Tag: links

“Later today, July 27, German scientists will present new experimental results on the controversial, “impossible” EM Drive, at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Propulsion and Energy Forum in Orlando…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  hacked.com/scientists-confirm-impossible-em-drive-propulsion/
 

“When the twin Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, they carried with them two Golden Records encoded with the sounds of Earth…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.popsci.com/now-you-can-listen-voyager-golden-records-soundcloud
 

“Russian high-tech billionaire Yuri Milner teamed up with the world’s most famous scientist, British physicist Stephen Hawking, to announce a new $100 million effort to detect signals from alien civilizations…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.geekwire.com/2015/stephen-hawking-and-russian-tycoon-yuri-milner-kick-off-new-search-for-e-t/
 

“Astronomers have spotted the closest thing yet to the first true ‘Earth twin’ — a small planet orbiting the bright star Kepler 452, at a distance where liquid water could exist1…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.nature.com/news/nasa-spies-earth-sized-exoplanet-orbiting-sun-like-star-1.18048
 

“A small piece of an old Russian weather satellite forced the crew of the International Space Station to take cover in an escape vehicle for a short time Thursday.Officials at NASA Mission Control in Houston calculated that the fragment of space junk would pass close to the space station at 7:01 a.m…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-iss-space-station-space-junk-20150716-story.html
 

“When the Outer Space Treaty which, among other things, forbade claims of national sovereignty on other worlds was signed and ratified by the United States in 1967, little thought was given to the idea of private property rights…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.examiner.com/article/has-the-faa-found-a-way-to-protect-private-property-rights-on-the-moon
 

“Researchers in East Antarctica think a massive area of fractured ice discovered last month could be the site of a meteorite impact crater…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  m.aol.com/article/2015/01/13/huge-circle-in-an-antarctic-ice-shelf-hints-meteor-impact/21129098/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001348
 

“This is the story of a totally made-up place that suddenly became real — and then, strangely, undid itself and became a fantasy again. Imagine Pinocchio becoming a real boy and then going back to being a puppet. That’s what happened here — but this is a true story…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/03/18/290236647/an-imaginary-town-becomes-real-then-not-true-story
 

“Meet the donors, patients, doctors and scientists involved in the complex global network of rare – and very rare – blood. By Penny Bailey. His doctor drove him over the border…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  mosaicscience.com/story/man-golden-blood
 

“Prosthetic hands inspired by the armored gauntlet of Marvel’s Iron Man and designed to be fashioned by 3D printers are now available to children, in lieu of more expensive alternatives which can cost tens of thousands of dollars—and don’t look nearly as cool…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2470646,00.asp
 

“In his backpack, Wouter Slotboom, 34, carries around a small black device, slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes, with an antenna on it. I meet Wouter by chance at a random café in the center of Amsterdam. It is a sunny day and almost all the tables are occupied…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  decorrespondent.nl/1101/What-we-give-away-when-we-log-on-to-a-public-Wi-Fi-network/31040493-53737dba
 

“Perched on a balcony of the Javits Center, where New York Comic Con was held over the weekend, a 15-foot-tall, seven-ton steel behemoth greeted costumed attendees as they rode up the escalator. Two engineers scaled the support structure and disappeared into the copper-colored body…. ” (read more)
 
Link:  www.businessinsider.com/megabots-at-new-york-comic-con-2014-10