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BBC News - Canadian film-maker's bionic eye
Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:40 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
Canadian documentary maker Rob Spence has always loved science fiction. So much so that when he lost his eye six years ago, he took inspiration from some of his heroes. "There are so many characters in pop culture and science fiction that have a camera eye that pretty much an …
More Evidence For A Preferred Direction in Spacetime
Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 11:46 AM EDT (Technology Review)
the universe seems to be expanding faster in some directions than others. But how good is this evidence? Is it possible that the preferred direction is a statistical mirage that will disappear with the right kind of data analysis? More Seeds :: JCAtom
NASA Telescope Sees Crystal Rain on an Infant Star
Seeded on Tue May 31, 2011 5:56 PM EDT (TIME)
Astronomy may be hard science, but there's always been a whiff of Disney about it too.
What Would a Teaspoonful of a Neutron Star Do to You?
Seeded on Tue May 31, 2011 2:20 PM EDT (io9)
Reader Mark Skelton asks: I know neutron star material is some of the most dense matter in the universe, with a teaspoon weighing as much as a mountain.
Beer.....In........Spaaaace!
Seeded on Wed May 18, 2011 10:16 AM EDT (redOrbit)
Jaron Mitchell and Jason Held have developed a beer to reach past the tastelessness experienced in space and satisfy the hunger for those that miss their favorite beverage from back home... "It's going to be the first beer that will be specifically designed to be drunk in zero g …
Nearby Exoplanet Gliese 581 Star 'Could Host Life'
Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 1:07 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
A red dwarf star 20 light-years away is again providing hints that it hosts the first definitively habitable planet outside our Solar System. More Seeds :: JCAtom
Graphene Paper: Stronger Than Steel & Green
Seeded on Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:15 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)
In work recently published in the Journal of Applied Physics, a UTS research team supervised by Professor Guoxiu Wang has developed reproducible test results and nanostructural samples of graphene paper, a material with the potential to revolutionise the automotive, aviation, ele …
Pentagon Program Moves Forward On Brain-Controlled Prosthetic
Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:33 AM EST
When you see the videos, you may think of Star Trek and The Borg. But a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration priority review program for exceptional medical devices will fast-track a DARPA-funded, brain-controlled prosthetic arm. FastCompany reports:
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Twin Suns - As Soon As Betelgeuse Explodes
Seeded on Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:19 AM EST (Australian News Network)
The second biggest star in the universe is losing mass, a typical indication that a gravitation collapse is occurring. When that happens, we'll get our second sun, according to Dr Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland.
New Type Of Entanglement Allows "Teleportation in Time"
Seeded on Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:12 PM EST (Technology Review)
Entanglement is the strange quantum phenomenon in which two or more particles become so deeply linked that they share the same existence.
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