Thursday, September 15, 2011

Tiny Robot To Attempt The Hawaii Ironman Triathlon

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Tiny Robot To Attempt Hawaii Ironman Triathlon -- MSNBC/Reuters ...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Precious Metals On Earth May Have Come From Asteroids

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Artist's impression of the Earth during the period of the terminal bombardment. CREDIT: Julian Baum/Take 27 Ltd Asteroids May Have Broug...

Will We Now Be Able To Control Fear?

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A) Schematic cross-section of a mouse brain showing the distribution of CRHR1 gene activity and the associated neurotransmitter specificity....
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

How 9/11 Inspired New Robots

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The PackBot, first used in response to 9/11, helps explore an overheating nuclear plant in Japan this year. How 9/11 Inspired A New Era Of R...

A Computer That's As Clever As A Human?

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Rollo Carpenter, the inventor of the Cleverbot Has Inventor Made A Computer That's As Clever As A Human? -- The Independent Rollo Carpen...

Supernova 'Of A Generation'

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This Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101, known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, was released in 2006. Newscom/File...

Arctic Sea Ice Falls To A Record Low

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Ice thickness is just as important or more so in helping understand what is happening in the far north Photo: AP/John McConnico Arctic Sea I...

The Evolution Of Micro-Air-Vehicles (MAV)

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Cyborg Beetle Aktakka, et al. via PhysOrg Scientists Fit Cyborg Beetles With Generators That Turn Their Own Wings Into Power Plants -- Popul...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

World's First Commercial Spaceport Is Now 90% Completed

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Phase One Of World's First Commercial Spaceport Is Now 90% Completed - In Time For First Flights In 2013 -- Daily Mail Phase one of the ...

Quantum Computers Closer to Reality Than Ever

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Chip for Quantum Computing The two black squares are the qubits, or processor; the center meandering line is the quantum bus; and the latera...

How Stem Cell Test-Tube Techniques Will Save The Northern White Rhinos

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Tragic: Northern white rhinos are extinct in the wild. This photo, taken in 2000, is of a young male with his mother Najin at a Zoo in the E...
Monday, September 5, 2011

Why The Arctic Will Be A Strategic Hotspot In The Future

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(Click on Image to Enlarge) Unlocked By Melting Ice-Caps, The Great Polar Oil Rush Has Begun -- The Independent Trillions are at stak...

Why Are Women's "Boobs" Getting Bigger?

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Mystery Behind Mega Boobs Revealed! -- Times of India Scientists in the UK are trying to figure out why women's breasts are gettin...

India - Pakistan Border Is So Brightly Lit It Can Be Seen From Space

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( Click on Image to Enlarge ) Spectacular: The International Space Station image captures the floodlit border between India, above the ora...

A Stroke Prevention Pill?

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Photo: Pradaxa is now available for use in the UK New Pill To Stop Strokes -- Express.co.uk A PILL costing less than £3 a day is bei...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Impact Of High-Density Reactive Materials (HDRM)

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High-Density Reactive Material (HDRM) missiles increase the chances of a "catastrophic kill," according to US military scientists....
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

NASA Moon Rocket Could Cost $38 Billion

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In this undated photo provided by NASA, the Orion space capsule is displayed at a Lockheed Martin test facility in Colorado. (Getty Images /...

Temporarily Reversing Aging In The Immune System?

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Researchers have discovered a new mechanism controlling aging in white blood cells. The research opens up the possibility of temporarily rev...

Earth's Gravity Is Being Altered By Melting Glaciers

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In this image, the location of the successive calving fronts of Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier between 1851 and 2009 are overlain...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A One-Armed Personal Robot For The Rest Of Us

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PR2 SE Half the arms, nearly half the price. Willow Garage Willow Garage Introduces Discount PR2 SE, a One-Armed Personal Robot for the ...