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Hubble celebrates 19th anniversary with fountain of youth

Over the past 19 years Hubble has taken dozens of exotic pictures of galaxies going "bump in the night" as they collide with each other and have a variety of close encounters of the galactic kind. Just when ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4




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Curiosity and the solar storm

On Nov. 26th, Curiosity blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas 5 rocket. Riding a plume of fire through the blue Florida sky, the car-sized rover began a nine month journey to search for signs of life ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Listening to the stars

It is almost night on the island of Puerto Rico. Astronomer Joanna Rankin raises her head toward the sky. A few of the brightest stars shine through blue cracks in a ragged dome of gray clouds. To her back, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Woman to begin Antarctic crossing, awaits weather

(AP) -- A 33-year-old British adventurer preparing for a historic solo crossing of Antarctica was waiting at a base camp for the weather to improve on Sunday in order to begin her long journey on skis.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

NASA'S NPP satellite acquires first ATMS measurements

The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) on board NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on November 8, 2011. The image shows the ATMS channel 18 data, which ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft engineer envisions computers that adapt to us

For decades, we controlled computers with a mouse and keyboard. The plastic mouse became a prosthetic for our hand, and the keyboard an extension of our fingers.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Web-radio specialists reel in traditional-radio clients

Like Levi Strauss, who got rich selling goods to immigrants during the Gold Rush, the founders of Triton Digital are making their fortune by providing the technology to radio companies wanting to mine digital gold.

Technology / Business

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Jerusalem's first light rail line draws big crowds

Excited crowds filled the streets of Jerusalem on Friday as hundreds of people rose early to try out the Holy City's first-ever light rail system which finally opened its doors to the public.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

One electron could be key to furture drugs that repair sunburn

Researchers who have been working for nearly a decade to piece together the process by which an enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA have finally witnessed the entire process in full detail in the laboratory.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Interview: Dr. Ben Goertzel on Artificial General Intelligence, Transhumanism and Open Source (Part 2/2)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Ben Goertzel is Chairman of Humanity+; CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the open-source OpenCog Artificial General Intelligence ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 52 | with audio podcast feature

NASA prepares satellite for a new era of Earth observation

On Christmas Eve in 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts orbiting the moon snapped an ethereal photo of our cloud-speckled blue planet rising over the lunar horizon with a hand-held camera.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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