JetBlue Flight 292 ran into trouble yesterday before landing – its front landing gear was twisted 90 degrees. With great skill the pilot was able to land the plane with slight physical damage to the plane and there were no reported injuries!
Category: Body & Mind
Math Made Easier, More Accurate
Dr Norman Wildberger has created a new framework for trigonometry that is easier to learn and more accurate. No more sines, cosines and tangents; they have been replaced by “spread” and “quadrance.”
Simple algebra can be used to better figure out triangles, which means that students have less to learn and don’t need a calculator.
Frozen Ovary, or Frovaries
Women with ovarian cancer may soon have a new option, frozen ovaries. An ovary can be frozen and thawed than transplanted, a huge step for any transplanted body part.
The research is still in the testing phase with 6 out of 8 ovaries functioning perfectly after the transplant.
Increase in Aid
The Canadian government pledges $250 million to help fight AIDs and tuberculosis. This aid may not take the form of direct aid, but rather money for the recipient nations accompanied by Canadian experts to help create/ improve/maintain health infrastructure. That way when the money runs out the infrastructure will exist and be owned locally.
Europeans have pledged 4 billion in aid for life-saving vaccines. The scheme that the money is tied to is predicted to save between 5 million children over the next 10 years. The European plan (backed heavily by England) has been criticized because it encourages borrowing of finance, that may take more aid to pay off in the future. Many economists have argued that the numbers don’t mean that more debt is inevitable.
Science Fiction Travel Book is Real
Don’t panic. A new “book” knows where you are and will tell you about your surroundings. It is designed for tourists so that they can get more information about what they are looking at and provide a more enriching experience.
“If you go to a historic area there may be thousands of points around the site of importance, but on their own they don’t warrant a museum,” says Wellesley-Davies. “Our guide allows you to pull them all together.
This device can perhaps provide a better way to learn about history (and other subjects) by being interactive and more engaging.