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Something delicious is going to happen. I can genuinely barely contain myself right now.
Beer gets mosquitos all hot and bothered. When exposed to the smell of someone who has drank a beer, mosquitos move around more (“Activation”), and is attracted to that person’s scent (“Orientation”). This doesn’t happen after you drink water. Click on the graph for the complete paper, and an awesome picture of the set-up that they used to do this study.
Yet another reason to not drink beer!
Solar Flare Sound (mp3)
Spaceweather.com article from Sunday, Mar. 11, 2012 WEEKEND SOLAR FLARE: Sunspot AR1429 is still erupting this weekend. On Saturday, March 10th, it produced a powerful M8-class flare that almost crossed the threshold into X-territory. During the flare, New Mexico amateur astronomer Thomas Ashcraft recorded a series of radio bursts at 21 and 28 MHz: Incoming CME A CME launched from the sun on March 9th is nearing Earth. According to analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the cloud will arrive on March 11th at 0649 UT (+/- 7 hr). This is not a particularly potent CME. Nevertheless, high-latitude geomagnetic storms are possible when it arrives. Read more: spaceweather.com
The roaring sounds you just heard are caused by shock waves plowing through the sun’s atmosphere in the aftermath of the explosion. “There is incredible complexity in the waveforms,” notes Ashcraft. “This is a recording of one of the most turbulent events in all of Nature!”
In addition, the explosion propelled yet another CME toward Earth. According to a forecast track prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the cloud will hit our planet’s magnetosphere on March 12th at 1803 UT (+/- 7 hr), possibly sparking a new round of geomagnetic storms.
After passing Earth, the CME will also hit the Mars Science Lab (MSL) spacecraft on March 13th followed by Mars itself on March 14th. Mars rover Curiosity onboard MSL might get some interesting readings as the cloud passes by.
Imagine in 20 years when your son comes from school with detention
- Son: Mum, I got detention.
- Me: OMG, what did you do?
- Son: I hit a kid.
- Me: Well you know that will cost you a month without internet.
- Son: But that kid said Harry Potter sucks.
- Me: COME IN HERE MY BOY, YOU MADE ME SO PROUD. I KNOW I'VE RAISED YOU WELL HEDWIG CROOKSHANKS.
(Source: letshaveaquicktumble)
