EDUCEDGE,

…after watching “Why Egypt fell” on History Channel.

If the climate change is the reason for the collapse of the great egyptian civilization and that the dramatic drought resulting in the east of the mediterranean region is also responsible for the collapse of Ethopia, and crisis in the south of Greece, 4,000 years ago, + if this catastrophic climate change was a repeat of an older scenario which has desertified Africa into the present Sahara within ONE generation 6000 years ago….would it not be possible that the current climate crisis that we are seeing is a natural cycle (albeit quite possibly hurried by pollution), in which Earth will see again a 3rd ice age for the current cold and temperate countries and a desertification of the current warm and hot areas? Each previous crisis had happened within one generation. Each one was able to see the water disappear, the vegetation die, and the desert take over while the climate became colder in the other regions of the globe. So the next question is, in this natural cycle, what is the trigger that stops the winds to move the air?

Perception, Attention, and the four Theaters of the Brain.

? Neurobiological connection to the real and to the simulated reality and the nature or difference in the respective perception and/or attention of each reality. >>see virtual-reality treatment for acrophobia. The brain learns that the body won’t fall from the wall. Virtual reality treatments work which implies that the brain does not make the difference between the real and a simulated reality. The perception is the reality. (or for StarWars fans, as ObeWan Kanobe’s master says: “your focus is your reality.”)

How Albert Einstein’s vision transformed our understanding of space and time.
I am still wondering about the implications of space contraction and expansion on time.

Moonriders: facts or fiction. Very nice suspense novel. Very interesting references to theories. Most of all, I really enjoyed Gregory MacAllister’s reflection titbits at the beginning of most chapters.

“The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.”

	Spacecraft Eyes Venus for Active Volcanoes By Space.com Staff posted: 04 April 2008 04:36 pm ET

Venus may harbor active volcanoes that produce the high amounts of sulfur dioxide in its atmosphere.

http://www.space.com/

http://www.livescience.com/health/080404-bts-drineas.html

“Now, a group of computer scientists, mathematicians, and biologists from around the world have developed a computer algorithm that can quickly trace an individual’s genetic ancestry with only a small sample of their DNA. In fact, the program can trace the genetic ancestry of thousands of individuals in minutes, without any prior knowledge of their background.”