Eighteen new exoplanets found by the Keck ground-based telescope
Eighteen new exoplanets found by astronomers using the Keck ground-based telescope.
Year: 2011
Teenager forced to miss flight because the TSA was terrified of the gun design on her purse
Idiots: A teenager was forced to miss her flight because the TSA was terrified of a raised image of a gun on her purse.
How to build a washing machine for interplanetary travel
How to build a washing machine for interplanetary travel.
Mysterious Metal Object Crashes Through Roof of Warehouse
Junk from space? A mysterious three pound metal object crashed through the roof of a Massachusetts warehouse yesterday.
Europe has ceased its effort to contact Phobos-Grunt
Bad news: Europe has ceased its effort to contact Phobos-Grunt.
The Eiffel Tower could be transformed into a giant green “jungle” covered in 600,000 plants as part of an environmental scheme.
An engineering company specializing in ecological projects has a plan to turn the Eiffel Tower into a giant green “jungle” covered in 600,000 plants.
A crab that grows its own food
A crab that grows its own food.
In the deep ocean off the coast of Costa Rica, scientists have found a species of crab that cultivates gardens of bacteria on its claws, then eats them. The yeti crab — so-called because of the hair-like bristles that cover its arms — is only the second of its family to be discovered. The first — an even hairier species called Kiwa hirsuta — was found in 2005 near Easter Island.
Mountains and buried ice on Mars
Mountains and buried ice on Mars.
New images from the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express orbiter allow a closer inspection [of the Phlegra Montes mountain range] and show that almost every mountain is surrounded by ‘lobate debris aprons’ – curved features typically observed around plateaus and mountains at these latitudes. Previous studies have shown that this material appears to have moved down the mountain slopes over time, and looks similar to the debris found covering glaciers here on Earth.
Mitt vs. Newt
Charles Krauthammer: Mitt vs. Newt.
A thoughtful and worthwhile analysis of the pros and cons of both men.
Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
An evening pause:
Dawn soars over Vesta in 3D
Dawn soars over Vesta in 3D.
More budget battles in Europe over $16 billion fusion reactor project
The budget battles continue in Europe over funding a $16 billion fusion reactor project.
Now the three statutory bodies of the European Union have agreed to cobble together €360 million from anticipated unspent funds in the still-to-be-decided 2013 budget. Another €840 million will be found by shifting money from 2012 and 2013 budget lines for farm and fishing subsidies, rural development, and environment, into the ones covering research. The remaining €100 million had already been allocated to ITER in the 2012 budget.
Sounds to me as if this whole thing has feet of clay, and is going to fall apart long before completion.