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Free radical Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 3:29AMRachel Wolf acts as matchmaker between groups of parents who want to start a new school and organisations that could run them. She is not a Conservative, she says, so what motivates her? Ever since the Tories set up their city technology colleges in the 1980s, no prospective government can go into a general election without a promise to establish a new kind of school. We've had grant-maintained ...
When Supersonic Is Just Too Slow Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:51AMNew York to Los Angeles in 37 minutes? The Air Force, Boeing and United Technologies prepare to fly a hypersonic jet.
This Earth Day, Avatar Comes to DVD, Without Special Features but With Disposable Packaging Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:14AMAmong Avatar's many messages (something about American Indians? Vietnam? Fern Gully?), an environmentalist overtone proved most important to the movie's plot and thrust. Fox will be releasing its first of three separate DVD and Blu-ray releases on Earth Day, as a tie-in. It's true, the theme here is green--just not the green you're thinking of. As one of the most successful movies of all time ...
Discovery/BBC's 'Life' shows rarely viewed nature scenes Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 8:45PMDiscovery/BBC's 'Life' shows rarely viewed nature scenes
Interrogating The Asteroid Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 8:34PMby Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2010 Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.
Planet 51 Blu-ray Review Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 7:15PMHumans invade in this quirky CG sci-fi homage.
Casteban Nostromo Watch: The Gears Of More Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 6:02PMTo be honest, I’m sad and disappointed that there haven’t been more watches inspired by the Alien spaceship before. But the Casteban Nostromo was clearly worth the wait. It’s even got crystal windows on its sides. (more…)
Interview: V.V. Brown - Singer, Songwriter & Producer Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:18PMWhen beauty, brains, and business savvy are mixed together, life graces us with the presence of “total package” artists like V.V. Brown. A native of Northampton, England, Brown’s musical journey brought her to the United States on the heels of several massive accolades, including a ...
XpanD Debuts Universal 3D Glasses Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:03PM“The main problem with display-linked active glasses,” says Ami Dror, CSO of XpanD, “lies within the incapability to use these glasses with a 3D TV that is manufactured by another brand.” Read more... (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/lcd-hdtv-news/xpand-debuts-universal-3d-glasses.html)
Needham's High Rock School students learn about engineering at Waltham's Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:31PM Sixth-grade students from Needham’s High Rock School spent the day at the Waltham headquarters of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger on March 13 learning about engineering and even getting the opportunity to build their own little bridges. The Waltham engineering firm is hoping these little bridges lead many of them to consider an engineering career.
Falcon 9 rocket is successfully test-fired, clearing a milestone Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:01AMSpace Exploration Technologies' Falcon 9 rocket being test-fired on a refurbished oceanside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo: Reuters.
Red Bulls' new stadium brings hope for soccer in New York and New Jersey Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 1:40AMThere it is in the middle of nowhere, a silvery spaceship with a steel caterpillar crawling across the top. Red Bull Arena, the future of soccer in America and the New York area, rises alone outside downtown Harrison, N.J.
GZA, MGMT and The Strokes Appear In Devendra Banhart Video Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 10:24PMDevendra Banhart’s new video ‘Baby’ features guest appearances from MGMT’s Andrew Van Wyngarden, The Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti and former Wu-Tang rapper GZA.
Avatars In Space Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 7:26PMby Staff Writers for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 This year, much of the buzz surrounding the 82nd Annual Academy Awards was focused on the technological achievements of James Cameron's Avatar.
Thrusters in Space [Starts With A Bang] Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 7:22PMBart: Go, Dad, go! Lisa: How doth the hero, strong and brave, a celestial path to the heavens paved! (The family stares at her.) Lisa (dejected): Go, Dad, go. -The Simpsons Last week, I got a question from one of my online friends, cmgraves . His question was straightforward: How do thrusters work in space? On Earth, when we want to speed up, slow down, change our direction, or to change our ...
Nvidiaâs 3DTV Play Brings 3D Blu-rays to your HTPC Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 6:36PMIf you’re using an HTPC as your main source of entertainment, you may have felt a little left out by the whole 3D Blu-ray thing. With all the focus on 3D Blu-ray players, there hasn’t been much talk about 3D on PC. If you’re using an Nvidia graphics card though, you’re covered.
