Posted by: twingecko56 on: March 17, 2010
Power plants are under more stress than ever to provide the world with electricity. A good portion of the power distributed goes towards a productive end, but as much as 20 percent of power used ends up doing nothing at all. So where does this energy go? Certain appliances and electronics, dubbed “vampires,” slowly sap [...]
Posted by: twingecko56 on: January 28, 2010
Mars rover Spirit is officially stuck after 10 months of effort were unable to get the vehicle moving. Engineers at NASA tried valiantly to pry out a wheel that got stuck in the martian soil, but the task proved to be impossible with the two other crippled wheels that the rover was sporting. The incredibly [...]
Posted by: twingecko56 on: January 21, 2010
California has been preyed upon by violent and tumultuous storms nonstop for the last three days. Mudslides and floods have occurred in many places along the west coast. Meteorologists claim that the El Nino effect is causing changes in the winter jet stream. El Ninos are natural occurrences that take place when the ocean and [...]
Posted by: twingecko56 on: November 19, 2009
The Planetary Society, located in California, has just unveiled their plans for a second attempt at propelling a spacecraft with photons. The ingenious design, dubbed LightSail-1, uses a large, reflective surface to “sail” on the light waves produced by the sun. The pressure of the photons on the sail would cause the craft to accelerate [...]
Posted by: nici on: November 5, 2009
I saw this robot on “Youtube”- I have to tell you, that was amazing! Aldebaran Robotics’ Project Nao aims to make available to the public, at an affordable price, a humanoid robot with mechanical, electronic, and cognitive features. Initially, delivered with basic behaviors, the Nao robot will be introduced on the market as the ideal [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: May 11, 2009
The US space agency said it would be launching a dangerous mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday to service the telescope that has been orbiting Earth for about 19 years. The HST has helped astronomers acquire a boundless amount of information pertaining to the universe since its launch but has had to previously [...]
Posted by: pendletonpanther on: April 23, 2009
The US Army tests flying snipers; in this sniper there are semi automatic guns, it also has a high velocity sniper gun. This sniper can be controlled by a Microsoft Xbox 360 controller. This will give the ground base solider the ability to shoot people down from the ground which will be pretty cool. The [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: April 23, 2009
I have always been a huge fan of staying hydrated and drinking a lot of water. I knew it was good for your body, but it turns out that there are more benefits than I knew. One benefit that will appeal to a lot of Americans is that drinking water helps reduce fat. Water helps [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: April 20, 2009
World renowned scientist, Stephen Hawkings, was sent to hospital after experiencing chest problems today. The 67 year-old professor from Cambridge University has had motor neurone disease for over 40 years and is one of the longest known survivors. He is currently wheel-chair bound and speaks with the help of a voice synthesizer. The famous physicist had come [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: March 19, 2009
The cure is here. Finally scientists have created a laser gun that could kill millions of mosquitoes in a matter of minutes. For anyone who has ever been fishing or anyone who has been active during the summer knows how annoying and painful it is to be attacked by those blood-sucking insects. The laser was [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: March 18, 2009
On Sunday, March 15th, the space shuttle Discovery, and its seven-member crew, took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The launch took place at exactly 7: 43 p.m. and could be seen from all over the East Coast. The space shuttle’s mission is to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: March 16, 2009
After many delays in the process, the discovery space shuttle was finally launched on Sunday by NASA at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It is said to be one of the last human space missions for a very long time. The Space Program might be shut down for a while due to lack of government funding. This [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: February 25, 2009
One of the most spectacular sights on the night sky can be observed right now. The comet Lulin, which was discovered by young Chinese astronomer Quanzhi Ye in July of 2007, approached Earth at a very close distance on Tuesday night and is still visible. Even thought this distance was about 61 million kilometers or [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: February 18, 2009
An American communications satellite collided with a non-functional Russian one that used to serve the same purpose spewing debris everywhere. It added to the junk humans have already spewed into space. The incident is the first of its kind to have taken place between two man made satellites. It occurred 490 miles above Siberia. People are [...]
Posted by: dirkr on: February 11, 2009
According to this article, an Audubon Society Study found that more than 305 bird species, especially robins, gulls, chickadees and owls in North America are moving about 35 miles north of where they lived half a century ago. The reason for this was found a long time ago and it is because of urbanization, [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: January 22, 2009
This past Sunday a new creature never known of and never seen before was discovered in the deep see waters of Australia. The scientist said that they discovered new marine animals, meaning that there is more than one, ocean-dwelling spiders and bizarre carnivorous sea squirt were some of the creatures that were found. These creatures [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: December 3, 2008
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1863342,00.html The article that I have read was about the new pill created by medical scientists to help people who experience jet lag to come into the normal rhythm of life faster. In my opinion this is one of the best pills that I had ever heard about. I know what it feels like after 24 [...]
Posted by: hannahshulla on: November 13, 2008
A small college in Holland, Michigan has been shut down until tomorrow because at least 400 people on campus came down with a Noro-like virus. Health Officials closed Hope College, a liberal arts college with 3,200 undergrads, when 8% of the student body became ill. because Though there wasn’t a formal quarantine, Health Officials have [...]
Posted by: hannahshulla on: November 9, 2008
An American scientific study recently conducted concluded that the hands of women contain a wider variety of germs than the hands of men. The study also shattered the pervious prevailing thought about the amount of germs that live on human hands. The scientists who conducted the study said they did it in part to show [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: October 22, 2008
Apparently, the world is going to end and we are ALL going to die on December 21st, 2012. There are many rumors and beliefs but the scientific basis of this theory stated that in the year 2012 the Earth and Sun will be at the center of the Milky Way, and will cross over the [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: October 21, 2008
This year Japan hosted the robot exhibition called Robo Japan 2008. There were more than 100 different types of robots that were made for various purposes. Asimo, for example, was programmed to be a waiter, and Wakamaru was a robot-made. Invented by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, this robot can talk and copy people’s movement. Another great [...]
Posted by: sallywatson on: October 15, 2008
Researchers have recently found out that drinking can lead to the shrinking of your brain over time. As you get older your brain shrinks a small percentage naturally, but alcohol can significantly decrease the percentage brain mass. It was thought that drinking a moderate amount of alcohol would slow down the process of brain shrinking, [...]
