Water ice in crater at Martian north pole

ESA - Mars Express - Water ice in crater at Martian north pole

One large patch of water ice on Mars. Let's hope it has a good depth, and that plenty more similar discoveries await!

New DVR drops jaws in London

New DVR drops jaws in London | CNET News.com

Everyone needs a 3.2 terabyte Tivo ! ....... :)

Virtual expedition to the Lost City

KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington | KING5 Top Stories

We still know next to nothing, about what lies out in the oceans of this planet.

Santa and little helper seen beyond Pluto

news @ nature.com�-�Santa and little helper seen beyond Pluto�-�Competing teams spy objects on fringe of Solar System.

The Disney character Pluto was named after the planet ... so WHY NOT name the moon of this possible 10th planet, after Bart Simpson's cartoon dog? ........... ;-) .. " Santa's Little Helper "

Astronomical photos have been taken of this object (Santa) since the 1950's, and only now has someone determined that it is a planetoid.

This is sure to reignite the debate over whether or not Kuiper Belt Objects are really large enough to be considered planets.
I tend to vote on the planet side of the argument. Consider this: If an object like this, on the order of roughly 950 to 1000 miles in diameter, and with a mass equal to all the water on Earth ... had an independent orbit around the sun .. say between the orbit of Earth and Mars ... Would you consider it to be a planet?

Australia seeks to breed test-tube sharks

Science News Article | Reuters.co.uk

I mistakenly first read this as: " Australians seek to breast-feed sharks" ..... ;-)

Now I know Aussies are a tough lot ... but that's a bit much!! ... ;-)

That's what speed-reading does for you! :)

Anyway ... Back to Serious-Land .....
The thing that amazed me from this article, is the fact that gray nurse shark embryo pups EAT EACH OTHER INSIDE THE WOMB!!

Seriously .. they have two wombs, and the dominant pup EATS the other pup with it's razor-sharp teeth .. IN THE WOMB!

TWO PUPS ENTER ..... ONE PUP LEAVES ........ [THUNDER WOMB] .. :)

One other fact: Despite their ferocious looks, the gray nurse sharp has a reputation of being extremely docile.

New oocytes from bone marrow?

The Scientist :: New oocytes from bone marrow?, Jul. 28, 2005

Female mammal eggs can originate in bone marrow!

That is the astounding concept put forth in this article. Among the brilliant steps they took to track down this process, they sterilized wild-type mice, and gave them, and some genetically sterile mice, blood transfusions from fertile mice that have been genetically engineered to express a green fluorescent protein (GFP) from jellyfish, but only in conjuction with a gene marker that occurs in germ or reproductive cells.
Within two days, the fluorescent green oocytes began to appear in the ovaries of the (previously) sterile mice.

Spitzer Finds Life Components in Young Universe

JPL.NASA.GOV: News Releases

The Earth could have been formed two times from scratch, in the time it has taken the light from these newly found organic molecules to reach it.

E-mail is for older people, teens say in survey

E-mail is for older people, teens say in survey Technology News Article | Reuters.co.uk

I suddenly feel SO OLD ...... ;-)

Fuji FinePix S9000 Zoom

Fuji FinePix S9000 Zoom: Digital Photography Review

Available early September and priced at about $699.95 USD, this digital camera has a 28-300mm (35mm equivalent) optical zoom lens. The fixed lens eliminates the problem of internal dust on the CCD. It is 9 megapixel, and has an ISO range of 80 to 1600.

Ghostly particles unearth core radioactivity

news @ nature.com�-�Ghostly particles unearth core radioactivity�-�Antineutrinos created inside our planet reveal how it stays warm.

The detection of these anti-electron neutrinos or geoneutrinos, will some day lead to the development of a complete 3D map of the interior of the whole Earth. It will be color coded, and the colors will indicate the precise radioactive element that emitted the original antineutrino. This in turn, will show how the radioactive elements are distributed within the mantle, and will probably illuminate processes that we can't even begin to imagine.
The resulting map will be built up, similar to a CT scan or MRI, only in this case the entire Earth will be "x-raying" itself from the inside out, with antineutrinos.

