Dark Matter May Have Been Detected

Seeded on Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:55 AM EST (Science Daily)

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despite abundant evidence for its influence, no one has ever observed dark matter directly. There are several possibilities for the composition of this mysterious, omnipresent matter. Particle physics theory points toward WIMPs as one of the most likely candidates.

energy, space, physics, science, black-hole, cosmos, mass, dark-matter, universe, cosmology

Now a Stationary Research Platform, NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Starts a New Chapter in Red Planet Scientific Studies

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:17 PM EST (nasa.gov)

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WASHINGTON -- After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.

science, red-planet, spirit, scientific-studies, stationary-research-platform, nasa-mars-rover

Electric Icarus: NASA Designs a One-Man Stealth Plane

Seeded on Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:07 PM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)

A super-quiet, hover-capable aircraft design, NASA's experimental one-man Puffin could show just how much electric propulsion can transform our ideas of flight. It looks like nothing less than a flying suit or a jet pack with a cockpit.

technology, nasa, puffin, flying-suit

Brazil opens world's first ethanol-fired power plant | Reuters

Seeded on Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:25 PM EST (Reuters)

State-run oil giant Petrobras and General Electric Co, which helped design the plant, are betting that increased use of ethanol generation by green-conscious countries will boost demand for the product.

brazil, environment, power-plants, world-first-ethanol-fired-power-plant

Proof of Martians 'To Come This Year'

Seeded on Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:57 AM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)

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Final proof that Mars has bred life will be confirmed this year, leading NASA experts believe. The historic discovery will come not on Mars itself but from chunks of the red planet here on Earth. More Articles

us, egypt, space, life, mars, water, nasa, science, fossil, red-planet

Microsoft Opens up CES...With a Whimper

Thu Jan 7, 2010 10:54 AM EST

By Brian Ford (Clipped by harshpaul)

CES. The biggest consumer electronics show in the world, boasting a lengthy history of important product introductions. The Nintendo Entertainment System? DVD? The camcorder? Blu-Ray? Virtual Boy? (On second thought, scratch that last one.)

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technology, microsoft, xbox, slate, ces, keynote, tablet, steve-ballmer, natal, game-room

Once Again, The AP Tries To Redefine Fair Use; Goes After Shepard Fairey For Obama Poster

Seeded on Fri Feb 6, 2009 1:42 AM EST (TechCrunch)

The Associated Press is on the wrong of a fair use argument again. It is actually going after artist Shepard Fairey for his iconic Obama poster, which it recently discovered was based on an AP news photograph by Mannie Garcia.

ap, politics, fair-use, copyright-infringement, obama-poster

Shelby sets out to build Ultimate Aero EV, the world's fastest electric car

Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:11 PM EDT (Engadget)

Who needs to be "green" when you can go really, really fast? Well, Shelby Supercars figures it can have it both ways, with an all-electric version of the Ultimate Aero, the Ultimate Aero EV.

technology, shelby, supercar, fastest-car, fastest-electric-car, ulitmate-aero-ev

Video of the Moon Passing in Front of the Earth Taken From 31 Million Miles Away

Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:02 PM EDT (Gizmodo)

this video is so astounding. It's a video of the moon passing directly in front of the Earth, taken by NASA's EPOXI spacecraft from a whopping 31 million miles away.

technology, nasa, moon, earth, epoxi-spacecraft, video-of-moon-passing-earth

Can you turn teeth into sperm?

Seeded on Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:58 AM EDT (NewScientist)

COULD sacrificing a tooth enable some infertile men to father children? That's the goal of researchers in Brazil, who suggest that stem cells from human teeth can be coaxed into becoming sperm by being injected into the testes of mice.

science, sperm, human-teeth

Lunar rocks reveal water on the moon 40 years after they were brought back to Earth

Seeded on Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:42 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Moon rocks brought back during the Apollo missions nearly 40 years ago have revealed water existed there from the very beginning, scientists reported today.

science, moon, water-on-moon, lunar-water, apollo-mission, moon-rocks-prove-existence-of-water

When a vibrating mobile turned out to be a bat in a bra

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 8:02 AM EDT ()

Bats roost anywhere that appears dark and safe, including inside a bra, a British woman has found from personal experience.

