Saturday, June 15, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Language authorities break rules, add 'tweet' to Oxford English Dictionary
[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:10:34 GMT ]
Authorities on the English language — the folks behind the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), to be specific — have once again seen it fit to acknowledge the existence of some terms which techies have been mumbling (and typing) for years.Yes, that's right — you can finally talk about "big data," "crowdsourcing", "e-readers," "mouseovers," "redirects," "streams," and more without fretting that you're...
[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:10:34 GMT ]
Authorities on the English language — the folks behind the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), to be specific — have once again seen it fit to acknowledge the existence of some terms which techies have been mumbling (and typing) for years.Yes, that's right — you can finally talk about "big data," "crowdsourcing", "e-readers," "mouseovers," "redirects," "streams," and more without fretting that you're...
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Women flying high as they mark 50 years in space
[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:49:34 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comThe history of women in space is about to turn 50 years old.Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's landmark 1963 flight, which launched her into history as the first woman to fly to space — only two years after Yuri Gagarin performed the first spaceflight ever in 1961. Tereshkova circled the Earth 48 times during her time as the pilot ...
[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:49:34 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comThe history of women in space is about to turn 50 years old.Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's landmark 1963 flight, which launched her into history as the first woman to fly to space — only two years after Yuri Gagarin performed the first spaceflight ever in 1961. Tereshkova circled the Earth 48 times during her time as the pilot ...
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The whole world celebrates 50 years of women in spaceflight
[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:06:28 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comThe history of women in space is about to turn 50 years old.Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's landmark 1963 flight, which launched her into history as the first woman to fly to space — only two years after Yuri Gagarin performed the first spaceflight ever in 1961. Tereshkova circled the Earth 48 times during her time as the pilot ...
[ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:06:28 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comThe history of women in space is about to turn 50 years old.Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's landmark 1963 flight, which launched her into history as the first woman to fly to space — only two years after Yuri Gagarin performed the first spaceflight ever in 1961. Tereshkova circled the Earth 48 times during her time as the pilot ...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Report: Apple looking at bigger iPhone screens, multiple colors
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:16:55 GMT ]
Apple is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colors, over the next year, said four people with knowledge of the matter, as it takes a cue from rival Samsung.The moves, which are still under discussion, underscore how the California-based firm that once ruled the smartphone market is increasingly under threat from its aggressive South Korean comp...
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:16:55 GMT ]
Apple is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colors, over the next year, said four people with knowledge of the matter, as it takes a cue from rival Samsung.The moves, which are still under discussion, underscore how the California-based firm that once ruled the smartphone market is increasingly under threat from its aggressive South Korean comp...
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Pre-caffeine tech: NSA leaks, WTF matchbooks!
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:41:09 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Good news everybody! Facebook added hashtags, just like Twitter!According to the NSA director: "Dozens" of terrorist plots have been foiled by surveillance programs. But according to this Guardian poll, two-thirds of Americans want the NSA's role in surveillance programs reviewed, and 56 per...
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:41:09 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Good news everybody! Facebook added hashtags, just like Twitter!According to the NSA director: "Dozens" of terrorist plots have been foiled by surveillance programs. But according to this Guardian poll, two-thirds of Americans want the NSA's role in surveillance programs reviewed, and 56 per...
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China's Shenzhou 10 spaceship brings crew to orbital lab for practice
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:57:32 GMT ]
A Chinese spaceship made a successful automated docking with an orbiting module on Thursday, marking one more small step toward full-fledged space station operations.The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft brought China's three latest spacefliers to the Tiangong 1 module at 1:18 p.m. Beijing time (1:18 a.m. ET), the Xinhua news agency reported.This was the first docking maneuver of the Shenzhou 10 mission — wh...
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:57:32 GMT ]
A Chinese spaceship made a successful automated docking with an orbiting module on Thursday, marking one more small step toward full-fledged space station operations.The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft brought China's three latest spacefliers to the Tiangong 1 module at 1:18 p.m. Beijing time (1:18 a.m. ET), the Xinhua news agency reported.This was the first docking maneuver of the Shenzhou 10 mission — wh...
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Sliding dry ice may create Mars 'toboggan tracks'
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:57:32 GMT ]
By Larry O'HanlonDiscovery NewsThere is no mistaking them: the tracks of tobogganers on the frigid slopes of Mars. The Martian toboggans in this case are slabs of dry ice that are now believed to slide down sand dunes and create long, narrow channels that had previously been ascribed to some sort of weird water seeps.The new explanation for the strangely long, high-sided channels in dune faces has...
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:57:32 GMT ]
By Larry O'HanlonDiscovery NewsThere is no mistaking them: the tracks of tobogganers on the frigid slopes of Mars. The Martian toboggans in this case are slabs of dry ice that are now believed to slide down sand dunes and create long, narrow channels that had previously been ascribed to some sort of weird water seeps.The new explanation for the strangely long, high-sided channels in dune faces has...
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The 404 throwback interview with Jay Chandrasekhar and Kevin Heffernan
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]
Here's another throwback episode of The 404 Show where Jeff sat down on August 3, 2012, with Jay Chandrasekhar and Kevin Heffernan, two of the members of the comedy group Broken Lizard (Super Troopers, Beerfest). [Read more]
[ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT ]
Here's another throwback episode of The 404 Show where Jeff sat down on August 3, 2012, with Jay Chandrasekhar and Kevin Heffernan, two of the members of the comedy group Broken Lizard (Super Troopers, Beerfest). [Read more]
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
English flying reptiles had relatives in Brazil
[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:48:45 GMT ]
By Stephanie PappasLiveScience Flying reptiles that once winged around England 110 million years ago are closely related to their contemporaries found in Brazil and elsewhere around the world, new research finds.The new study is the first comprehensive look at the dizzying array of pterosaur bone fragments found in England. These fossils, which date back to the Cretaceous period, are all fragmenta...
[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:48:45 GMT ]
By Stephanie PappasLiveScience Flying reptiles that once winged around England 110 million years ago are closely related to their contemporaries found in Brazil and elsewhere around the world, new research finds.The new study is the first comprehensive look at the dizzying array of pterosaur bone fragments found in England. These fossils, which date back to the Cretaceous period, are all fragmenta...
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New type of variable star captured in photo
[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:05:15 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comA previously unknown kind of variable star is on brilliant display 7,000 light-years from Earth in a new photo taken by a telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.For years scientists have known that the apparent brightness of many stars changes over time, however, the kind of variable star seen in this new European Southern Observatory photo of the open star cluster NGC 3766 ...
[ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:05:15 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comA previously unknown kind of variable star is on brilliant display 7,000 light-years from Earth in a new photo taken by a telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.For years scientists have known that the apparent brightness of many stars changes over time, however, the kind of variable star seen in this new European Southern Observatory photo of the open star cluster NGC 3766 ...
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