Some recent articles - feel free to browse and post on as many topics as you like. Each relevant post on a separate topic counts as one effort point.
Oldest Known Human Fossil Found In Europe - placing man there earlier than previously believed
The Science of Baseball Stats - for the hardcore baseball fan out there
Vast Antarctic Ice Shelf About to Collapse - more climate change news
Seeds of Life Found Near Saturn - one of Saturn's moon's is off-shooting water and organic molecules
Tourist Rocket Ship Set to Launch by 2010 - for the low, low price of $200,000 - would you go?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Spring Forward; Fall Back
I hate Daylight Saving Time...I know, I know, it's nice that it is currently 7:15PM and still light - I get it. But tomorrow, when it's 7:15 AM, it will still be dark...and I hate waking up in the dark!
We not saving any daylight at all - the number of hours of daylight has nothing to do with how we humans choose to set our clocks. Having the switch take place before the spring equinox (equinoxes are the two days a year when day and night hours are equal) is sort of silly, in my opinion. The rationale is that it saves energy.
Want to know more? Here's a good site that talks about the history and reasons for the change. You can also reead about it at Wikipedia. Finally, you can ask Bill Nye the Science Guy!
It takes me about a week to adjust - and I spend that week pretty grumpy, to boot! How about you - do you like the switch? Do you hate it? Do you even notice?
We not saving any daylight at all - the number of hours of daylight has nothing to do with how we humans choose to set our clocks. Having the switch take place before the spring equinox (equinoxes are the two days a year when day and night hours are equal) is sort of silly, in my opinion. The rationale is that it saves energy.
Want to know more? Here's a good site that talks about the history and reasons for the change. You can also reead about it at Wikipedia. Finally, you can ask Bill Nye the Science Guy!
It takes me about a week to adjust - and I spend that week pretty grumpy, to boot! How about you - do you like the switch? Do you hate it? Do you even notice?
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