Moments of Awareness

We listen to music and talk to people. Watch on cable channel 11 in the Boise area or on-line at TVCTVOnline.org . Watch previous shows here , and check out the backgrounds here . Join us at MOA's Facebook page  for discussion throughout the week. :) Tonight for Hallowe'en (and for the first time in MOA history) we'll be keepin' it in the studio for the most part, so we can hang and chat with the J's and y'all can get to know them a bit better. We may turn the phones on at some point - if not we'll miss talkin' to everyone - but we feel like everyone out there is missin' out not gettin' to hear more from the folks who bring the fun and help us make MOA happen. :) Band info at  reverbnation.com   Posted via email from Moments of Awareness

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Scientists have identified a gene that causes short-sightedness, a discovery which paves the way for treatment to prevent one of the world's most common eye disorders. So could this mean the end of spectacles? A pair of glasses used to come with its own brand of humiliation in the classroom. "Four-eyes", "Specky-git" and "Goggles" were some of the names that rang out in the playground and scarred many a childhood. [...] Full article at  bbc.co.uk   Posted via email from Moments of Awareness

Natural light exposure is just one potential factor in a child's eyesight. The time children spend outdoors could be linked to a reduced risk of being short-sighted, research suggests. An analysis of eight previous studies by University of Cambridge researchers found that for each additional hour spent outside per week, the risk of myopia reduced by 2%. Exposure to natural light and time spent looking at distant objects could be key factors, they said. [...] Full article at  bbc.co.uk   Posted via email from Moments of Awareness

Many parents may worry unnecessarily Mothers who fear their babies suffer from food allergies or intolerances are largely wrong, research has found. More than 800 babies were monitored for three years, and more than a third of their parents said their child had a food allergy or intolerance. But just 27 were allergic to any food at the age of three, and fewer than 60 had a reaction to [...] Full article at  news.bbc.co.uk   Posted via email from Moments of Awareness

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The Rosat spacecraft had some robust parts that should have survived all the way to the surface A big German spacecraft has made an uncontrolled fall from the sky. The Roentgen Satellite (Rosat) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere between 01:45 and 02:15 GMT. Just as for Nasa's UARS satellite, which plunged into the atmosphere in September, there was high uncertainty about the final moments of Rosat. But if the timings are correct, any wreckage would probably have dived into the [...] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk Full article at  bbc.co.uk I love it: "'Unfortunately, there is a whole legacy of spacecraft - 50 years of satellites - and we are going to have to put up with this situation for quite some time, I'm afraid.'" Posted via email from Moments of Awareness

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AURORAS IN THE USA: A coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth on Oct. 24th at approximately 1800 UT (2:00 pm EDT). The impact strongly compressed Earth's magnetic field, directly exposing geosynchronous satellites to solar wind plasma, [...] [...] THE INSTIGATING EXPLOSION: The CME that hit Earth's magnetic field on Oct. 24th left the sun almost two days earlier. It was propelled in our direction by an unstable magnetic filament, which erupted around 0100 UT on Oct. 22nd. This movie from the [...] [...] Full article at  spaceweather.com Happened yesterday, but it's effects are still goin' on. Posted via

Professor Mark Post: "The basic problem with current meat production is that it's inefficient" Mark Post has been given €300,000 to make a hamburger, in one year. Easy money, you might think, but try doing that without using meat that has come from an animal. Professor Post is one of the few people on the planet who can. As head of the department of vascular physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, he is in the vanguard of a new wave of research to create a way of producing meat that cuts out the need for animal husbandry altogether. Some ideas, some technologies may sound like science fiction, but they are [...] Full article at  bbc.co.uk   Posted via email from Moments of Awareness

Injection of sulphate aerosols is designed to mimic the cooling effect of volcanic eruptions There is strong support among the public in the US, UK and Canada for more research on geo-engineering technology, a study has suggested. The survey focused on "solar radiation management", which involves reflecting energy from the Sun away from the Earth's surface, and received support from 72% of respondents. The internet survey was commissioned by researchers from North America. [...] Full article at  bbc.co.uk As a member of 'the public', I'd like to go on record as sayin' I think it'd be best to leave well enough alone. The photo alone ought to be enough to remind us that at some point (probably in the not-too-distant future) there'll be plenty of naturally-occurring sulfates up there to cool things down. Nature's cyclical, and what goes up comes down, including the temperature. :) Posted via email from Moments of Awa

Companies like UK-based Rebellion have lost key staff to developers overseas Britain must do more to nurture a more competitive games industry if it is to prevent key talent moving overseas. That is one of the conclusions from a recent study conducted by Tiga, the trade association for the UK's independent computer game developers. It says worrying numbers of key talent are leaving the UK for countries offering more favourable employment options. [...] Full article at  bbc.co.uk   Posted via email from Moments of Awareness

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