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Submission + - Vibrations on the Sun may 'shake' the Earth (newscientist.com)

Submitted by

mencomenco

on Wednesday August 22, 2007 @05:24PM

mencomenco writes: "What do dropped mobile phone calls, mysterious signals in undersea communications cables, and tiny tremors on the Earth have in common? They are all caused by vibrations on the Sun, according to one team of scientists, reported in New Scientist. But other researchers question the claim, arguing that the pulsations may never escape the Sun's surface in the first place."

Submission + - Infinity does not = Infinity 1

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David Greenspan

on Friday July 20, 2007 @03:27PM

David Greenspan writes: "Scientific American has a story on infinity coming in different sizes(aka Cantor's Paradox). It's an article that would make my old philosophy teacher happy. Read On"

Submission + - Restored Saturn V: Apollo workhorse at NASA JSC (itwire.com.au)

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WaltonNews

on Friday July 20, 2007 @01:13PM

WaltonNews writes: "The newly refurbished Saturn V rocket, also nicknamed the Moon Rocket, is now on display outside of the NASA Johnson Space Center. The 30-story tall rocket provided the power in the 1960s and 70s to lift U.S. astronauts to the Moon and back."

Submission + - CBC promises lots more robots in our future

Submitted by

grouchyDude

on Friday July 20, 2007 @01:07PM

grouchyDude writes: "CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Company, has a feature on consumer robots on their on-line edition today. It includes articles discussing the destiny and state of consumer robotics, as well as the need for investment in robotics research and the robotics industry to stay in competition. Their listing of both consumer robots and fictional robots is quite incomplete, but they get to most of the important ideas and issues in the multiple parts of the feature. It also covers bit on robot lore (i.e. notable robots from fiction) as well as a popular robotics quiz."

Submission + - Searching for The World's Tallest Trees with LIDAR

Submitted by SoyChemist on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @03:48AM

SoyChemist writes: The Save-the-Redwoods League is leading an effort to map all of Redwood National Park with light detection and ranging equipment. LIDAR simultaneously creates a 3D "point file" of the forest floor and canopy. Calculating tree heights is a simple matter of subtraction. Among other things, the maps will be used to locate immense redwood trees. Hyperion, the tallest known tree in the world, stands 378.1 feet tall and was recently discovered in that same park. The conservationists believe that they will find even taller trees. Wired is running a story that includes pictures and details about the twin-engine 1968 Aero Commander and the LIDAR equipment. Perhaps the coolest thing about this is that all of the map data will be released into the public domain.

Submission + - Sun explosion: emission from gas at 1M degrees (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Wrik

on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @02:40AM

Wrik writes: "A gorgeous picture (90 degrees rotation, North is to the left) shows a red hot filament lifting off from the Sun's surface. At it's peak, this growing structure measures approximately 75 thousand miles."

Submission + - Source of Ancient Egypt's Gold Discovered? (livescience.com)

Submitted by TheProspector on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @02:05AM

TheProspector writes: Archaeologists at Chicago's Oriental Institute have discovered what seems to be an ancient gold-processing and panning camp along the Nile River. It is thought to have been operated by the Kushites, and to have been the source of ancient Egypt's gold.

Submission + - SciTalks - The YouTube for Science Geeks (zeropaid.com)

Submitted by

Jared

on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @10:10PM

Jared writes: "Billed as the "YouTube for Geeks," the YouTube-style site offers streaming science lectures. Segments range from a series of hour-long lectures by the late Richard Feynman, to a short, hilarious Ali G interview with Noam Chomsky, and a fascinating talk on designing a semiconductor-based brain, by up-and-coming Stanford researcher Kwabena Boahen. Users can also submit links to additional lectures to be listed on the site, search for upcoming science conferences, and even upload their own video content. "It's like crack for science geeks," says founder Lee Vodra.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8856/YouTube+for+Geek s+-+'SciTalks'+launches%2C+offers+streaming+scienc e+lectures"

