Friday, November 2, 2007
BY DOUG FURTON Comet Holmes continues to shimmer in the night sky, but astronomers still don't know why last week it suddenly became a million times ...
Spectacular comet bursts into night sky
Be star-struck tonight; check out the Holmes comet
Comet Holmes 17p: A bright, oddball Halloween visitor from Deep Space
Actually, the comet is even bigger than it looks. While the Moon is a mere 240 thousand miles away, Comet Holmes is 150 million miles from Earth. The comet's physical diameter is thus seven times wider than the planet Jupiter--and it is still expanding.
Space Daily | Comet brightens night sky Connecticut Post, CT - Comet Holmes 17P, for decades an obscure object in the solar system, has had a burst of brightness in the last two weeks, and astronomers say this could be ... New images of Comet Holmes Comet Holmes explodes in evening sky Astronomers invite public to view exploded comet |
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Sci Fi Tech | Invisible tank ready for service by 2012 NEWS.com.au, Australia - In secret trials last week, the army said it had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted an invisible tank would be ready for service by 2012. ... Invisible Tank: British Researchers Unveil Cloaked War Tank British Defense Researchers Create Invisible Tank British Army Tests Invisible Tank Technology |
Sun: MoD has Bond/Potter/Klingon cloaking device Register, UK - By Lewis Page → More by this author The quality press is awash with invisible-tank stories this morning, as the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Ananova news wire et ... |
British Army Tests 'Invisible' Tank AHN - London, England (AHN) - The Ministry of Defense confirmed that they are testing technology they claim makes tanks and troops invisible. ... |
Invisible cloak for army tanks Ninemsn, Australia - ... the barrel of a tank gun." The British Army predicted that invisible tanks would be in use by 2012, although how it works in combat is very sensitive. ... |
Weird Tech: How to make an army invisible Tech, UK - The new technology reportedly uses cameras and projectors to beam images of the surrounding landscape onto a tank. Now we're not military experts, ... |
The Top 10 real life Star Trek inventions NetworkWorld.com, MA - In recent trials officials said it had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted that an invisible tank would be ready for service by 2012. ... |
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Put a straight-jacket on them. That seems to be Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa Brooks's position on President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney.As she explains, "We're in the middle of a disastrous war in Iraq, the military and political situation in Afghanistan is steadily worsening, and the administration's interrogation and detention tactics have inflamed anti-Americanism and fueled extremist movements around the globe." Yet Bush and Cheney appear to want another war, this one against Iran.
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Since the beginning of life on Earth, evolution has been dictated by Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. And now, humanity is on the brink of a change so radical, so rapid and unlike any other stage in human history. And while most of us are waiting at the precipice, have some already taken the leap?
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The top 100 living geniuses was compiled by a panel of six experts in creativity and innovation from Creators Synectics, a global consultants firm.
The company emailed 4,000 Britons this summer and asked them to nominate up to 10 living people who they considered geniuses.
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Answering questions at a townhall meeting Friday, a Dell employee asked Richardson about the 1947 incident in which many people still believe a flying saucer landed near the eastern New Mexico town.
"I've been in government a long time, I've been in the cabinet, I've been in the Congress and I've always felt that the government doesn't tell the truth as much as it should on a lot of issues," said Richardson, who is governor of New Mexico.
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Often cited as more frightening than the Amityville possession case, also investigated by the Warrens, the main subjects now claim it was not a case of possession at all but of mental illness.
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A small helicopter that can take off underwater from a submarine and hold two passengers - designed jointly by students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and the University of Pennsylvania - has won first prize in a US helicopter design competition.
Photo: Technion
Called "Waterspout," the helicopter can be stored inside the submarine without taking up too much space. It is released through existing openings in the submarine, so no new ones have to be made.
The helicopter is autonomous, can function in a variety of weather conditions and can be dispatched from a submarine from some 15 meters under the water's surface (enough for a periscope to see into the air from under the water.)
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