Scotteh - Slashdot User

Comment: Building materials far from the sun (Score 1) 418

by Scotteh on Friday August 29 2008, @08:13AM (#24793247) Attached to: Nuclear Decay May Vary With Earth-Sun Distance

I wonder what kind of new building materials would be available if we colonized a planet such as Mars or perhaps Pluto or something far from a star. Perhaps the perfect building material is no good on earth because of nuclear decay?

Spore Creatures Now Outnumber Known Earth Species 128

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 16 2008, @01:21PM
from the does-not-count-the-hollow-earth-creatures dept.

GBC writes "AFP is reporting that, as of a week ago, the number of creatures in the "Spore" database exceeded the number of known species on Earth. They are created using 'Creature Creator,' which is available in a free (with limited parts) or paid download at the Spore website. Will Wright seems extremely happy with the progress so far: 'We hit 100K in 22 hours and a million by the end of the first week. The numbers are just blowing us away.'"