Current Affairs & Personal & Science 28 Dec 2005 09:53 am
Tidbits
I’m back from finals craziness, and traveling east. I’m back in California, with some time on my hands, which is very nice. I’ve got a bunch of things to blog, both here, and on my ministry blog in the next few days. I’ll start with some interesting science tidbits:
- It turns out that it is possible that humans didn’t start in Africa after all. It seems that there is some evidence that humans might have started in Asia first. Looks like it will take a lot of research to figure this out.
- 2005 will last one second longer than 2004. This is because atomic clocks and the rotation of the Sun are not exactly in sync. So wait one more second before shouting Happy New Year.
- Vitamin D seems to dramatically decrease risk of some forms of cancer. Go get some.
- Europe launched Galileo, set to be a competitor to the US Military controlled GPS system. Go Europe!