New Release: Baby Dee: A Book of Songs for Anne Marie Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 4:37PMArtist: Baby Dee Album: Book of Songs for Anne Marie Release Date: April 20 Label: Drag City Tracklist : 01 Overture 02 Love's Small Song 03 A Book of Songs for Anne Marie 04 Lilacs 05 Unheard of Hope 06 Black But Comely 07 And Anne Marie Does Love to Sing 08 Endless Night 09 Set Me as a Seal 10 As Morning Holds a Star 11 An Early Spring 12 Morning Fire Notes: New album from this New York singer ...
10 natural formations that might've been built by ancient aliens Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 3:40PMThe theory that alien astronauts visited Earth a long time ago has always been a hot sci-fi topic, with numerous franchises and hit films built around the notion that aliens gave us a cultural kick in the rear. What's puzzling is that in none of these franchises do aliens advise man to turn down housing loans he can't afford. Scientists believe this is because ancient aliens were dicks.
MGMT, GZA Guest in Trippy New Devendra Banhart Video Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 3:36PMEDIT: Ron Winter directed the video below, and Greencard Pictures produced it. In the adorably tripped-out new video for Devendra Banhart 's lilting "Baby" , Devendra and his bros (including MGMT 's Andrew VanWyngarden and the Strokes ' Fabrizio Moretti ) travel in a cigarette-shaped spaceship through what looks like a planet's butthole , whereupon they party with animated aliens, a baby, and ...
SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:48PMCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit, the company said.
Cracking open five of the best open source easter eggs Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:24PMA number of humorous yet undocumented features are hiding beneath the surface of some of the most popular open source software applications. Although easter eggs are generally easy to spot when you can look at an application's source code, there are a few that aren't widely known. Google's Goats Unbeknownst to most users, Google's Chrome Web browser is powered by a distributed array of goats. In ...
Private rocket cleared for debut mission Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:05PMSPACE Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit.
A Stunning Landscape, Seen Mostly From Afar Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:59PMFinal Fantasy XIII is a milestone of artistic conception and technical execution that has been egregiously undermined by obstinately prosaic overall design.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-15 01:13 UPDATE 1-SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:43PMBy Irene Klotz
SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:31PMCAPE CANAVERAL, March 15 — Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit, the company said. The 3.5-second ‘static’ firing of the Falcon’s nine kerosene and liquid oxygen-burning motors took place on a refurbished ...
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-15 01:00 CORRECTED-SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:29PMBy Irene Klotz
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-15 00:51 CORRECTED-SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:12PMBy Irene Klotz
Play video games at work? I'd rather make a cup of tea Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 7:13PMSpaceships on your spreadsheets are fun, says Todd Nash, but there are easier ways to waste time at work I've been sitting at my desk for half an hour trying to guide a tiny spaceship between two lines of a graph in a computer game disguised to make it appear as though I'm hard at work. If anyone walks over I press the spacebar and it disappears. Despite the fact I've not had cause to create a ...
SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:56PMSpace Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit
Helium leak could delay April 5 Discovery launch Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:59AMCAPE CANAVERAL — A helium leak in one of shuttle Discovery's hump-like rocket pods cropped up this weekend, and if it can't be fixed at the launch...
Helium leak could delay April 5 shuttle launch Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 7:52AMCAPE CANAVERAL — A helium leak in one of shuttle Discovery's hump-like rocket pods cropped up this weekend, and if it can't be fixed at the launch pad, NASA might be forced to return the spaceship to its hangar and indefinitely delay an April 5 launch.
Services before and after birth are available Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:09AMJohn DeSantis Senior Staff Writer HOUMA — High death rates for infants locally and throughout Louisiana give valid cause for concern at many levels. But despite the grim numbers there are ample examples of how local health-care providers are meeting the need for a focus on babies and mothers.
Gamers take their best shots at tournament Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 4:08AMDaly Quinn raced into the gunfight head-on, injured but alive, with a load of blue grenades and 36 rounds in his battle rifle.
CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: 'Twinkle' shines as colorful, fun book for young readers Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:30PMAuthor of more than 125 books for children, North Carolina author Joan Holub adds another bright star to her literary sky with “Twinkle, Star of the Week.”
Lucky 13 Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:13PMBILOXI — More events are scheduled to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13 in April than saluted the anniversary of the first moon landing of Apollo 11.
Wintering in Florida, Prince Mongo draws a colorful line in the sand Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:00PMA dozen violation notices hang as warnings next to the front door, like fallen enemy soldiers strung up outside the castle walls.
St. John Group intros the Cabasse Ambrose 3 Loudspeaker Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:28PMThe Altura MC series, made up of the Iroise 3 and Egea 3, got a new addition today with the introduction of the Ambrose 3. This slick L/C/R loudspeaker is available now exclusively from St. John Group.
Media opportunity: ESA presents European participants in 520-day simulated mission to Mars Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:33PMA crew of six, including two Europeans, will soon begin a simulated mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary spaceship, a Mars lander and a martian landscape.
The World's Greenest Homes Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:09PMFrom a 5,000-square-foot family home in rural New York to majestic hillsides outside Santiago, Chile, with stops in Hamburg, Hong Kong and Seattle; Planet Green goes inside some of the most environmentally and aesthetically conscious homes in the world. Here's a look at a select few.
Stealth in Space, pt. 2 [Built on Facts] Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:59PMIn the Stealth in Space post earlier this week, we discussed the problem of detecting the thermal emission from a spacecraft. If the interior isn't generating a lot of power, there's not much thermal radiation being emitted, making it a tough job to detect. But it was pointed out in the comments that the heat from the sun would itself warm the spacecraft exterior, increasing the thermal ...
Bright lights near 91 freeway delight, distract Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:23AMANAHEIM HILLS – Motorists heading east along the 91 freeway toward Riverside County after dark are greeted by banks of bright lights that illuminate the freeway and the steep hills south of the freeway – creating an impressive light show that...
ESA Presents European Participants in 520-day Simulated Mars Mission Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:22AMBackgroundExtensive preparationsThe upcoming 520-day isolation study is the key part of the Mars500 program that began back in 2007. The first phase in November 2007 was a 14-day simulation that mainly tested the facilities and operational procedures. The second phase followed in 2009, when four Russian and two European crew-members were shut into the facility for 105 days on 31 March. One of ...
Mission Would Return Sample From Asteroid 'Time Capsule' Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:21AMMeet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began.
CDC Games Plans to Launch New Wormhole Expansion Pack for EVE Online in Second Quarter Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:19AMBEIJING & ATLANTA----CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation and a pioneer of the “free-to-play, pay for merchandise” model for online games in China, announced today it plans to launch an expansion pack for EVE Online, called Wormhole, in the second quarter of this year.
Review: Citroen DS3 Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:55AMThe DS3 is a Citroen supermini and the first instalment in the manufacturer’s DS sub-range. Related Stories Review: Audi A1 Review: Honda Jazz 1.4i Review: Peugeot 207 S16 Some TLC for Loris Yamaha's big trailie unleashed
Review: Citroen DS3 Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:29AMThe DS3 is a Citroen supermini and the first instalment in the manufacturer’s DS sub-range. Related Stories Some TLC for Loris Yamaha's big trailie unleashed
Prospective ISS crew take exams outside Moscow Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:12AMThe crew of the next expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) and their backups have begun pre-flight exams, the cosmonaut training center outside Moscow said on Thursday. "Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Korniyenko and Tracy Caldwell of the United States will take their exam inside an ISS model," the Interfax news agency quoted a source with the center as saying ...
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:07PMIf you've yet to visit the bizarro world inhabited by Anton Newcombe and his loopy crew, hitch a ride on this...
Top 10 TV Hangouts Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:49PMWhere everybody knows your name... CJ Stewart Whenever a show’s characters need a retreat from the daily grind, where do they turn to? They turn to their favorite hangout spots. Almost every show has one, whether they’re a comedy, drama, or science fiction, though it’s often the comedy shows that have the most memorable hangout settings, thanks to these places’ abilities to let the characters ...
Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule' Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:27PMMeet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.