[QUOTE=ewmayer;365712]First measurable rain in the SF bay area last night in 54 days, perhaps 0.10" where I live ... no more on tap for at least the.next few days, so were it not for that little squall, January would have been entirely rainless. Crazy.[/QUOTE]Here's the situation round these parts. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25963002[/url]
Cambridge is just in the 175-200% area.

[QUOTE=xilman;365741]Here's the situation round these parts. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25963002[/url]
Cambridge is just in the 175-200% area.[/QUOTE]

So that's where it all went! Could you folks be convinced to return the misdirected shipment to its intended recipients?

[QUOTE=ewmayer;365778]So that's where it all went! Could you folks be convinced to return the misdirected shipment to its intended recipients?[/QUOTE]

Postage due? :wink:

[QUOTE=ewmayer;365778]So that's where it all went! Could you folks be convinced to return the misdirected shipment to its intended recipients?[/QUOTE]Please drop by and you can have as much as you want. Remember to bring a big bucket with you.

[url]http://www.livescience.com/42985-underwater-fairy-rings-explained.html[/url]

More shipments gone astray
 

[url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-09/record-rains-in-queensland27s-far-north/5247892[/url]
[QUOTE][B]Record breaking rains hit Queensland's far north[/B]
In the last seven days 1.2 metres of rain has been recorded in Kowanyama.
The weather bureau says it is the highest monthly total since 1918.[/QUOTE]
Meanwhile we've had <20mm this year so far, and we're not the worst off.

Most of what fell at Kowanyama will have gone out to sea by now, but it's [URL="http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ60801/IDQ60801.94268.shtml"]still raining[/URL] gently there this morning, if you want to take a bucket. I'll pass, it's 3000km by road & I think SWMBO has something else for me to do today, but you can have my share.

[url]http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17936[/url]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/30/268732774/book-news-two-poems-by-greek-poet-sappho-discovered"]Book News: Two Poems By Greek Poet Sappho Discovered[/URL]

[URL="http://www.futurity.org/neanderthal-genome-lives-skin/"]NEANDERTHAL DNA LIVES ON IN OUR SKIN[/URL]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/01/29/268171016/a-little-acid-turns-mouse-blood-into-brain-heart-and-stem-cells"]A Little Acid Turns Mouse Blood Into Brain, Heart And Stem Cells[/URL]

[URL="http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/02/black-death-left-mark-human-genome?rss=1"]Black Death Left a Mark on Human Genome[/URL]

[URL="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57618329-48/glucose-based-battery-has-10-times-energy-of-lithium-researchers/?ttag=fbwp"]Glucose-based battery has 10 times energy of lithium[/URL]

[URL="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2014/01/31/suspicious-virus-makes-rare-cross-kingdom-leap-from-plants-to-honeybees/"]Suspicious Virus Makes Rare Cross-Kingdom Leap From Plants to Honeybees[/URL]

[URL="https://medium.com/p/6cf7ec0ed28b"]New Type of Star Emerges From Inside Black Holes[/URL]

[URL="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/demis-hassabis-the-secretive-computer-genius-with-the-750-million-brain-20140130-31o31.html"]Demis Hassabis: the secretive computer genius with the $750 million brain[/URL]

[URL="http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/nanotechnology/first-single-molecule-led"]First Single-Molecule LED[/URL]

[URL="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20140123/NEWS0101/301230033/Computer-programming-would-satisfy-foreign-language-requirement-under-Kentucky-bill?nclick_check=1"]Computer programming would satisfy foreign-language requirement under Kentucky bill[/URL]

[QUOTE=rogue;366686][URL="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20140123/NEWS0101/301230033/Computer-programming-would-satisfy-foreign-language-requirement-under-Kentucky-bill?nclick_check=1"]Computer programming would satisfy foreign-language requirement under Kentucky bill[/URL][/QUOTE]Hey! Learning a programming language doesn't involve many of the complex and subtle differences/similarities between natural languages.

Arecibo Observatory Emergency Repairs
 

Sorry if this has been posted before. This is the first I've seen of it.

[url]http://phys.org/news/2014-02-arecibo-observatory-emergency-earthquake.html[/url]

The description of the cables supporting the telescope is making me think of the SF [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28John_Varley_novel%29"]"Gaea"[/URL] series by John Varley.

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/science/giant-laser-complex-makes-fusion-advance.html"]Giant Laser Complex Makes Fusion Advance, Finally[/URL]

[URL="http://petergreenberg.com/2014/02/10/winter-olympic-sports/"]From Curling to Biathlon: Where You Can Try the Wackiest Winter Olympic Sports[/URL]

[URL="http://ph.news.yahoo.com/video/science-unveils-master-painters-secrets-141914488.html"]Science unveils master painters' secrets[/URL]

[URL="http://www.openculture.com/2014/02/what-did-charles-darwin-read.html"]What Did Charles Darwin Read?[/URL]

[URL="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3cfdd166-9379-11e3-b07c-00144feab7de.html#axzz2tiSvEWVX"]The Ray Charles effect[/URL]

[URL="http://pressroom.usc.edu/how-our-brain-networks-research-reveals-white-matter-scaffold-of-human-brain/"]How our brain networks: Research reveals white matter “scaffold” of human brain[/URL]

[URL="http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/smartphones-productive-tool-or-distractive-device"]Are smartphones productive tools or distractive devices?[/URL]

[URL="http://news.psu.edu/story/303296/2014/02/10/research/nanomotors-are-controlled-first-time-inside-living-cells"]Nanomotors are controlled, for the first time, inside living cells[/URL]