Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Eclipse Of The Century Live Online Tonight

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From Wired Science: The century’s most dramatic solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow swath of Asia and the Pacific Ocean later today...

Evolutionary Origins of Your Right and Left Brain

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In the human brain the left hemisphere controls language, the dexterity of the right hand, the ability to classify, and routine behavior in ...

China Dust Cloud Circled Globe In 13 days

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People ride amid sandstorms in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region May 26, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily From Reuters: HONG KONG (Reuters) ...

Risk Of Huge Pacific Ocean Tsunami On West Coast Of America Greater Than Previously Thought

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The city of Sitka, Alaska. The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast of America may be greater than previously though...

Comet Killed Ice Age Beasts

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The nanodiamonds were found on the island of Santa Rosa, which was linked to three of the Northern Channel Islands off the southern Californ...

Five Human Achievements That Could Top Walking on the Moon

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Free Fusion Energy?: The National Ignition Facility Target Room From Popsci.com: Forty years after Apollo 11, a look forward at the world-ch...

Google Earth Launches Interactive 3D Moon Atlas To Celebrate Apollo Landings

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A view of the moon in the new feature of Google Earth 5.0 From The Daily Mail: It’s exactly forty years ago today that Neil Armstrong took m...

Jupiter Sports New 'Bruise' From Impact

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Infrared observations taken at the Keck II telescope in Hawaii reveal a bright spot where the impact occurred. The spot looks black at visib...

Photo Of Space Shuttle's Belly Shows Dings

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From Scientific American: Before docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, space shuttle Endeavour performed a backflip ...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Asia Will Witness 21st Century's Longest Eclipse

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The Sun’s corona, pictured from Siberia during a 2008 eclipse. Jay M. Pasachoff, William G. Wagner, and Hana Druckmülerová From AP: BANGKOK ...

Buzz Aldrin, First Man (To Pee) On The Moon

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Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin deploys a foil sheet for collecting solar particles near the Eagle lunar lander in ...

Apollo Astronauts Bemoan State Of U.S. Space Program

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Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin (C) speaks at the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and his walk on the moon while at the NASA Headquar...

How Did Moon Travel Change Astronauts?

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Photo: For some lunar astronauts, traveling to the moon led them to new spiritual and philosophical sensibilities and even new career paths...

New Geothermal Heat Extraction Process To Deliver Clean Power Generation

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PNNL's introduction of a metal-organic heat carrier, or MOHC, in the biphasic fluid may help improve thermodynamic efficiency of the hea...

Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Top Quotes From The Mission That Put Man On The Moon

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Buzz Aldrin faces the camera as he walks on the Moon Photo: REUTERS From The Telegraph: Apollo 11 reached the moon's surface 40 years...

Laser Technology Creates New Forms Of Metal And Enhances Aircraft Performance

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Photo : Dr. Chunlei Guo of the University of Rochester stands in front of his femtosecond laser. (Credit: Walter Colley Studio) From Science...

How Penguins & Seals Survive Deep Dives

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Emperor penguins diving beneath the dive holes at the Penguin Ranch. Credit: Kathi Ponganis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD Fro...

2010: A New Space Odyssey Beckons

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From The Independent: The world is on the verge of new manned exploration of the solar system – and, this time, environmentalists are backin...

40 Years Later, Moon Still Giant Leap For Mankind

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In this July 1969 file photo, Astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks by the footpad of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. (AP/Photo, NASA, file) From Yahoo N...

July Eclipse Is Best Chance To Look For Gravity Anomaly

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From New Scientist: From remote observatories on the Tibetan plateau to a cave in a Shanghai suburb, Chinese researchers are poised to condu...