Earth is getting 50,000 tonnes lighter every year, even while 40,000 tonnes of space dust fall on our planet’s surface during the same period. So, why are we losing so much weight?
On February 6, 2012, In Gadgets, by wxstowa
Earth is getting 50,000 tonnes lighter every year, even while 40,000 tonnes of space dust fall on our planet’s surface during the same period. So, why are we losing so much weight?
On February 3, 2012, In Apple, by Lobo
USA Today reviewer Edward C. Baig describes his experience using the first Multi-Touch digital textbooks published for the iBooks 2 for iPad app, noting that they are “engaging in ways that were simply not possible with the textbooks I grew up with.” Baig likes the portability, updatability, and low pricing of iBooks 2 digital textbooks and touts specific features like instant search, highlighting, bookmarking, and interactive graphics. Writes Baig, “It’s better to see an animated tour of the genome in E.O
USA Today reviewer Edward C. Baig describes his experience using the first Multi-Touch digital textbooks published for the iBooks 2 for iPad app, noting that they are “engaging in ways that were simply not possible with the textbooks I grew up with.” Baig likes the portability, updatability, and low pricing of iBooks 2 digital textbooks and touts specific features like instant search, highlighting, bookmarking, and interactive graphics. Writes Baig, “It’s better to see an animated tour of the genome in E.O
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Apple Scores with Digital Textbooks and App
On February 2, 2012, In Gadgets, by GoveroOrzel581
By now you’re probably used to all the spectacular nightime timelapses from the International Space Station . But this one demonstrates that the show is just as amazing during the day
By now you’re probably used to all the spectacular nightime timelapses from the International Space Station . But this one demonstrates that the show is just as amazing during the day
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From Space the Earth Eats the Moon
On February 1, 2012, In Gadgets, by AshleyOrr
Two and a half miles under the Earth is Lake Vostok, which hasn’t seen the light of day in 20 million years. It’s taken almost 20 years of drilling, but Russian scientists are about to break through and explore the lake at the bottom of the world. More
Two and a half miles under the Earth is Lake Vostok, which hasn’t seen the light of day in 20 million years. It’s taken almost 20 years of drilling, but Russian scientists are about to break through and explore the lake at the bottom of the world. More
On January 27, 2012, In Gadgets, by isabellamichelman
Google’s bringing a number of changes to its Earth service courtesy of version 6.2, including Google+ integration and improvements to search. Most notable here, however, is a new method of rendering that stitches aerial photos together in a manner less patchy than before, making for “the most beautiful Google Earth yet,” according to the company. The new version is available now for download — more info in the source link below
Google’s bringing a number of changes to its Earth service courtesy of version 6.2, including Google+ integration and improvements to search. Most notable here, however, is a new method of rendering that stitches aerial photos together in a manner less patchy than before, making for “the most beautiful Google Earth yet,” according to the company. The new version is available now for download — more info in the source link below
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Google upgrades Earth with better rendering, teaches it to sing in perfect harmony
On January 27, 2012, In Gadgets, by LagoryGeberth
Astronomers are saying that we shouldn’t be concerned about 2012 BX34, the asteroid they were surprised to detect on Wednesday.
Astronomers are saying that we shouldn’t be concerned about 2012 BX34, the asteroid they were surprised to detect on Wednesday.
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Surprise Asteroid Passing Really Close to Earth Right Now (Everyone’s OK So Far?)
On January 25, 2012, In Gadgets, by MarkBass75
NASA has released a new Blue Marble image, showing the United States of America.
NASA has released a new Blue Marble image, showing the United States of America.
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"The Most Amazing Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever," Says NASA
On January 20, 2012, In Gadgets, by wordek13
I’m concerned about anti-bacterial soap. People slather that stuff on and think they’re doing everyone a solid, but they’re actually contributing to the evolution of resistant bacterial strains. Oh yeah?
I’m concerned about anti-bacterial soap. People slather that stuff on and think they’re doing everyone a solid, but they’re actually contributing to the evolution of resistant bacterial strains. Oh yeah?
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NFL Team Logo Mats Are Your Cleanliness-Is-Next-to-NFL-iness Deal of the Day
On January 18, 2012, In Gadgets, Technology, by KerryParry
There’s no superhero origin story that begins with a bite (or a lick ?) from a gecko. Plain ‘ol wall climbing powers are, it seems, just not as sexy as wearing skintight suits, slinging webs and crawling up buildings.
There’s no superhero origin story that begins with a bite (or a lick ?) from a gecko. Plain ‘ol wall climbing powers are, it seems, just not as sexy as wearing skintight suits, slinging webs and crawling up buildings.
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The Amazing Gecko-Man: a superhero future made possible by probable science
On the plus side, the fish needed additional space probe parts. On Sunday night, fragments of Russia’s Phobos-Grunt probe landed in the Pacific Ocean 1,250 kilometers to the west of Wellington Island in southern Chile around 17:45 GMT. The probe, which experienced a failure with its launch rocket machinery on November 8, had become marooned in Earth’s orbit, destined to crash back home.
On the plus side, the fish needed additional space probe parts. On Sunday night, fragments of Russia’s Phobos-Grunt probe landed in the Pacific Ocean 1,250 kilometers to the west of Wellington Island in southern Chile around 17:45 GMT. The probe, which experienced a failure with its launch rocket machinery on November 8, had become marooned in Earth’s orbit, destined to crash back home.
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Russian space probe crashes in Pacific Ocean, fish reportedly startled