The results in this report, confirm that about half the heat within the Earth, results from the decay of radioactive elements, which in turn drives convection within the Earth's mantle.

The thousand-fold game of leapfrog

The thousand-fold game of leapfrog - ZDNet UK Comment

How True ...

Stem cells showing success for heart attacks

Stem cells showing success for heart attacks | Betterhumans > News

Steps toward a possible cure for heart attack in humans........

Fitness Level Declines Dramatically With Age

Fitness Level Declines Dramatically With Age

According to the article:

"For example, aerobic capacity declined 3% to 6% each decade in the 20s and 30s, but after age 70 the rate of decline accelerated to more than 20% per decade.

The study also showed that after age 40, men's fitness levels declined at a faster rate than women, regardless of their level of physical activity. "

Ouch! ... and Double Ouch! .....

Revamping The Periodic Table?

Slashdot | Revamping The Periodic Table?

Patterns ... Beautiful Patterns .. in Nature ....

If you ever have someone who is really good at it, explain the connections in the periodic table, you will see that Mendeleev had a stroke of genius, when he discovered the patterns in the table.

New Measures Needed to Keep NASA Spacecraft From Contaminating Mars

New Measures Needed to Keep NASA Spacecraft From Contaminating Mars | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

But how is this going to work for manned missions? .........

Japan Wants to Build 10 Petaflop Supercomputer

Slashdot | Japan Wants to Build 10 Petaflop Supercomputer

The comment about getting ready for Longhorn, made me laugh... ;-)

Motorola introduces first bluetooth mobile sunglasses

Zimbabwe News :: Zim Observer News Network

The fusion of Oakley sunglasses and Motorola Bluetooth tech.
Name: RAZRWIRE Cost: ~$300 Time: Early August

And in answer to the question in the ad off to the side of this website ... " Will you be the next Miss Zimbabwe 2006 (?)" ..... Uhm ... NOoooo ... Probably Not ........ :)

Godson 2 lays foundation for China's processor industry

Tom's Hardware Guide: Tom's Hard News

Wonder if they'll do something crafty, like replace the MIPS logo on the silicon, with the Intel logo from one of "their" previous designs? ..... ;-)

Google ups ante in mapping rivalry

Google ups ante in mapping rivalry | CNET News.com

Needs a smidge more work. Wasn't quite working 100% for me.

Buzz tools reveal Google, Apple twice as popular as Microsoft

� Buzz tools reveal Google, Apple twice as popular as Microsoft | Datapoint: IT Research That Matters on ZDNet | ZDNet.com

Hard to fake interest, I guess ...... ;-)

Happy Birthday, Amiga

Slashdot | Happy Birthday, Amiga

Saturday marked the Amiga's 20th anniversary. The Amiga 1000 was officially launched at Lincoln Center, New York, on July 23, 1985.
Ah ... Good Times! ...... :)

Like one of the people posting to the thread on Slashdot said --- It was 10 years ahead of it's time.

Mars Has Been Cold for Billions of Years

Universe Today - Mars Has Been Cold for Billions of Years

Brrrrr ..... I mentioned snow on Mars just yesterday, did I not? ... ;-)

Signs point to global influenza oubreak--WHO warning

Reuters AlertNet - Signs point to global influenza oubreak--WHO warning

Humans have some resistance to several other strains of influenza, but humans have absolutely no resistance currently to the H5 strains.

GISuser.com GIS, GPS, LBS, CAD, mapping news, jobs, software, data, community

GISuser.com GIS, GPS, LBS, CAD, mapping news, jobs, software, data, community

Like the man says, "do it yourself Google Earth."

Huge spy satellite set to launch to Mars

New Scientist Breaking News - Huge spy satellite set to launch to Mars

Pick me a good landing spot .......... ;-)

The supernova that just won't fade away

ESA Portal - The supernova that just won't fade away

Amazing how this star has given us data, on it's own output of stellar wind, for the past 16,000 years, all because it went SuperNova in 1979.
The supernova shockwaves keep spreading out, and catching up with the stellar wind given off thousands of years ago. When the two collide, the stellar wind particles get heated to MILLIONS of degrees, and this extreme energy input generates x-ray light from the particles.
The scientists have been able to determine that the stellar wind emitted 16,000 years ago, has a density of 10,000 atoms per cubic centimeter -- 1000 times more dense than the wind emitted from our sun -- Sol.
This process will probably continue, and illuminate stellar winds that came off that star even further back in time, beyond 16,000 years ago.

