Sunday, June 9, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Abe Lincoln, math whiz? Notebook pages suggest he was well-schooled
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:01:00 GMT ]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two math-notebook pages recently authenticated as belonging to Abraham Lincoln suggest the 16th president, who was known to downplay his formal education, may have spent more time in school than usually thought.And the Illinois State University math professors behind the discovery say the work shows Lincoln was no slouch when it came to numbers.Professors Nerida Ellerton and ...
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:01:00 GMT ]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two math-notebook pages recently authenticated as belonging to Abraham Lincoln suggest the 16th president, who was known to downplay his formal education, may have spent more time in school than usually thought.And the Illinois State University math professors behind the discovery say the work shows Lincoln was no slouch when it came to numbers.Professors Nerida Ellerton and ...
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Venus, Mercury and moon to meet in night sky
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:01:01 GMT ]
By Joe RaoSpace.comStargazers will get an interesting chance to see a celestial configuration between the moon and two bright planets on Monday evening.Looking low toward the west-northwest horizon, you’ll first notice the skinny lunar crescent, just 5 percent illuminated and just a little more than two days past new phase.Next, look about 9 degrees to the right of the crescent and you’ll pick out...
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:01:01 GMT ]
By Joe RaoSpace.comStargazers will get an interesting chance to see a celestial configuration between the moon and two bright planets on Monday evening.Looking low toward the west-northwest horizon, you’ll first notice the skinny lunar crescent, just 5 percent illuminated and just a little more than two days past new phase.Next, look about 9 degrees to the right of the crescent and you’ll pick out...
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Did Easter Island's famous statues 'walk' into place?
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:44:26 GMT ]
An idea suggesting massive stone statues that encircle Easter Island may have been "walked" into place has run into controversy.In October 2012, researchers came up with the "walking" theory by creating a 5-ton replica of one of the statues (or "moai"), and actually moving it in an upright position, and have published a more thorough justification in the June issue of the Journal of Archaeological...
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:44:26 GMT ]
An idea suggesting massive stone statues that encircle Easter Island may have been "walked" into place has run into controversy.In October 2012, researchers came up with the "walking" theory by creating a 5-ton replica of one of the statues (or "moai"), and actually moving it in an upright position, and have published a more thorough justification in the June issue of the Journal of Archaeological...
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NASA's biggest rocket yet aims for 2017 test flight
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:06:26 GMT ]
NASA's largest rocket yet, a vehicle under development called the Space Launch System (SLS), is on track for its first test flight in 2017, according to experts who spoke at the Space Tech Expo in Long Beach last month.The rocket is designed to carry astronauts farther into the solar system than ever before. Meanwhile, NASA plans to leave travel to low-Earth orbit to commercial space companies, wh...
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:06:26 GMT ]
NASA's largest rocket yet, a vehicle under development called the Space Launch System (SLS), is on track for its first test flight in 2017, according to experts who spoke at the Space Tech Expo in Long Beach last month.The rocket is designed to carry astronauts farther into the solar system than ever before. Meanwhile, NASA plans to leave travel to low-Earth orbit to commercial space companies, wh...
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Friday, June 7, 2013
In the great social war, it's Facebook against many
[ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:19:01 GMT ]
Sorry, Facebook — but it's time to change our relationship status to "It's complicated." While the Home of the Poke still retains a billion-strong user base, people are starting to use it less, divvying up their interactions and uploads, and all kinds of apps and services benefit as Facebook's hotness fades.It used to be that we used Facebook to schedule parties, trade phone numbers, find old clas...
[ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:19:01 GMT ]
Sorry, Facebook — but it's time to change our relationship status to "It's complicated." While the Home of the Poke still retains a billion-strong user base, people are starting to use it less, divvying up their interactions and uploads, and all kinds of apps and services benefit as Facebook's hotness fades.It used to be that we used Facebook to schedule parties, trade phone numbers, find old clas...
