Thursday, February 18, 2010

Wind Turbines Make Their Own Clouds (Another Reason You Might Not Want One On Your Doorstep)

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The wind farm at Scroby Sands off East Anglia is shrouded in sea fog caused by its spinning blades From The Daily Mail: An offshore wind far...

U.S. Wargamers Wrap Up Massive Cyberattack Drill: "We Are Not Prepared"

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West Wing Situation Room Planning for a hopefully better tomorrow Christopher Morris/White House Museum From Popular Science: Washington ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Rhythm of Our Star

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An image taken at dusk with TON (Taiwan oscillations of networks). The profile of the house is real. (Credit: Image courtesy of Instituto de...

The Physics Of Figure Skating

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Pairs skaters at the Italian overall 2009 Figure Skating Championships. Credit: Dreamstime From Live Science: To see physics in action in ev...

Medical Potential Of IPS Stem Cells Exaggerated Says World Authority

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IPS cells were named the breakthrough of 2008 From Times Online: The medical potential of reprogrammed stem cells that do not require the de...

Tutankhamun: Now We Know Who The Mummy's Mummy Was

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The Viscera Coffin of Tutankhamun, one of four made for the Egyptian king. Getty images From The Independent: Secrets of Egyptian boy king...

British Scientists Discover 'Secret To Ageing' Bringing New Hope To Old-Age Sufferers

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Scientists said the discovery would unlikely provide an elixir of eternal life in the near future. From The Telegraph: The secret to ageing ...

Only In Vegas: The Magic Carpets Designed To Keep You Awake And Gambling

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The outrageous carpets do nothing to distract gamblers at Las Vegas's most popular casinos From The Daily Mail: Las Vegas is well-known ...

Google Buzz 'Breaks Privacy Laws' Says Watchdog

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From The BBC: A leading privacy group has urged US regulators to investigate Google's new social networking service Buzz, one week after...

Verizon Users To Get Skype In Late March

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From PC World: Verizon Wireless has joined forces with Skype, and its subscribers will be able to start making calls using Skype on nine sel...

"Cyber ShockWave": The U.S. Fails In Cyberwar Game

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West Wing Situation Room Planning for a hopefully better tomorrow Christopher Morris/White House Museum U.S. Wargamers Wrap Up Massive Cy...

A Ping-Pong-Playing Terminator

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Match Point: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters From Popular Science: Meet TOPIO 3.0, the ping-pong-playing robot. Made by Vietnam’s first-ever robot...

Concrete Phase Of Runway Begins At Spaceport America

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From Space Daily: The first batch of concrete was poured Thursday, February 11, marking the start of the final concrete finish phase of the ...

Particle May Be Leading Candidate For Mysterious Dark Matter

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Closeup of a CDMS detector, made of crystal germanium. (Credit: DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) From Science Daily: Science Dail...

Why People Fake Illness

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From Live Science: In 2008, a Baltimore woman named Dina Leone shared shocking news with her friends and family: she had been diagnosed with...

Digital Handcuffs For Apple Ebooks?

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From L.A. Times: Apple's old digital rights management software (DRM), FairPlay, is slated to make a comeback with the e-books it will b...

Adam Aims To Take Bite Out Of Apple In iPad War

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From Times Online: It has already brought the world a £1,400 car, now India is set to release an “iPad for the masses” — a new tablet comput...

How The MP3 Became A Combat Weapon

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From The Guardian: Aditya Chakrabortty on the platoons' playlists on the Iraq frontline. CJ Grisham and his friends used to love Eminem ...

Parents To Blame For Women 'Unlucky In Love', Claim Scientists

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The study could explain why some women such as Jennifer Aniston, remain unlucky in love. Photo: Reuters From The Telegraph: The reason w...

Mystery Of The Giant Honeycomb Built In A Wood By Thousands Of Bees In Freezing February

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Sweet success: The incredible honeycomb built by bees despite the freezing weather at Holly Hill, Fareham, Hampshire From The Daily Mail: I...