Nicholson Crater on Mars

ESA - Mars Express - Nicholson Crater on Mars

The original article, with a perspective view of Nicholson Crater, and several other computer-generated photos.

Mountains In The Middle Of Nicholson Crater, Mars

Clicky-2 ESA - Mars Express - Nicholson Crater on Mars

-- Oops! Guess you can't post direct links to photos on the Net....... :)

Instead go to this new link, and scroll down to the photo that is next to last.
Click on the roughly 300K photo. That is the one I am discussing below.

Although the origins of the erosion in this computer-generated photo haven't been established with 100% certainty --- this photo just screams to me of ancient snow-capped peaks on Mars. I don't think wind blown erosion caused this, nor do I think artesian wells of water sprouted on the mountains.
To me, the strips or small rivulets that sort of parallel, imaginary contour lines drawn on the right side of the largest peak in this photo, might have been created as the sun melted the snow pack on the mountain. The rivulets would mark the edge of the pack as it retreated down the shoulder of the mountain, on the right side. This interface between the mountain and the snow pack, would be where the sun heated the soil the most, (in relation to the reflective snow itself), and created a melt at the interface. Other slow melt water coming off the top of the snow, could migrate down the pack to this edge.

Drug breakthrough in testicular cancer

Telegraph | News | Drug breakthrough in testicular cancer

Good Deal ....

Really cool invention brings teens awards

Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake Tribune Home Page

The automotive air-conditioner that these teens invented could save the U.S. $10 Billion dollars a year, based on current gasoline prices.
It uses no Freon, and it appears all it's parts are recyclable.

Collapsed Ice Shelf Exposes Life

Wired News: Collapsed Ice Shelf Exposes Life

Amazing what could be in all these niches to which we seldom have access.

British Have Changed Little Since Ice Age, Gene Study Says

British Have Changed Little Since Ice Age, Gene Study Says

The author mentions that the most noticable British genetic marker is Red Hair.

He quotes someone else as saying, "Recent studies have shown that there is more red hair in Scotland and Wales than anywhere else in the world. It's a mutation that probably occurred between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago."

... How interesting ..... ;-)

Flesh-Eating Caterpillars Discovered in Hawaii

Flesh-Eating Caterpillars Discovered in Hawaii

I was a little worried when I spotted the term, "Flesh-Eating Caterpillars Discovered" but now I see that they have a taste for snails, so nothing to worry about .... :)

Electron timed hopping between atoms

New Scientist Breaking News - Electron timed hopping between atoms

Faster than the stopwatch function on my Timex, for sure ... :)

'Cosmic Botox' bashes asteroid wrinkles away

New Scientist Breaking News - 'Cosmic Botox' bashes asteroid wrinkles away

I never considered that larger meteor impacts could set an asteroid ringing, and the continuing internal reflection of these seismic waves, within the body of the asteroid could vibrate regolith on the surface, and inside craters to give it a smoother appearance.
In fact, some of the craters on the asteroid Eros, may have been entirely formed within the soil-like regolith layer, (possibly 100 meters deep in this case) and therefore totally collapsed, when another impact set the asteroid to vibrating.

Super Speed Broadband Seen over Cable TV in 2006

Super Speed Broadband Seen over Cable TV in 2006

Whoosh! ..................

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30, preview and samples: Digital Photography Review

Image stabilization with the equivalent of a 35mm to 420mm optical zoom on a 35mm film camera. In " Extra Optical Zoom " mode, you cut down from 8 megapixels, to 5 or 3 megapixels, but your zoom range goes up to 15.3x and 19.1x respectively, in the optical. In-camera 4x digital zoom can further this to a staggering 76.4x zoom, that will grab the equivalent of a 3 megapixel image, taken with a 2674mm lens on a 35mm film camera!

