Saturday, May 28, 2011

FYI: Why Are Escalators So Dangerous?

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Crikey! Hazardous Crocs Getty Images/Washington Post From Popular Science: The escalator was patented in 1892, and the design hasn’t changed...
Friday, May 27, 2011

New Theory On How The Hawaiian Islands Were/Are Formed

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Hot lava spills into the sea from under a hardened lava crust on the Big Island of Hawaii (file picture). Photograph by Patrick McFeeley, Na...

Has The Universe's 'Missing Mass' Been Found?

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This NASA illustration photo shows stars that are forming in a dwarf starburst galaxy located about 30 million light years from Earth. A 22-...

A Closeup Of Black Hole Jets

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Centaurus A Black Hole Jets This composite of visible, microwave (orange) and X-ray (blue) data reveals the jets and radio-emitting lobes em...

American Demographic Changes

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America's Tomorrow from PolicyLink on Vimeo . The Changing Face Of America: Time-Lapse Map Reveals How Non-Whites Will Become The Majo...

A New 'Distant Object' Candidate Is Discovered

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Researchers have unveiled a gamma-ray burst detected by NASA's Swift satellite in April 2009 as the latest candidate for the most distan...

Did The Military Cause The Tornadoes That Devastated Joplin, Mo.?

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Tornadoes Caused by Military?: Recent Events Fuel Conspiracy Theories -- ABC News It's an astonishing claim: The tornado that ravaged Jo...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Moon Is Filled With Water

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Scientists at Brown University found super-tiny melt inclusions in lunar soil samples that opened the door for measurements that revealed th...

Babies And Their Ability To Reason

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A baby watches objects bounce around an enclosure during an experiment on infant cognition. CREDIT: L. Bonatti & E. Teglas Babies Are Ca...

Skeleton Of Amazon Warrior Discovered In Scotland

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Photo: Re-constructed heads of an unknown female and of a medieval knight whose skeletons were found during the recent refurbishment of the...

Robot's Supersonic Air Jets Allow It To Climb Most Surfaces

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Video: Robot's Supersonic Air Jets Allow It To Climb Just About Any Surface -- Popular Science Many wall-walking robots mimic natural ad...

Orion-Type Capsule Picked For Deep NASA Space Missions

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Photo: The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, or MPCV, shown with a launch escape rocket and service module. NASA plans to develop the capsule for...

U.S. Congress Getting Ready To Tax The Internet

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How Will States Tax Internet Downloads? Congress May Decide -- Epicenter Here’s an interesting conundrum, posed by Representative Dennis Ros...

NASA's Mars Rover Spirit To Be Shut Down

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NASA's Mars rover Spirit, shown in an artist's rendering, was expected to serve a three-month mission, but it provided scientists wi...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Smallpox Eradication Decision Is Deferred Again

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The viral disease was eradicated over 30 years ago. BBC Smallpox-Destruction Deadline Delayed For 3 Years -- Wall Street Journal Global heal...
Monday, May 23, 2011

It Seems That Man Has Been At War With His Fellow Man For A Very Long Time

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Bronze Age relic: Archaeologists have found the remains of around 100 bodies in the Tollense Valley in northern Germany, including this frac...

Lots Of Multi-Planet Systems Found In Kepler Planet Hunt

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This artist rendering provided by NASA shows a solar system comparison of the Kepler 11 solar system and ours. NASA/AP Surprise Find In Kepl...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Endeavour Cleared After Heat Shield Inspection

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Photo: The space shuttle Endeavour conducts a flip maneuver to allow inspection of its heat shield tiles, prior to docking at the Internati...

Free-Floating "Planets" Are More Common Than What Is Believed

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The "rogue" planets act as lenses, bending the light from distant stars 'Free-Floating' Planets Found With No Star In Sigh...

What If The Rapture Happens

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According Christian tradition, the rapture is the day when believers will ascend to heaven and be rewarded with everlasting life. CREDIT: Dr...