting qubits, or artificial atoms, have been able to communicate information not only to their nearest neighbor, but also to a distant qubit on the chip.
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According the makers of Vulva, their product is not a perfume, but a beguiling vaginal scent which is purely a substance for your own smelling pleasure. Gross. [SFW]
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The most recent ancestor of all males living today was a man who lived in Africa around 59,000 years ago, according to an international team of researchers
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“Humans Evolved from Ape-like Ancestors …and whether you ‘accept’ it or not makes no difference to the fact that it happened” Had to post this one, I think 99.8 percent of Digg would say duhhh, but I’d love to hear from the other 0.2 percent!
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