Monday, June 10, 2013
Google doodles wild things for Maurice Sendak
[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:42:37 GMT ]
It's Maurice Sendak's 85th birthday, and Google's homepage has turned into an animated fantasy world inhabited by Max, the star of Sendak's most famous book, "Where The Wild Things Are." Sendak, children's book author and illustrator, died in May 2012, but lived to see "Wild Things" turned into a movie in 2009. In today's Doodle, a Max in full wolf costume sails away to the island of the Wild Thin...
[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:42:37 GMT ]
It's Maurice Sendak's 85th birthday, and Google's homepage has turned into an animated fantasy world inhabited by Max, the star of Sendak's most famous book, "Where The Wild Things Are." Sendak, children's book author and illustrator, died in May 2012, but lived to see "Wild Things" turned into a movie in 2009. In today's Doodle, a Max in full wolf costume sails away to the island of the Wild Thin...
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Light pollution can impact nesting sea turtles
[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:05:07 GMT ]
By Elizabeth HowellLiveScience Light pollution along the Mediterranean is changing the nesting habits of sea turtles in Israel, according to new research.Orbital pictures of the region, coupled with sea turtle nesting data from Israel's National Parks Authority, revealed that the species of turtles in that area cluster their nests in darker spots."The two species of sea turtle in our study are noc...
[ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:05:07 GMT ]
By Elizabeth HowellLiveScience Light pollution along the Mediterranean is changing the nesting habits of sea turtles in Israel, according to new research.Orbital pictures of the region, coupled with sea turtle nesting data from Israel's National Parks Authority, revealed that the species of turtles in that area cluster their nests in darker spots."The two species of sea turtle in our study are noc...
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
Innovation vs. cheating on the battleground of golf science
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:40:57 GMT ]
Golf might not look like a sport for science geeks, but there's actually a lot of physics and engineering that goes into playing the game right — and making sure it doesn't get played wrong."Anything that could be detrimental to the game of golf is important for us to rule on," Steve Quintavalla, senior research engineer at the U.S. Golf Association, told NBC News.The USGA Research and Test Center...
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:40:57 GMT ]
Golf might not look like a sport for science geeks, but there's actually a lot of physics and engineering that goes into playing the game right — and making sure it doesn't get played wrong."Anything that could be detrimental to the game of golf is important for us to rule on," Steve Quintavalla, senior research engineer at the U.S. Golf Association, told NBC News.The USGA Research and Test Center...
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Asteroid the size of a small truck buzzes Earth: NASA
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:51:55 GMT ]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An asteroid the size of a small truck zoomed past Earth four times closer than the moon on Saturday, the latest in a parade of visiting celestial objects that has raised awareness of potentially hazardous impacts on the planet. NASA said Asteroid 2013 LR6 was discovered about a day before its closest approach to Earth, which occurred at 12:42 a.m. EDT (0442 GMT ...
[ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:51:55 GMT ]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An asteroid the size of a small truck zoomed past Earth four times closer than the moon on Saturday, the latest in a parade of visiting celestial objects that has raised awareness of potentially hazardous impacts on the planet. NASA said Asteroid 2013 LR6 was discovered about a day before its closest approach to Earth, which occurred at 12:42 a.m. EDT (0442 GMT ...
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Iran ups cyber attacks on Israeli computers: Netanyahu
[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:08:38 GMT ]
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese allies on Sunday of carrying out "non-stop" cyber attacks on major computer systems in his country.He gave no details on the number of attacks but said "vital national systems" had been targeted. Water, power and banking sites were also under threat, he added."In the past few months, we have ide...
[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:08:38 GMT ]
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese allies on Sunday of carrying out "non-stop" cyber attacks on major computer systems in his country.He gave no details on the number of attacks but said "vital national systems" had been targeted. Water, power and banking sites were also under threat, he added."In the past few months, we have ide...
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'One giant leap': Bill would name NASA center after Neil Armstrong
[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:08:39 GMT ]
LOS ANGELES - Neil Armstrong's name is attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more than a dozen schools and a museum, but not a single NASA facility is christened in honor of the man whose "giant leap" made him the first to walk on the moon. All that could soon change on the fringes of the Mojave Desert, where leaders at the space agency's top flight research center are mulling the consequences ...
[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:08:39 GMT ]
LOS ANGELES - Neil Armstrong's name is attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more than a dozen schools and a museum, but not a single NASA facility is christened in honor of the man whose "giant leap" made him the first to walk on the moon. All that could soon change on the fringes of the Mojave Desert, where leaders at the space agency's top flight research center are mulling the consequences ...
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First Borders, then Best Buy. Now Amazon's gunning for Safeway
[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]
After five years of tinkering with a grocery delivery service in Seattle, Amazon is reportedly set to roll it out in California and elsewhere. Here's why the business, with its razor-thin margins, appeals to the company. [Read more]
[ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]
After five years of tinkering with a grocery delivery service in Seattle, Amazon is reportedly set to roll it out in California and elsewhere. Here's why the business, with its razor-thin margins, appeals to the company. [Read more]
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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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