Aug 28, 2009

TreeHugger Image credit:USA Today, Iraq lashed by sandstorms and battling drought Certainly the headline is a bit of hyperbole; but, the underlying point should not be lost. The human impact of climate change, combined with the demands of a burgeoning regional population may exceed that of insurrection in Iraq. As reported in The Gu (Read More)

Mar 22, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: The vertical takeoff and landing tiltrotor is yet another aerial configuration the military would like to add to its unmanned inventory. (Read More)

Mar 22, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: The airline industry experiences significant online fraud, according to figures released by CyberSource Corporation, a company that offers a hosted fraud management solution for online retailers. (Read More)

Mar 17, 2009

Slashdot krou writes "The BBC is reporting that a new study suggests that our mental abilities start to dwindle at 27 after peaking at 22, and 27 could be seen as the 'start of old age.' The seven-year study, by Professor Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia, looked at 2,000 healthy people aged 18-60, and used a number of (Read More)

Mar 17, 2009

www.guardian.co.uk Even without the overwhelming environmental case against airport expansion, the economic case is crumbling tooA few weeks ago, just ahead of the Heathrow decision, I wrongly predicted in my column in the Ecologist that Geoff Hoon might yet kick the third runway into the long grass.It seemed then that the most likely reason (Read More)

Mar 11, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: For decades, mystery has surrounded an elite secret society at Yale University called the Order of Skull and Bones. One of the organizations most storied legends involves the skull of Apache warrior Geronimo, who died in 1909 after two decades as a prisoner of war at Fort Sill, Okla. (Read More)

Mar 09, 2009

WebMD Health President Barack Obama signed an order Monday opening up federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, clearing the way for scientists to conduct broad experiments on the cells using taxpayer dollars.By signing an executive order, the president overturned a seven-and-a-half-year-old Bush administration policy that restr (Read More)

Mar 10, 2009

Gizmodo Once a new set of solar array wings are installed on the International Space Station, it will be the second brightest object in the sky, topping Venus and losing only to the Moon. The new wings, which will be the 4th an final set installed on ISS, will be used to provide 50% more power to run science experiments in space an (Read More)

Mar 10, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: Sea level rises could bust official estimates – that's the first big message to come from the climate change congress that kicked off in Copenhagen, Denmark, today. Researchers, including John Church of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, presented evidence that Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice fa (Read More)

Mar 07, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: A SKELETON exhumed from a grave in Venice is being claimed as the first known example of the "vampires" widely referred to in contemporary documents. Matteo Borrini of the University of Florence in Italy found the skeleton of a woman with a small brick in her mouth (see right) while excavating mass graves of plague victims (Read More)

Mar 05, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: A technique thought to be a promising cancer treatment is also being investigated as the basis for a Taser-like weapon that stuns for longer, New Scientist has learned. The technology involves short, nanosecond-long pulses of extreme voltage. (Read More)

Mar 05, 2009

wired-top-stories The Blockbuster is dead, long live the blockbuster. At least that's what the technology omens are saying. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Blockbuster Video, whose shares are trading below $1, is seeking advice on how to file for bankruptcy. Blockbuster counters it's only trying to get help to restructure its (Read More)

Mar 05, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: As they die and decompose, trees and soil in the Amazon rainforest have traditionally absorbed more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they've emitted. But it turns out that during a major drought in 2005, the Amazon put more carbon into the atmosphere than it soaked up. (Read More)

Mar 03, 2009

O'Reilly Radar Artist-Engineer Marc Bohlen uses some fairly advanced technology to express his artistic visions. It's not often you find an artist with a degree from CMU in robotics, or an engineer with an Masters in Art History. Bohlen's projects explore how people and technology interact, ranging from the bickering robots Amy and Klar (Read More)

Mar 04, 2009

Submitted by J Needlez: Surprise! Saturn Has Small Moon Hidden In Ring by The Associated Press NPR.org, March 3, 2009 · Scientists have found a new moon hidden in one of Saturn's dazzling outer rings. The international Cassini spacecraft spotted the moon, which measures about a third of a mile wide. (Read More)

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty (Winston Churchill)----Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.