Gizmodo:
I know Microsoft has only recently broken ground on Internet Explorer 9, but why would you ever release a graph in which you were the admitted worst at a task? The graph above is a JavaScript performance comparison in which t (Read More)
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news:
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the "solar tsunami.". (Read More)
Wired Top Stories:
Serious work has begun on Internet Explorer 9, the next revision of Microsoft’s flagship web browser.That sounds like good news, right? After all, IE8 has its moments, but it isn’t exactly a cutting edge browser. Certainly, a (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
The glass is aligned to concentrate the sun's rays, lighting the cannon's fuse at high noon. More pics here, and a very detailed .pdf from the British Sundial Society on so-called "noon cannons" here. [via Neatorama] (Read More)
Design Milk:
A Tribe Called Quest is not only one of my favorite hip-hop groups, but one of the best hip hop groups of all times! Their song “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo” is the perfect follow-up to the “Oh my god I lost my wallet” ki (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: A. Tortosa-Andreu and F. Moreno-Insertis A&A 507, 949 (2009) Received 27 April 2009 / Accepted 24 June 2009 Keywords: Sun: magnetic fields, Sun: chromosphere, Sun: photosphere, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), radiative t (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: N. Agueda, D. Lario, R. Vainio, B. Sanahuja, E. Kilpua and S. Pohjolainen A&A 507, 981 (2009) Received 29 March 2009 / Accepted 14 August 2009 Keywords: Sun: particle emission, Sun: flares, Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs). (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: A. Sandroos and R. Vainio A&A 507, L21 (2009) Received 2 September 2009 / Accepted 19 October 2009 Keywords: acceleration of particles, shock waves, Sun: activity, Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs), Sun: particle e (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: F. Rubio da Costa, L. Fletcher, N. Labrosse and F. Zuccarello A&A 507, 1005 (2009) Received 8 June 2009 / Accepted 10 September 2009 Keywords: Sun: activity, Sun: filaments, Sun: X-rays, gamma rays, Sun: coronal mas (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: P. Démoulin and S. Dasso A&A 507, 969 (2009) Received 5 June 2009 / Accepted 13 August 2009 Keywords: Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs), Sun: magnetic fields, interplanetary medium. (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: G. Dalakishvili, S. Poedts, H. Fichtner and E. Romashets A&A 507, 611 (2009) Received 6 May 2009 / Accepted 4 September 2009
Keywords: magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), magnetic fields, plasmas, Sun: solar wind. (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: X. H. Sun and W. Reich A&A 507, 1087 (2009) Received 20 May 2009 / Accepted 13 August 2009 Keywords: magnetic fields, polarization, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, ISM: magnetic field, ISM: structure. (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: D. MacTaggart and A. W. Hood A&A 507, 995 (2009) Received 20 July 2009 / Accepted 9 September 2009 Keywords: Sun: magnetic fields, magnetohydrodynamics, methods: numerical. (Read More)
Recent articles in Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Authors: M. Faurobert, C. Aime, C. Périni, H. Uitenbroek, C. Grec, J. Arnaud and G. Ricort A&A 507, L29 (2009) Received 21 September 2009 / Accepted 21 October 2009 Keywords: line: formation, techniques: high angular resolut (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Some of the geeks you know may say they prefer the sun and air, but at least a third of them are lying. Here are the types of gifts those people want. I should know; I'm one of them. Dyson Air Multiplier: Normal fans are fine (Read More)
TechRadar: All News Feeds:
At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Windows President Steven Sinofsky claimed that Internet Explorer 9 will enjoy a serious performance boost, but held back from promising any launch date.Micro (Read More)
Submitted by Chronotope
from Google Reader:
Seth Lipsky is ever-so-slowly resurrecting The New York Sun as a stripped-down, online-only version of the newspaper he ran between 2002 and 2008. “We plan to build it up,” he told me yesterday, referring to nysun.com.His mos (Read More)
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Ok so this is my kid - no saturation on Maya's hair here. it really does go this orange when the sun bounces off it!. (Read More)