National online registry of sex offenders launched

USATODAY.com - National online registry of sex offenders launched

Bravo! .. Now if only we had judges that wouldn't let the worst of these monsters out of prison, to (murder and) repeat their heinous acts on children.

Apollo 17 Mission Last man on the Moon

Apollo 17 Mission Last man on the Moon - Full Screen QTVR panorama from panoramas.dk

Google Moon inspired a friend to send me this link.

This is just like being on the Moon ... (I would imagine ... :) ....)

James Doohan, Star Trek's 'Scotty', dies

CTV.ca | James Doohan, Star Trek's 'Scotty', dies

This shall be my saddest link for today ...... :-(

But I guess if you have to die, it is best to be remembered for an immortal tagline, and inspiring thousands of students to pursure a career in engineering.

Blinkx Gives Users Their RSS TV

PCWorld.com - Blinkx Gives Users Their RSS TV

Blinkx TV utilizes speech recognition, and besides indexing content from commercial providers, also indexes amateur audio, video, and podcasts from the Web.

Propped-up research base prevails

news @ nature.com�-�Propped-up research base prevails�-�New Antarctic research station design unveiled.

Well ... it's a Mega-Mutant Aibo .... Isn't it? ............... ;-)

Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites

Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites

These Google Guys are just too much! ...... ;-)

The Biggest Starquake Ever

SPACE.com -- The Biggest Starquake Ever

This neutron star rings at f-sharp ... Perhaps it is shaped like a Giant Piano ... :)

And who is to really say, that SOMETHING really didn't hit it with a Gigantic Hammer ?!?!? ..... ;-)

Houston Radiation Oncologist Uses Video Game Technology To Zap Cancer

Cancer > Houston Radiation Oncologist Uses Video Game Technology To Zap Cancer

Combining two of my favorite things .... :) ..
.....Radiation .. and Imitation Radiation.....

Faulty gene linked to obesity and diabetes

New Scientist Breaking News - Faulty gene linked to obesity and diabetes

Insulting Obese People ... the last prejudice that is widely tolerated and promoted. .... Wait! ... You Mean there might be a REASON behind it ALL .... and it is not a flaw in an individual's character that caused the weight gain? ..... THINK ABOUT IT !

Free medicine for diabetics?

Free medicine for diabetics? --- HealthandAge

A Great Benefit to Society! Avoiding being Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish.......
They are of course, referring to savings in Medicare, for the 8 million diabetics in the U.S., age 65 and over.

Phase One ships three new digital backs

Phase One ships three new digital backs: Digital Photography Review

Imagine capturing 39 Megapixel images ... and then wirelessly shooting the thumbnails and RAW images, over to your waiting computer for storage. SWEET!! .... :)

You can have it in November........ at quite a price, I am sure..... ;-)

That's a 32 X 32 inch photo at 200 dpi, OR a 21.3 X 21.3 inch image at 300 dpi.

Allergies, Asthma May Protect Against Brain Cancer

FOXNews.com - Health - Allergies, Asthma May Protect Against Brain Cancer

For once, my allergies may pay off .... :)

Corrupted PCs Find New Home — The Trash Heap

TheDay.com, New London, CT

There should be a Law Against This ---- The Beowulf-Clusters LAW ---- .... ;-) .... but then again I can see their point.

Media giants scramble to be the go-to Web site for podcasts.

abc7.com: Media giants scramble to be the go-to Web site for podcasts.

Anywhere there is a "buck to be made" ---- people will "scramble" ...

Kennewick Man gives up secrets

Kennewick Man gives up secrets

Kennewick Man, about 9,300 years ago, near the banks of the present-day Columbia River, grabbed a spearhead that was imbedded in his hip, and twisted it, breaking it off in his hip, where it appears that it healed.
Ah .. the Mysteries of how that happened ....

Hopefully, we shall learn more ........

Fate of Kennewick Man study unclear

The Seattle Times: Local News: Fate of Kennewick Man study unclear

CT scan creates model accurate to less than a hundredth of an inch.

Alzheimer's symptoms reversed in mice

news @ nature.com�-�Alzheimer's symptoms reversed in mice�-�Switching off protein improves lab animals' memories.

