#1: Topic: Climate Change
What grabbed me in this article was the "why didn't I think of that" factor. Pop quiz: (T or F) If sea ice in the arctic melts, sea levels will rise. The answer is: False. Because ice, even if it is floating above the surface, is still displacing water. Just like in your 4th grade science experiment, if you put a piece of ice in a glass of water and mark the water level, when the ice melts, has the water level gone up or down? Neither! So why should melting ice make sea levels go up? Just another example of junk-science being used to fool us into panicking about global warming.
#2: Topic: Nuclear Missile Defense
The article says it best, this looks like something straight out of a "Terminator" movie. Basically a huge, self-propelled, self-guided bullet, this amazing device is designed to hunt down and ram enemy ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) warheads. It's a cylinder with rocket boosters pointing in every direction that allow it to fly through space....just watch the video linked in the article. Whoa.
#3: Topic: Prosthetic Limbs
Three words: watch. the. video. You'll find yourself trying to figure out if it's been doctored or is actually from a sci-fi movie. It's not. It's real. And it's awesome. Prosthetic limbs that are anatomically correct, and can be controlled by either an ingenious control system integrated into your shoe, by attaching control systems to muscles and tendons, or mere thought. Imagine feeding yourself for the first time in 26 years, like the man in the video. Who knows how close we are to a fully functional, fully integrated prosthetic hand that is indistinguishable from the real thing to the naked eye. Just like Luke Skywalker. 20 years ago: science fiction. Today: reality. God has allowed man to progress so much these last 100 years. Who knows what's in store around the corner.
