A new study has found that hydrocarbon lakes on Titan could be good hosts for a certain type of chemistry that could lead to life. Read more…
Archive for June, 2009
An in-depth look at astronomer Bill Borucki, principal investigator of NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler mission. Read more…
Today the Swedish Appeal Court decided that the judge who handled the Pirate Bay trial was not biased, despite his membership of several pro-copyright organizations. In true Pirate Bay style spokesman Peter Sunde responded full force, and says they are ready to sue Sweden for human rights violations. Read more…
In the last 200 years, a series of inventions have changed the modern world in a way that we can never go back. From the automobile to atomic power, the light bulb to the internet, these technological advancements have taken us a step closer to a singularity– and hopefully a step closer to a more [...]
We could say we know that a big proportion of all economic activity is social or altruistic, we just don’t know how big. Read more…
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Picard is set to unveil a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes one day to fly around the world. Read more…
MoD unveils new helmet and body armour – Osprey Assault – for UK armed forces. Read more…
Europeans will not be able to upgrade directly from earlier versions to Windows 7, says Microsoft. Read more…
Another summer, another iPhone hardware update. This one’s worth getting, too — especially if you have an original iPhone or the iPhone 3G. Read more…
This image showing a portion of the San Andreas Fault along the San Francisco Peninsula was taken by the UAVSAR instrument on NASA’s Gulfstream III research… Read more…