Friday, February 11, 2011

All The Digital Data In The World Is Equivalent To One Human Brain

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Supercomputer An IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer rack. Wikimedia Commons From Popular Science: If you could put all the data in the world onto...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A Glimpse Into World's Biggest Wind Tunnel

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The massive propellers, weighing a tonne each, are 24 metres in diameter and can get up to speeds of 230 rotations a minute Rare Glimpse Int...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Swimming With Polar Bears

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Within touching distance: Children swim incredibly close to two enormous polar bears at a rescue centre with a difference in Ontario, Canada...

Facebook Moving To Menlo Park From Palo Alto

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Facebook to Find New Home in Menlo Park City -- TMCnet Facebook on the move: Company relocating to former Sun Microsystems headquarters Mark...

Winter Scuttles Effort to Reach Ancient Arctic Lake

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(Credit: Getty Images) From CBS News: In a race against the clock, Mother Nature won. A Russian team that has been toiling around the clock ...

Solar Physicists Will Soon have Their First 360-Degree View Of Our Star

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Image: The Stereo satellites are already feeding data into space weather forecasts Stereo Satellites Move either Side Of Sun -- BBC Two US ...

View the World's Art Without Leaving Home

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From ABC News: Google Partners With 17 International Museums for Art Project. Next time you want to get yourself some culture, you won't...

The Secret Life Of Bees

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Many plants produce toxic chemicals to protect themselves against plant-eating animals, and many flowering plants have evolved flower struct...

Human Genome Turns 10

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Human Genome Turns 10: 5 Lessons Learned -- Live Science Ten years ago this month, in what was heralded as the opening to a new era in human...
Monday, February 7, 2011

Computer Pioneer Ken Olsen Dead At 84

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Ken Olsen (Credit: Computer History Museum) From The CBS News: Ken Olsen, co-founder of the defining technology company of a bygone era, Dig...

Say Hello To The Bloodhound Supercar

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Construction Begins On Bloodhound Supercar -- BBC Construction work formally begins this week on what is expected to be the world's fast...

Space Shuttles To Be Used By The Private Sector?

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Endeavour Rolls Out Space Shuttle Endeavour rolls to the launch pad at dawn a year ago for STS-130, which delivered the Tranquility node to ...

Roaches Inspire Robotics

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Locusts like these in Eilat, Israel, are inspiring future robotic advances. (Credit: Photo by Prof. Amir Ayali) Roaches Inspire Robotics: Re...

A Satellite Network Is One Way To Bypass An Internet Shutdown

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Could Satellites Bypass an Internet Shutdown? -- Live Science Online censorship and Internet kill-switches could meet their match if satelli...

Governments Seek Veto Powers Over New Domain Names

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U.S. Seeks Veto Powers Over New Domain Names -- CNET News The Obama administration is quietly seeking the power for it and other governments...

Robot On The Moon?

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SpaceX to the Moon Lunar X Prize Private Company Wants To Put A Robot On The Moon Next Year -- Popular Science A private company aims to sen...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Using Google Earth To Find Archaeological Secrets

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Google Earth Finds Saudi Arabia's Forbidden Archaeological Secrets -- The Telegraph An armchair archaeologist has identified nearly 2,00...

NASA Discovers Six-Planet Solar System

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Multi-planet systems are extremely rare, and none with more than three planets have ever been found, until now. Credit: NASA/Kepler mission/...

The Google - Apple Tablet Wars Continue

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Photo: Motorola's Xoom tablet will be the first built around the honeycomb release of Android Google Eyes Apple In Tablet War -- BBC Go...

Should The Super Bowl be Televised In 3D

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Should the Super Bowl be shot and broadcast in 3D? Why We're Glad The Super Bowl Isn't In 3D -- Popular Mechanics You may have notic...