odd-news, bats, bat-in-a-bra

Toddlers saying "yuk" to spicy food maybe branded as racists

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 12:55 AM EDT ()

Toddlers who dislike spicy food from overseas could soon be branded as racists by the National Children''s Bureau, which receives 12 million pounds a year, mainly from Government funded organisations.

odd-news, racism, racist-toddlers

DIY satellites take smaller and smaller steps for mankind

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 6:29 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

The satellites are each the size of a normal fridge. Once they break away from the ex-Soviet rocket the five will form a constellation but their purpose is far from astrophysical.

technology, satellites, diy-satellites

For Better or Worse, Sex in Space Is Inevitable

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 2:26 AM EDT ()

Weddings in space could be right around the corner, and experts figure the inevitable cosmic consummation will be just around the next corner.

space, nasa, odd-news, sex-in-space

UK's most spammed man loves his spam!

Seeded on Sun Jul 6, 2008 2:57 PM EDT (IBN)

A British bus company mechanic relishes the fact that he receives six million junk e-mails a year. Forty years old Colin Wells has revealed that he started to receive 50 spam e-mails a day after signing up with an internet provider in 1999.

odd-news, spam, most-spammed-man, colin-wells

EUROPEANS! You have until MONDAY to contact your MEP and save the EU from a three-strikes copyright rule!

Seeded on Sat Jul 5, 2008 2:48 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

Back-room dealings in the European Parliament have resulted in a "three strikes" rule being included in a new telecoms bill -- the rule would force ISPs to kick people who've been thrice accused of copyright infringement off the Internet.

technology, eu, europe, freedom, net-neutrality, isps, three-strikes-rule

Forget crop circles, this incredible sand drawing spans THREE MILES of desert

Seeded on Sat Jul 5, 2008 7:24 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Spiralling off across the Nevada desert, these huge geometric shapes are an amazing three miles in diameter. Created using only common garden implements and wooden sticks, the stunning creation is the most ambitious of many sand sculptures made by 47-year-old Jim Denevan.

arts, nevada-desert, sand-drawings, jim-denevan, sand-drawing-in-nevada

Hitachi working on 5TB hard drives, values human brain at 10TB capacity

Seeded on Fri Jul 4, 2008 9:09 AM EDT (Tech Digest)

Hitachi is continuing to push on the limits of hard disc drive technology, despite the continual threat from solid state memory devices, and expects to have a five terabyte HDD available by 2010.

technology, hitachi, hard-drives, 5tb-hard-drive, human-brain-memory-capacity

Scientists create roundest object in the world, may redefine Kilogram

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:42 AM EDT (NewScientist)

The unusual balls, discussed last week at the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation conference in France, were created as an answer to the "kilogram problem".

science, sphere, roundest-object, si-standards

Reptile that has survived since the dinosaurs is doomed by climate change

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:56 AM EDT (the Mail online)

A unique species of reptiles that has roamed the Earth since the time of the dinosaurs could soon be wiped out due to climate change. Global warming is threatening to turn all the ancient creatures into males by 2085.

science, climate-change, tuatara

And the world's happiest country is...

Seeded on Wed Jul 2, 2008 3:21 PM EDT (Stuff.co.nz)

Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers have said. Zimbabwe, torn by political and social strife, is the least happy, while the world's richest nation, the United States, ranks 16th.

denmark, world-news, happiest-country-in-the-world

First images of solar system's invisible frontier

Seeded on Wed Jul 2, 2008 3:05 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

Mapping the region by means of neutral, or uncharged, atoms instead of light "heralds a new kind of astronomy using neutral atoms," said Robert Lin, UC Berkeley professor of physics and lead for the suprathermal electron sensor aboard STEREO.

science, solar-system, space-exploration, heliosheath, heliopause

Shape-shifting 'Chemical Robots' under development

Seeded on Tue Jul 1, 2008 4:17 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

Tufts University has received federal funding to develop chemical robots that will be able to squeeze into spaces as tiny as 1 centimeter, then morph into something 10 times larger, and ultimately biodegrade.

technology, robots, chemical-robots, chembots, shape-shifting-robots