The Road to Sustainable Energy

Haven’t read the article myself yet, but Scientific American published an Article in its November 2009 issue titled A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030 (as txt), where they propose a potential pathway to transition the world onto sustainable energy production by 2030.

Many energy bloggers disagree with this vision, if only in the timeframe.

Here are […]

Information transfer is a life principle

Fels D (2009) Cellular Communication through Light. PLoS ONE 4(4): e5086. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005086

People like Popp have been laughed at for their biophoton hypothesis (and experiemntal results) for ages now. Of course, what sounds like Sci-fi can never be true, at least some scientists seem to “know” and thus forget that science is not about believing you […]

Accelerated aging of wine?

…is being discussed over at khymos.org. Great article, again!

Red wine…

…is a very useful and pleasurable indulgence we at tpog.net do take pleasure in. barrique red wines are amongst our favorites, so this news item had our hearts sparkling

Apparently Italian winemakers are moving away from using oak barrels to age their red wine, and looking to acacia, cherry, chestnut and mulberry instead. All […]