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Pre-caffeine tech: Data over-sharing, 'iRadio,' and more
[ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:34:29 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.U.S. intelligence agencies are directly tapping into the servers of the U.S.'s largest Internet companies, sources say.As the definition of "social media" loosens, so does Facebook's grip on the masses — while the Home of the Poke still retains a billion-strong user base, people are starting...
[ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:34:29 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.U.S. intelligence agencies are directly tapping into the servers of the U.S.'s largest Internet companies, sources say.As the definition of "social media" loosens, so does Facebook's grip on the masses — while the Home of the Poke still retains a billion-strong user base, people are starting...
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Obama wants to transform US schools through faster Internet
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:44:32 GMT ]
President Barack Obama on Thursday will encourage American schools to engage their digital-era students by providing more laptops with high-speed Internet connections and fewer textbooks and lectures.Obama will tour a middle school in Mooresville, North Carolina, that has improved its test scores and graduation rates through digital learning, an approach favored in countries like South Korea, whic...
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:44:32 GMT ]
President Barack Obama on Thursday will encourage American schools to engage their digital-era students by providing more laptops with high-speed Internet connections and fewer textbooks and lectures.Obama will tour a middle school in Mooresville, North Carolina, that has improved its test scores and graduation rates through digital learning, an approach favored in countries like South Korea, whic...
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Notorious Zeus banking Trojan is gaining speed on Facebook
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:38:52 GMT ]
Malware known as Zeus that can land on a user's computer and steal that user's bank account information is "re-merging with a vengeance" and finding its way onto Facebook. One security firm believes Zeus' reemergence "peaked in May," but is still quite active.An administrator of Facebook sports fan pages is so upset about it, he's made it his personal mission to try to get the social network to be...
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:38:52 GMT ]
Malware known as Zeus that can land on a user's computer and steal that user's bank account information is "re-merging with a vengeance" and finding its way onto Facebook. One security firm believes Zeus' reemergence "peaked in May," but is still quite active.An administrator of Facebook sports fan pages is so upset about it, he's made it his personal mission to try to get the social network to be...
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Turks skip suspected censorship with Internet lifelines
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:40:47 GMT ]
ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) - Turks are turning to encryption software to thwart any ramp up in censorship of the Internet after six days of anti-government demonstrations and a wave of arrests reportedly for urging people to protest on social media sites.Hotspot Shield, a VPN (virtual private network) that disguises users' identities and encrypts traffic on the Web, said more than 120,000 peopl...
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:40:47 GMT ]
ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) - Turks are turning to encryption software to thwart any ramp up in censorship of the Internet after six days of anti-government demonstrations and a wave of arrests reportedly for urging people to protest on social media sites.Hotspot Shield, a VPN (virtual private network) that disguises users' identities and encrypts traffic on the Web, said more than 120,000 peopl...
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Pre-caffeine tech: Security issues, squid sperm
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:08:15 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Turns out, the CIA didn't always know who it was killing in drone strikes, classified documents show.Also, the NSA is collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily. This security firm uses "martyr" posts to on the Internet to analyze "foreign fighters" aiding Syrian rebels....
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:08:15 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Turns out, the CIA didn't always know who it was killing in drone strikes, classified documents show.Also, the NSA is collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily. This security firm uses "martyr" posts to on the Internet to analyze "foreign fighters" aiding Syrian rebels....
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New Viking voyage to Newfoundland discovered
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:00:10 GMT ]
By Owen JarusLiveScienceSome 1,000 years ago, the Vikings set off on a voyage to Notre Dame Bay in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada, new evidence suggests.The journey would have taken the Vikings, also called the Norse, from L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of the same island to a densely populated part of Newfoundland and may have led to the first contact between Europeans and the indigenous...
[ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:00:10 GMT ]
By Owen JarusLiveScienceSome 1,000 years ago, the Vikings set off on a voyage to Notre Dame Bay in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada, new evidence suggests.The journey would have taken the Vikings, also called the Norse, from L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of the same island to a densely populated part of Newfoundland and may have led to the first contact between Europeans and the indigenous...
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