Comment U.S Pirate Party (Score 0) 212
I bet the U.S Pirate Party is beginning to take back their endorsement of Obama.
Submission + - Intel squeezes 1.8 TFlops out of one processor
jagzjagz writes: "It appears as though Intel has been able to squeeze 1.8 TFlops out of one processor, as indicated here: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/11/intel_80_core/ . Intel has been able to make an 80 core research CPU. Where will they go next?"
Cosmic Rays and Global Warming 548
Overly Critical Guy writes "The former editor of New Scientist has written an article in the TimesOnline suggesting that cosmic rays may affect global climate. The author criticizes the UN's recent global warming report, noting several underreported trends it doesn't account for, such as increasing sea-ice in the Southern Ocean. He describes an experiment by Henrik Svensmark showing a relation between atmospheric cloudiness and atomic particles coming in from exploded stars. In the basement of the Danish National Space Center in 2005, Svensmark's team showed that electrons from cosmic rays caused cloud condensation. Svensmark's scenario apparently predicts several unexplained temperature trends from the warmer trend of the 20th century to the temporary drop in the 1970s, attributed to changes in the sun's magnetic field affecting the amount of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere."
Submission + - Space Station Suffers Power Glitch
TheSexican writes: As if the MRO's vision problems weren't enough, it seems that NASA has another problem on their hands as of late.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/ind ex.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/in
