Archive for November, 2008
(Weather) The Troll A - A Record Breaking Gas Platform
No commentsBy Patrick Omari
Rising out of the North Sea where it takes a lashing from some of the roughest waters on the planet, the Troll A platform is one of the largest and most complex engineering projects in the world and, when it was towed into place in 1996, became the largest structure ever to be [...]
Our Search For Water On Mars (stormy weather) Has Turned Snowy
No commentsBy Aydan Corkern
For centuries it has been wondered by man whether or not there was life on the Martian planet or not. Now that we have actually been able to send a rover there to explore the surface of this intriguing planet, we believe now that at least there is no visible life there. The [...]
Computer Simulation of (weather forecast) the Human Population
No commentsBy Robert Webb
The power of computers is advancing at a rapid pace. Eventually, will we have the power to begin computer simulations of whole human populations? What would this mean economically if we were able to run these types of simulations? Could simulations of economic and political policies first be run on a computer before [...]
