Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Dogs Better Than Human Walking Companions

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From Future Pundit: No surprise here. Oh, and cats aren't getting you any exercise. Is it better to walk a human or to walk a dog? ...

Engage The X Drive: Ten Ways To Traverse Deep Space

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The VASIMR ion engine could - if powered by an onboard nuclear reactor - take astronauts to Mars in just 39 days (Illustration: Ad Astra Roc...

Europe's Mars Missions Get Final Go-Ahead

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From The BBC: Member-states of the European Space Agency (Esa) have given final approval to revised plans to explore Mars. There have been p...

Nathan Myhrvold's Anti Global Warming Scheme

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From Associated Content: Nathan Myhrvold is a former technology officer for Microsoft who has found his own company, Intellectual Ventures, ...

The Air Force's Next-Gen Bomber

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The B-2 It's bad, but the brass wants something badder. The next-generation of bombers will conduct extensive intelligence, surveillance...

17 Movies We're Geeked Out For in 2010

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From Popular Mechanics: If you thought 2009 was a great year for movies, look out for 2010: From high-tech spy thrillers to mind-melters to ...

Over 50% Of The USA Is Now Covered In Snow

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UPDATE: The East coast snowstorm seen from space From Watts Up With That? : The Mid-Atlantic states were completely white on Sunday, Decembe...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Black Holes In Star Clusters Stir Up Time And Space

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An artist's representation of the burst of gravitational waves resulting from the collision of a colliding pair of black holes. (Credit:...

Dinosaur Packed Venom In Fangs

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Caption: The dinosaur Sinornithosaurus (left) might have used venom delivered with its teeth to help it hunt birds. Credit: Robert DePalma. ...

Crowd-Sourcing Comes Of Age In The DARPA Network Challenge

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Photo: M.I.T. MEDIA LAB'S RED BALLOON CHALLENGE: From left to right: Anmol Madan, Galen Pickard, Riley Crane, Alex ("Sandy") P...

Australian Government Plans Internet Censorship

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From New Scientist: Australians will soon find their internet access routed through a government-run filter designed to block access to a se...

Czech Zoo Sends Rare Northern White Rhinos To Kenya

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From the BBC: Four rare Northern White rhinos have been flown from a Czech zoo to Kenya, in a desperate attempt to save the species from ext...

7-Eleven Hack From Russia Led to ATM Looting in New York

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From Threat Level: Flashback, early 2008: Citibank officials are witnessing a huge spike in fraudulent withdrawals from New York area ATMs —...

Exxon, DNA Pioneer Join On Algae Biofuels

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Image: Algae as biomass for biofuel are become more attractive to investors and developers. From CNN: (CNN) -- ExxonMobil is teaming up wit...

Winter Solstice 2009: What It's All About

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A statue greets the 2003 winter solstice sunrise in San Juan Bautista, California. Newscom/FIle From Christian Science Monitor: Winter solst...

World's Oldest Known DNA Discovered

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DNA from 419-million-year-old bacteria may have belonged to the descendants of the world's first life forms (Source: iStockphoto) From ...

Obama Pledges Billions For Rural Broadband

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President Obama has pledged billions to extend America's rural broadband access. Photo: AFP From The Telegraph: President Barack Obama ...

Rethinking Artificial Intelligence

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From R&D: The field of artificial-intelligence research (AI), founded more than 50 years ago, seems to many researchers to have spent mu...

Computer Algorithm Identifies Authentic Van Gogh

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From Science Daily: Science Daily (Dec. 21, 2009) — Igor Berezhnoy of Tilburg University in the Netherlands has developed computer algorithm...

The Real Reason Cell Phone Use Is Banned On Airlines

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From Live Science: Airline passengers who sneak in cell phone calls, play with gaming devices or listen to their mp3 players during takeoff ...