Unexpected Good News! ....... Let's hope the pace of discovery accelerates.

Simulated society may generate virtual culture

New Scientist Breaking News - Simulated society may generate virtual culture

Might be interesting to see what these virtual interactions could lead to ....

Deep Insight: Comet Buster Reveals Dusty Secrets

SPACE.com -- Deep Insight: Comet Buster Reveals Dusty Secrets

More interesting facts determined from the Deep Impact dust plume.

IBM teams up for broadband over power line

IBM teams up for broadband over power line | Tech News on ZDNet

Recently Google, and now IBM is interested in Broadband-Over-Powerline.
One fascinating aspect that I hadn't considered would be the introduction of a "smart grid". Imagine instantaneous detection of a power outage to your home. Automated reading of your power meter. Detecting and shutting down a power transformer that is about to blow. Instant detection, with location of downed power lines... The list goes on .....

Microsoft and Marvel ink online game deal

Technology News Article | Reuters.co.uk

Hmmm ... some of my favorite cartoon characters .....

Hard to believe that Marvel has a library of over 5000 characters. You know some of them must bear a serious resemblence to each other .... I claim dibs on -----> Repeat-Man !! ........

Protein Tells Flowers When Spring Starts

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Protein Tells Flowers When Spring Starts

Seems like there is a protein or three, for everything .... :)

Predatory Dinosaurs Breathed Like Birds, Study Suggests

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Predatory Dinosaurs Breathed Like Birds, Study Suggests

Still more proof of the decent of birds from dinosaurs .....

New exoplanet defies theory

New exoplanet defies theory (July 2005) - News - PhysicsWeb

Who knew that Tatooine was so close? .....

Imagine ... Triple Sunsets ..... Yellow, Orange and Red .. decreasing in size, in that order .... ahhhh ...

Strange Hyperion Looks Like a Sponge

Universe Today - Strange Hyperion Looks Like a Sponge

Not quite big enough for gravity to compact the voids down, to make a spherical body.

Study: Walking on Cobblestones Is Healthy

Study: Walking on Cobblestones Is Healthy - Yahoo! News

Walking on cobblestones, for those age 60 and older, for 30 minutes a day, has been found to reduce your blood pressure, and increase your balance ... Sounds Good!

Sea urchin sperm are synchronised swimmers

New Scientist Breaking News - Sea urchin sperm are synchronised swimmers

I wonder if human synchronized swimming resulted from 6000 swimmers being thrown into the ocean, and the resulting self-organization, being duly noted ....................... ;-)

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Identical Twins Exhibit Differences in Gene Expression

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Identical Twins Exhibit Differences in Gene Expression

Now we can give "Nurture" a few added points ....

Parkinson's Treatment Linked to Compulsive Gambling

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Parkinson's Treatment Linked to Compulsive Gambling

Strange .. but interesting.

Curry Spice Shuts Down Melanoma

Curry Spice Shuts Down Melanoma

Positive News.

Why computers are like the weather

New Scientist News - Why computers are like the weather

I could see this happening in different processors ... after all, that is why the different processors in the same batch, will often be able to run at a different clock rate ... but to have different runs on the same processor take variable amounts of time ... all initial conditions being the same ... is unexpected.

Precocious parrot grasps the concept of zero

Precocious parrot grasps the concept of zero - LiveScience - MSNBC.com

........... 15! .... Do I get a cracker? ........... :)

Military's energy-beam weapons delayed

USATODAY.com - Military's energy-beam weapons delayed

That StunStrike sounds good .... after all ... who wouldn't like to be able to hurl lightning bolts .... :)

String, mud and bamboo make a quake-proof house

New Scientist Breaking News - String, mud and bamboo make a quake-proof house

Interesting .. but I would like to see a drawing or a picture, to get a better feel for the concept.

Deep sea predator creates red light zone

New Scientist Breaking News - Deep sea predator creates red light zone

Make sure you scroll down and see the great picture at the bottom toward the right.

IBM details new PowerPC chips

IBM details new PowerPC chips | CNET News.com

Both 64-bit AND Multi-Processor ... Yum .... ;-)

Sharp develops 100GB optical disc

Sharp develops 100GB optical disc | The Register

Much Storage ...

