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Climate Impacts

Climate and Development Knowledge Network
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CDKN - Climate Impacts
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On the front line of climate change
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5 December, 2011

This compelling tour of developing countries on the front line of climate change shows the impacts they are experiencing today.

Community organisers, government ministers, development workers and aid donors speak out.

A special CDKN collaboration with OneWorld films.

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In memory of Ennio Esposito

Ennio Esposito, well-known neurophysiologist and neuropharmacologist, died suddenly of a heart attack, on October 23, 2011, in Guardiagrele (Chieti). For over 20 years, Ennio Esposito headed the Laboratory of Neurophysiology of the Consorzio Mario Negri Sud in Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti), a consortium between the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan and the Province of Chieti, created in 1980 with funds from the Agenzia per il Mezzogiorno (Agency for the South ).

The Hairy Ball Theorem

Physics
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The Hairy Ball Theorem
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Ever tried to comb a hairy ball? Math says you failed!
Data: 
4 December, 2011

Ever tried to comb a hairy ball? Math says you failed!

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Latest worldwide climate information

GeoOptics has launched the Climate Mobile 1.2 iPhone and iPad app for free to environmental enthusiasts and citizen scientists alike.

Climate Mobile provides up-to-date information on the global climate like temperatures, ice cover, atmospheric CO2, solar activity and weather reports. The app gives you access to data from international satellites and surface instruments, along with global temperature records from NASA and NOAA going back more than 130 years.

Diatom Arachnoidiscus

Video enhanced polychromatic (VEP) polscope
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Diatom Arachnoidiscus
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Diatom Arachnoidiscus
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2 December, 2011

A live image of the of Diatom Arachnoidiscus under 40x magnification.

Diatom ArachnoidiscusA live image of the of Diatom Arachnoidiscus under 40x magnification.

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Uniting forces and ideas

FESTIVAL DELLA SCIENZA DI GENOVA 2011
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Uniting forces and ideas
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Conference of Stephen Hsu, Professor of physics at the University of Oregon
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22 October, 2011

Our world is extraordinarily complex, abundant and complicated. It’s fascinating when you discover that physical laws unveil the simple and elegant truths of nature, providing a unified description of natural phenomena. From nature we go on to talk about the idea of “synthesis”: compact algorithms which generate more complex phenomena. This is true for the world we live in but also for our thoughts and the latest studies on artificial intelligence.

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In The Land Of The Northern Lights

Aurora Borealis
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In The Land Of The Northern Lights
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Gorgeous aurorae borealis
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2 December, 2011

An explosion of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon powers substorms, sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.  The cause is the magnetic reconnection, a common process that occurs throughout the universe when stressed magnetic field lines suddenly turn to a new shape.

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The history of Nikola Tesla

Short story
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The History of Nikola Tesla - a Short Story
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History of Nikola Tesla inventor, mechanical and electrical engineer
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2 December, 2011

Nikola Tesla revolutionized the world of science and technology as we know it today. Sadly, many today do not know of the massive contributions he made.

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Miracle Planet

Asteroid Impact Simulation
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Miracle Planet - Asteroid Impact Simulation
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Asteroid impact simulation on the Earth
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1 December, 2011

A simulation of a 300 mile wide asteroid striking the Earth.

An impact with an iron bolide of this size would likely liberate an amount of energy equivalent to many trillions of megatons of TNT, regardless of where it struck. In 1961 the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear device ever built, a massive city killer called the "Tsar Bomba." It clocked in at "only" about 50 megatons.

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