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Submission + - BBC reports an active glacier is found on Mars

Submitted by

ddelmonte

on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @12:38PM

ddelmonte writes: "Showing an image from the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, a new image shows a perspective view of a possible glacial feature located in Deuteronilus Mensae. The full story including quotes from the ESA scientists is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7151190.stm"

Comment Re:Not completely artifical (Score 1) 240

by C0y0t3 on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @03:35PM (#21742440) Attached to: Synthetic DNA About To Yield New Life Forms

What about beri beri?

Submission + - XKCD 'Dream Girl' Meetup (remote.net)

Submitted by

Fireflymantis

on Monday September 24, 2007 @02:06AM

Fireflymantis writes: "In yet another example of Randall Munroe, author of the popular webcomic XKCD manipulating reality. A large meetup in boston was spurred today due to one of his comic strips which turned a small park in Boston into a bustling center of geekdom. Check out the photos and smile.

Everything went smooth, no velociraptor attacks occured (though there was one there, it seemed to be just want to dance), and it goes to show that sometimes wanting something actually can make it real."

Submission + - Seven CIA Vets Challenge 9/11 Commission Report (opednews.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 24, 2007 @12:09AM

An anonymous reader writes: http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alan_mil_070922_seven_cia_veterans_c.htm

Seven CIA Veterans Challenge 9/11 Commission Report

September 23, 2007 — Seven CIA veterans have severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and have called for a new investigation. "I think at simplest terms, there's a cover-up. The 9/11 Report is a joke," said Raymond McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA, who chaired National Intelligence Estimates during the seventies. "There are a whole bunch of unanswered questions. And the reason they're unanswered is because this administration will not answer the questions," he said. McGovern, who is also the founder of VIPS (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity), is one of many signers of a petition to reinvestigate 9/11.[1]

Submission + - Mystery illness from meteor crash is solved. (nationalgeographic.com)

Submitted by Technician on Sunday September 23, 2007 @09:33PM

Technician writes: The meteor that crashed in Peru caused a mystery illnesses. The cause of the illness has been found. The meteor was not toxic. The ground water it contacted contains arsenic. The resulting steam cloud is what caused the mystery illness. "The meteorite created the gases when the object's hot surface met an underground water supply tainted with arsenic, the scientists said." http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.html There is a very good photo of the impact crater in the article. The rim of the crater is lined with people for a size comparison.

Submission + - SPAM: Desktop/server virtualization on the cheap

Submitted by alphadogg on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @11:08PM

alphadogg writes: 10 free virtualization tools, including open source offerings and even something from Microsoft. [spam URL stripped]- virtualization-tools.html

Submission + - Navy now mandated to consider FOSS as an option

Submitted by

lisah

on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @10:57PM

lisah writes: "In a memorandum handed down from Department of the Navy CIO John Carey this week, the Navy is now mandated to consider open source solutions when making new software acquisitions. According John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software Institute, this is the first in a series of documents that will also address 'development and distribution issues regarding open source within Navy IT environments.'"

Submission + - Space: Kill NASA and Really Explore Space (whattofix.com)

Submitted by

Daniel Markham

on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @10:49PM

Daniel Markham writes: "Has NASA outlived it's usefulness? As a space fan, I remember all the promises made over the years about where we were going: a dozen-shuttle space fleet with launches every week, a lunar base, spaceflight for everyone. None of that is happening, however, and perhaps it's time for us to rethink whether or not we're getting what we're paying fo.

Do we have a National Telescope Agency to handle research by telescopes? Do we have a National Ocean Agency for all science that happens on the ocean? Then why have a Space Agency that owns all space science?

"

Submission + - I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby sentenced to 2.5 (yahoo.com)

Submitted by d34thm0nk3y on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @09:33PM

d34thm0nk3y writes: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

From the article:
Libby was convicted in March of perjury and obstruction of justice for lying to investigators about his conversations with reporters about CIA official Valerie Plame. Fitzgerald questioned Bush and Cheney in a probe that became a symbol of the administration's deepening problems.

Submission + - Will Apollo mistakes be made with Mars?

Submitted by

MattSparkes

on Monday February 26, 2007 @10:10AM

MattSparkes writes: "In some ways the Apollo 11 mission was a great success; the astronauts got back to Earth safely after walking on the moon. However, it was a massive disaster in terms of quarantine procedures — the astronauts had to leave the landing capsule to enter the quarantine module, after it was found that the crane on board the ship wasn't strong enough to raise it. Would NASA be able to protect the Earth from Martian pathogens if it successfully returns soil samples from the Red Planet?"

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