The laser reflects off of dust and other small particles in the air. If you shine a laser pointer through dusty or smoky air you can see the effect clearly.

What, we don't have that already?? Where are the voices coming from then?

Hey! They have me in the wrong spot. I wasn't there that day.

"let's be glad the world doesn't concern itself with this stuff as much."

The yield numbers were probably the total for that series of tests.

That whisk doesn't look like it would be hard to duplicate using a 3D printer and a few strands of ABS or PLA, can't really vouch for it being "food safe" though.

Armadillo aerospace did it a couple of years ago with a smaller rocket as well.

Best "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby.

If you look up the technology and techniques used with harvesters they are actually better for the forest than conventional methods.

Seems like a 2" line on solid stream would have dealt with the guy reasonably well.

Metric and S.A.E.?

I guess underground space in Tokyo is also relatively scarce. Some Japanese cities have large underground bike garages. This is one in downtown Himeji.

Just hose everything down with WD-40, it'll all be good.

FINALLY!! Robots will serve a useful purpose.

In theory at least this should be carbon neutral(ish). Burning the gas generated would release the bound up CO2 back into the atmosphere. The power needed to run the generation process would likely produce the most "new" CO2.

"shutting down turbines entirely to meet energy demands generally wasn't even a consideration."

That's what I was expecting when I read the headline.

Most scientific cameras are black and white, even the cameras on Curiosity. The color is created by taking images through filters and then processing those images to add the appropriate colors. The processing is done after the image is transmitted back to Earth.

Oh come on! It's obvious what it is.

Powdered milk is used commonly in areas that don't universally have refrigeration in the home. Note that this is from a middle eastern food blog. I have met people from Latin America and the Caribbean who regularly used powdered milk also. It is also a good way to stretch a grocery budget, just mix powdered milk,…