Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
In one fell swoop the European Space Agency has come up with something that is both a reason to continue space exploration and a potential solution to the Earth's energy needs.
It seems that the Cassini probe has sent back some really fascinating data from it's radar mapping of Saturn's moon, ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
I just read an interesting piece on space.com about plans to terraform Mars. That's right, there is actually serious talk about a project that it's proponents claim could be done by the end of the century, whose goal will be to turn Mars into a place with shirtsleeve weather ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
A company called "Holosonics" has come up with a form of advertising that's probably going to go down as the single most obnoxious idea that anybody has ever come up with. Their technology allows them to beam a focused sound channel directly into the heads of passers-by.
This means that ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
I saw a story on USA Today about so-called "suitcase nukes" that was basically calling into question the whole idea that small, portable nuclear devices might exist.
But government experts and intelligence officials say such a threat gets vastly more attention than it deserves. These officials said a true suitcase nuke ...
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