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Experiment in organic chemistry

PILOBOLUS (pronounced Pil-OB-olus) is a kind of mushroom and gives its name to an American dance group founded in 1971 by four young men studying at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. The botanical reference is apt for a dance style dependen [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Revealed: The fascinating facts (and common myths) about our...

Does a bigger brain make you more intelligent? Do blind people really hear better than sighted people? And why can't you get that irritating tune out of your head? There are many myths about our brains and as many amazing facts, as reve [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2008 | Comments : 1

Space shuttle takes its place on the pad

After an hours-long crawl, the space shuttle Discovery reached its launch pad on Saturday, in preparation for a May 31 liftoff to add the main piece of a huge Japanese research complex to the international space station. With the shuttle [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

H.P. Reports Big Advance in Memory Chip Design

Hewlett-Packard scientists reported Wednesday in the science journal Nature that they have designed a simple circuit element that they believe will make it possible to build tiny powerful computers that could imitate biological functions.Th [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Voters should check the facts

I am writing this letter to clear up some bad information that is being presented as “facts” to the voters in Richmond County. I have witnessed the actions of the members of the board of commissioners who are running for office [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

"Month in Space Pictures"

Pictures from outer space are among the biggest crowd-pleasers we have to offer here, and we're fortunate to have so many to choose from this week. Fifty-nine views of colliding galaxies were released to mark the 18th anniversary of the Hub [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Galaxies go wild

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning images of colliding galaxies, which have been released to mark the 18th anniversary of the telescope's launch. The dramatic collisions trigger bursts of star formation and sometimes resul [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Developers question Mesh openness

Developers have questioned the commitment to openness in Microsoft's Live Mesh service, which is designed to bridge the offline and online worlds. The company's new service, that will synch all of a user's devices and applications to prod [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Mobile Content Bits: Apple Patent; Comunidad; Photobucket

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Patent: Gizmodo has linked to a patent that Apple applied for concerning instant messaging on the iPhone. The patent lumps telephony-based instant messages (SMS and MMS) and internet-based instant messages together?I'm no [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft In Favor Of Online Privacy Standards

Microsoft has come out and stated that they are not opposed to the guidelines for online privacy in relation to internet advertising, proposed by the Federal Trade Commission. Microsoft has touted that they have been in favor of a federal [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Yahoo Japan embraces Silverlight for refined search experien...

Yahoo Japan, the biggest website in the country, has decided that it will be using Silverlight to redefine the search experience. A gallery on Microsoft's website includes a video (Silverlight required of course) that demonstrates the new s [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Yuri Gagarin Night Celebrated First Manned Space Flight

Last night was Yuri Gagarin night, celebrated by hundreds of parties all over the world which commemorated the first manned space flight by the legendary Russian cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first human to travel into spa [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

IBM Racetrack Memory Announced

International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest company-owned laboratory, has announced new technology that stems from an area of physics called spintronics. The new breakthrough is called Racetrack which can delivery faster, che [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

NASA Spacecraft Images Mars Moon in Color and in 3D

A new stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons, has been captured by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took two images [...]