Data From NASA's Deep Impact Indicates Immense Cloud of Powdery Material Released | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

Data From NASA's Deep Impact Indicates Immense Cloud of Powdery Material Released | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

I also wanted to mention, that I missed in my prediction that the Impact would trigger subsequent jets of material from other places on the comet surface. Still, I'm pretty thrilled with the results. :)

Brains Not Like Computers, Study Finds

Brains Not Like Computers, Study Finds

That curve is an interesting form of fence-straddling. Funny how we humans find ways hedge our bets.

The Mysteries of Mass

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: The Mysteries of Mass -- [ PHYSICS ] -- Physicists are hunting for an elusive particle that would reveal the presence of a new kind of field that permeates all of reality. Finding that Higgs field w

Ah ... the Ever Elusive Higgs Boson .....

Did Humans Cause Ecosystem Collapse in Ancient Australia?

Did Humans Cause Ecosystem Collapse in Ancient Australia?

Very clever the way the article explains the use of Carbon 13 (13C) to determine the dietary shift in animals, roughly 50,000 years ago.

Man charged with wireless network trespassing

Man charged with wireless network trespassing - Jul. 7, 2005

Yoikes! ....

Last Shuttle Flight Made Clouds Over Antarctica

SPACE.com -- Last Shuttle Flight Made Clouds Over Antarctica

Surprising ...

XDR2 to quintuple memory data transfer speeds by 2007

Tom's Hardware Guide: Tom's Hard News

Wonder how companies feel about Rambus these days? ....

Neanderthal's genetic code to be reconstructed

Neanderthal's genetic code to be reconstructed - Science - MSNBC.com

"And thirdly, it's simply cool..." ............. :)

Mars More Active and Complex than Expected

SPACE.com -- Mars More Active and Complex than Expected

Mars has very diverse geology.

Apple's Intel Switch: It's About the Network

Apple's Intel Switch: It's About the Network

Interesting take on why Apple is switching to Intel processors.

New wireless broadband 'whispers' below the radar

New wireless broadband 'whispers' below the radar | Tech News on ZDNet

With an inventor named Joe Bob ... xMax HAS to be good! ;-)

Oh! .. Wait ... his name is Joe Bobier ..... ... STILL GOOD! ... :)

Giving Genetic Disease the Finger

Wired News: Giving Genetic Disease the Finger

I knew the zinc finger concept was incredibly important the first time I read about it, however I thought it was akin to a nanotechnology creation, formed of thousands of zinc atoms. In this article it points out, that zinc fingers are named after "wispy amino acid protuberances that emanate from a single zinc ion". So there is much less zinc involved than I had imagined, and it is all coupled with amino acids.

Footprints rewrite history of first Americans

New Scientist Breaking News - Footprints rewrite history of first Americans

Human footprints in Mexico .... from 40,000 years ago!

This is sure to stir up a controversy.

Comet's crater hidden, but plume tells story

New Scientist Breaking News - Comet's crater hidden, but plume tells story

Well .. I was hoping to see a high resolution image of the newly-formed crater, but it appears like that might not happen.
At least NASA can do some very good estimates for crater size.

The 125 Most Important Unsolved Questions In Science -- Science Magazine

125th Anniversary Issue: Science Online Special Feature

This is sort of like a list of the Top 100 Favorite Country Music Songs ... it varies with the organization and the person. Plus, the order of importance varies from person to person.

This list is very interesting, however.

Will NASA Deny Deep Impact Another Comet Encounter?

Will NASA Deny Deep Impact Another Comet Encounter? | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

I vote to redirect the Deep Impact flyby spacecraft toward Comet Boethin. All in favor? ......

Plasma experiment recreates astrophysical jets

New Scientist Breaking News - Plasma experiment recreates astrophysical jets

Pretty ........ And who doesn't like Plasma these days .... :)

NASA - Deep Impact - A Smashing Success

NASA - Deep Impact

You should really take a look at two of the movies on this website.
One taken from the Impactor as it heads in, and the other one taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft.

