Sunday, March 22, 2009

The New King Coal: The Unlikely Comeback Of The Mining Industry

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The Dosco machine bores access routes to the coal face at Daw Mill, the most productive colliery in British history. Last year it produced 3...

Could A Helmet Have Saved Natasha Richardson?

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Natasha Richardson. Andrew Crowley / Telegraph UK / Zuma From Time Magazine: There is still more speculation than information surrounding ac...

Knowing Blends Science Fact With Fiction (Beware: Spoilers!)

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From Popular Mechanics: In Knowing, numbers predict every major disaster for 50 years—and the upcoming end of the world. But just how much c...

How Pterosaurs Could Improve Robot Planes

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Hop, Skip, and Away: Paleontologist Michael Habib theorizes that pterosaurs, which lived between 250 million and 65 million years ago, used...

Earth's Future: Scary Ozone Scenario Thwarted

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Simulations of global ozone concentration show the real-world ozone layer (left) versus a "world avoided," in which CFCs had never...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

First 'Rule' Of Evolution Suggests That Life Is Destined To Become More Complex

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Spiny lobster. In complex crustaceans, such as shrimps and lobsters, almost every segment is different, bearing antennae, jaws, claws, walki...

Robot Octopus Will Go Where No Sub Has Gone Before

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From New Scientist: INVEST €10 million in a robotic octopus and you will be able to search the seabed with the same dexterity as the real ei...

Another Space Walk At The Space Station

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In this image from NASA TV, international crew members, from left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Russian cosmo...

Africans Came With Columbus To New World

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Skeletons that may represent the remains of crew members from Columbus' second excursion to the New World in 1493-94 were exhumed in 199...

Finding Twin Earths Is Harder Than Thought

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This artist's conception shows a hypothetical twin Earth orbiting a Sun-like star. A new study shows that characterizing a distant Earth...

Microsoft Launches New Version Of Internet Explorer

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From The Daily Mail: Microsoft has released its latest version of Internet Explorer, which is available free to download. Internet Explorer ...

Strange Particle Created; May Rewrite How Matter's Made

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A particle detector as big as a three-story house records the "debris" emerging from high-energy proton-antiproton collisions in t...

Romeo And Juliet's Balcony Opens For Weddings

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Well-Worn Juliet Statue The House of Juliet is the 13th century family home of the Cappello family who, according to legend, were the Capule...
Friday, March 20, 2009

Pink Elephant Is Caught On Camera

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The little pink calf was spotted in amongst an 80-strong elephant herd From The BBC: A pink baby elephant has been caught on camera in Botsw...

Go Play Outside To Recharge Yourself

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Interviewees: John Jonides and Marc Berman, University of Michigan Produced by Jack Penland– Edited by James Eagan Copyright © ScienCentral,...

Two Dying Red Supergiant Stars Produced Supernovae

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The Crab nebula is the result of a type II supernova explosion observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054. The nebula consists of the outer par...

More People In Love Than Previously Thought

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From Live Science: Romeo and Juliet would approve: A new study found that romantic love can stand the test of time. Though it is widely held...

Liquid Saltwater Is Likely Present On Mars, New Analysis Shows

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Droplets on a leg of the Mars Phoenix lander are seen to darken and coalesce. Nilton Renno, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oc...

The Quest To Make Hydrogen The Fuel Of The Future

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The world's first hydrogen fuel station in Reykjavik, Iceland, April 2003. Photo supplied by about.com From NOVA: Australia and many oth...

If Galaxies Are All Moving Apart, How Can They Collide?

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This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a collision between two spiral galaxies, NGC 6050 and IC 1179, in the Hercules constellation. NASA, ...