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Icelandic webcams show Grímsvötn volcano ash cloud envelop Reykjavík

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The Grímsvötn volcano ash cloud has reached Iceland's capital, according to images from a meteorological webcam in Reykjavík.

Grímsvötn eruption at 05:10 UTC on May 22, 2011. Credit: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response

Technology

First satellite images of Grímsvötn volcano suggest ash cloud drifting northwards

Darren McCarra9 years ago

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As Iceland’s latest eruption of Grímsvötn volcano begins to spread fear of a repeat of last year’s travel disruption caused by the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption, NASA has released two satellite images clearly showing the path of the eruption’s subsequent and potentially disruptive ash plume.

Grimsvotn volcano ash cloud via @hjortur

Meme

Fears Iceland’s Grimsvoetn volcano eruption may disrupt flights

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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Just over a year after Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano grounded thousands of flights across Europe another volcano, Grimsvoetn, has erupted.

Web

The most searched term on Google News in UK & Ireland during 2010 – “jesus loves you”

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

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“Jesus loves you” was the most searched term on Google News in the UK and Ireland in 2010, according to Google Insights for Search. In Ireland the term was 20 times more popular than “ireland“, the next highest ranking term. “Jesus loves you” even outranked search terms such as “gerry ryan“, “weather” and “haiti“. In the UK it was 10 times more popular than the second search term “news“.

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

According to 99 firms, 293.6 billion emails are sent every day. That figure probably doesn’t surprise you given the number of emails sitting in your inbox, hundreds if not thousands… Right? But among these emails are numerous malicious emails, designed to trick, scam and hack.

These emails are known as phishing emails, which in its simplest form can be described as a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

But there is good news, as we now have a guardian angel ready to look out for us. My guest today is the president and founder of Pixm, a company that provides real-time anti-phishing on log-in pages and shuts down an attack at the point of click, Arun Buduri.

And for our Neuron to Something piece, where we discuss a story relating to psychology and technology, we will look at a recent Pew Research Center survey, analyzing Americans’ feelings and perceptions relating to data collection.

Video from Buduri: Amazing mind reader reveals his ‘gift’