NASA's Deep Impact Generates Its Own Spectacular Photo Flash

NASA's Deep Impact Generates Its Own Spectacular Photo Flash

Another good angle ........

Smashing success for Deep Impact probe

news @ nature.com�-�Smashing success for Deep Impact probe�-�Direct hit releases copious material from comet Tempel 1.

I'm still waiting to see some crater pictures ..... guys ... hurry up! ... ;-)

NASA - Deep Impact -- SUCCESS !!

NASA - Deep Impact

Folks, I've been watching this live on NASA TV ... and it looks like the results are spectacular! :)

Things are going to look even better as they download more images, and clean up the early images.

Can't wait to see the crater images.............

HP cites progress on quantum computer

HP cites progress on quantum computer | CNET News.com

Quantum computing using photons.

100 Years of Special Relativity

Slashdot | 100 Years of Special Relativity

You have to click on the link, and at least laugh at the first comment.... :)

Entering a dark age of innovation

New Scientist Breaking News - Entering a dark age of innovation

Ponder the different views in this article. It's quite good.

I don't happen to agree with Jonathan Huebner's premise, and I have hundreds of reasons why ....... ;-)

Deep Impact Launches Projectile to Blow Hole in Comet (Update1)

Bloomberg.com: U.S.

Not long now! ... Good Luck Deep Impact ..........

.................... 22 hrs to Impact! ................

First hydrogen plane tested in US

BBC NEWS | Americas | First hydrogen plane tested in US

Lots of folks are thinking Hydrogen these days ........... ;-)

Exoplanet's hard core is largest yet detected

New Scientist Breaking News - Exoplanet's hard core is largest yet detected

Orbiting 3.7 million miles from it's sun, and with a surface temperature 2192+ degrees fahrenheit, it's hot enough to melt gold, copper, magnesium, uranium, and almost melt manganese, along with a host of other elements.

Most distant Einstein ring is revealed

New Scientist Breaking News - Most distant Einstein ring is revealed

Gravitational Lenses ... Whoda Thunk-it? --- Einstein I guess ...

Forget fingerprints and eye scans; the latest in biometrics is in vein

Forget fingerprints and eye scans; the latest in biometrics is in vein - Computerworld

Vein ... get it ... :)

Nanofabrication Yields Sharper Focus For Soft X-Rays

Nanofabrication Yields Sharper Focus For Soft X-Rays

Progress .........

Rosetta gets in on the Deep Impact story

Rosetta gets in on the Deep Impact story | The Register

The More (Observations) the Merrier! .....

Roughly 2 Days, 45 minutes until Impact ................

Google, Yahoo Offer Maps APIs - Yahoo! News

Google, Yahoo Offer Maps APIs - Yahoo! News

Looks like all those great Google hacks to Google Maps, has inspired them to release an API to invigorate the process. :)

Surf's up, down at the swimming pool

New Scientist Technology - Surf's up, down at the swimming pool

Kowabonga, Dude! ...........

Pulsar�s signal generates giant space laser

New Scientist Breaking News - Pulsar�s signal generates giant space laser

Giant Space Laser .... and we thought we were smart ..... :)

World's largest telescope begins with a spin

New Scientist Breaking News - World's largest telescope begins with a spin

A single mirror of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be about 27.5 ft across, and from "petal" to opposite "petal" across the width, the telescope will be a minimum of about 83 ft across.

Scientists, Amateurs Aim Telescopes, Ready to Shoot the Comet

E-Commerce News: Science : Scientists, Amateurs Aim Telescopes, Ready to Shoot the Comet

If I were Peter Schultz ... when people asked me what I did for a living .... I would tell them ... " I run a small cratering business ... " ..... ;-)

I , Deep Hal have been thinking a lot about this comet ejecta business lately ... and I predict that DeepImpact NOT ONLY will trigger it's own ejecta cone, but will actually trigger larger ejecta jets, in other places, from the surface of the comet.

Roughly .............. 2 Days, 21.5 hrs until Impact .................

IBM enlists services unit in self-healing push

IBM enlists services unit in self-healing push | CNET News.com

Computer .... Heal Thyself.