Submission + - Pandora.com no longer supports foreigners

Submitted by skogula on Sunday June 03, 2007 @01:16AM

skogula writes: Anyone who does not live in the United States, no longer has access to the pandora.com music service. Instead, everyone is re-directed to http://www.pandora.com/restricted which gives the following text Dear Pandora Visitor, We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for most listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative. We believe that you are in Canada (your IP address appears to be 216.211.58.109). If you believe we have made a mistake, we apologize and ask that you please contact us at pandora-support@pandora.com If you are a paid subscriber, please contact us at pandora-support@pandora.com and we will issue a pro-rated refund to the credit card you used to sign up. If you have been using Pandora, we will keep a record of your existing stations and bookmarked artists and songs, so that when we are able to launch in your country, they will be waiting for you. We will be notifying listeners as licensing agreements are established in individual countries. If you would like to be notified by email when Pandora is available in your country, please enter your email address below. The pace of global licensing is hard to predict, but we have the ultimate goal of being able to offer our service everywhere. We share your disappointment and greatly appreciate your understanding. Sincerely, Tim Westergren Founder

Submission + - what can a gamer do to resist Vista?

Submitted by

DragonTHC

on Sunday June 03, 2007 @01:06AM

DragonTHC writes: "I've been a gamer since 1985. I'm also a huge fan of Shadowrun as a pencil and paper RPG. Following the news that Shadowrun is going to be Vista only, and Pay for play, what can a gamer do to resist Vista? With the new "Games for Windows" program, which is just a way to force users to pay a subscription fee to play online, and since the game isn't even DX10, why should I upgrade to Vista so I can play it? Why should I pay for alky so I can play it on XP?"

Submission + - Elephants can hear through their feet. (sfgate.com)

Submitted by

Ant

on Sunday June 03, 2007 @01:06AM

Ant writes: "San Francisco Chroncile says Stanford researcher, Caitlin O'Connell, discovered that elephants can hear with their feet. They are specialists in seismic communication, relying upon sound waves that travel within the surface of the ground instead of through the air. Seen on Neatorama."

Submission + - The Unravelling of the Global Warming Crisis

Submitted by on Sunday June 03, 2007 @12:00AM

An anonymous reader writes: The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and hundreds of government agencies and environmental groups around the world claim that the science is settled and the time for debate is over. But the list of distinguished scientists who question the IPCC grows daily.

Submission + - Shuttle Workers Vote to Strike (orlandosentinel.com)

Submitted by

stoolpigeon

on Saturday June 02, 2007 @10:21PM

stoolpigeon writes: "A union representing 570 space shuttle program workers at the Kennedy Space Center voted to strike Saturday, less than a week before the planned launch of the shuttle Atlantis. The International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, which represents the United Space Alliance employees, rejected the company's contract offer Saturday morning, Florida Today reported. The union could strike as early as June 9, a day after NASA officials plan to launch Atlantis. It was unclear Saturday whether the vote to strike could affect the launch schedule."

Some Journals Rejecting Office 2007 Format 474

Posted by kdawson on Saturday June 02, 2007 @08:15PM from the embrace-extend-extinguish-yourself dept.

hormiga writes "Some scholarly journals are rejecting submissions made using new Office 2007 formats. Science and Nature are among publishers unwilling to deal with incompatibilities in the new formats, and recommend using older versions of Office or converting to older formats before submission. The new equation editor is cited as a specific problem. Rob Wier recommends that those publishers consider using ODF instead."

Submission + - world's largest radio telescope could lose funding

Submitted by palewook on Saturday June 02, 2007 @07:45AM

palewook writes: Space.com reports Engineers will travel to Arecibo, Puerto Rico in coming weeks to study whether to shut down the world's largest radio telescope, which was featured in the movie "Contact'' but now faces steep budget cuts observatory officials said Thursday.

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