Random links
- Man injured by half-tonne of falling bacon
- It seems a downside to bacon has been discovered.
- Minimum Wage Isn't 'Compassionate' To Poor, Young And Minorities
- I wasn't aware of Switzerland - "Switzerland is one of the few modern nations without a minimum-wage law. In 2003, the Economist magazine reported: 'Switzerland's unemployment neared a five-year high of 3.9% in February.' In February of this year, Switzerland's unemployment rate was 3.1%. A recent issue of the Economist showed Switzerland's unemployment rate as 2.1%. Most Americans today have never seen unemployment rates that low. However, there was a time when there was no federal minimum-wage law in the United States. The last time was during the Coolidge administration, when the annual unemployment rate went as low as 1.8%. When Hong Kong was a British colony, it had no minimum-wage law. In 1991 its unemployment rate was under 2%."
- Robocopters to the Rescue
- "The next medevac helicopter won't need a pilot" - It was kind of amusing to see IEEE Spectrum publishing an article on automated helicopters for search and rescue just after I'd posted an article suggesting they'd be great for the Canadian Arctic. Even if they're only semi-automated, you could also have have a separate pilot base in a non-Arctic (i.e. lower cost) area which manages a number of almost-entirely-automated bases.
- Mars water surprise in Curiosity rover soil samples
- "There is a surprising amount of water bound up in the soil of Mars ... Curiosity researcher Laurie Leshin and colleagues tell Science Magazine that Mars' dusty red covering holds about 2% by weight of water."