Magnetic fields more important in stellar birth than turbulence in gas clouds. Read more…
Archive for September, 2009
The United States has hosted seven Olympic games — three summer and four winter. Here are the logos for those sites, plus Chicago’s candidate city logo. Read more…
The US government is expected to relax control over how the internet is run when it signs an accord with net regulator Icann on Wed. Earlier this year, the EU called on the US to relinquish its control and Icann to become “universally accountable” as the US govt is the only body to have had [...]
A claim seen commonly online is that only peer-to-peer uploads break the law, but it’s not true—in the US, downloading copyright music is infringement. The Canadian situation, though, is significantly more murky. Read more…
The US is set to loosen its control over how the internet is run when an agreement is signed with net regulator Icann. Read more…
An early warning system being installed at the Large Hadron Collider could prevent incidents of the kind which shut it last year. Read more…
Network operator Orange has reached an agreement to sell Apple’s popular iPhone in the UK, ending O2′s exclusive deal. Read more…
Russian security officers walk along the railroad tracks as the Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 and a spaceflight participant on Sept. 30, 2009. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Read more…
Former circus performer Guy Laliberte expects to have some fun when he launches to space Wednesday, but also has serious side planned to his self-proclaimed poetic social mission. Read more…
Water is all over the solar system and the rest of the galaxy. What’s it mean to the search for life? Read more…