NASA to hunt smaller Earth-threatening asteroids

New Scientist Breaking News - NASA to hunt smaller Earth-threatening asteroids

A move in the right direction ...

Sound of star's vibration reveals details of its core

New Scientist Breaking News - Sound of star's vibration reveals details of its core

Monitoring sound waves moving through stars other than our own .. Amazing! ...

Gyroscope sets course to fight cancer

New Scientist Technology - Gyroscope sets course to fight cancer

Brilliantly inventive piece of thinking here! ....

Scientists find 'mass dodo grave'

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Scientists find 'mass dodo grave'

Hope they get some good DNA extracts from these bones ....

A photo of the bones HERE.

Hubble discovers new rings and moons around Uranus

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Hubble discovers new rings and moons around Uranus

Interesting how new meteoroid impacts generate fresh dust to reconstitute Mab's ring ... all the while, Mab gathers up other dust in the ring to regenerate itself.

NASA Prepares for Return of Interstellar Cargo

NASA Prepares for Return of Interstellar Cargo

The sample return vehicle will enter Earth's atmosphere at somewhere between 26,000 - 28,000 mph, making the return, the fastest for any man-made object ever recorded. I saw on NASA-TV today, where they have run all sorts of simulated landings, and they expect that the aerogel, in the many different segments, could survive even a hard landing, with no parachutes deployed.

Extinct mammoth DNA decoded

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Extinct mammoth DNA decoded

More steps in the right direction .....

Stretchable silicon could be next wave in electronics

Stretchable silicon could be next wave in electronics

Next thing you know ... they'll invent stretchable nylons .... ;-)

Canadian meteors may be product of ice age

CTV.ca | Canadian meteors may be product of ice age

Looks like they have found a meteor bonanza! ... Reminds me of how they find meteors in some glaciers in Antarctica, only the rivers of ice seem to be long gone in this instance.

Another Article HERE.

Google Gmail Now Accessible via Mobile Phones

Google Gmail Now Accessible via Mobile Phones

Google just gets better and better .... :)

Helping new ideas hit the street

MercuryNews.com | 12/15/2005 | Helping new ideas hit the street

Guess we all CAN get along ....

New Scientist Software decodes Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile

New Scientist Software decodes Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile - Technology

SO! .. The_DaVinci_Code = 0.83H + 0.09D + 0.06F + 0.02A !!! ... ;-)

Hubble 'weighs' Dog Star's companion

Hubble 'weighs' Dog Star's companion

Smaller than Earth, and weighing nearly as much as our Sun ....

At Stake: The Net as We Know It

At Stake: The Net as We Know It

Thought provoking ....

Call Anywhere In The World Using Your Neighbor's Internet Connection

Call Anywhere In The World Using Your Neighbor's Internet Connection

This would be very mobile and handy, when you are near a hotspot ...

Here is another article about Vonage and web phones ...

Humans in England may go back 700,000 years

USATODAY.com - Humans in England may go back 700,000 years

See this ARTICLE also ..... I seem to recall, that you can tell if a stone has been knapped ... and therefore of human origin .... if it has fractures in three or more orientations. Stones broken by natural processes are broken in fewer directions.

Asteroid Probe Yields Insight For Planetary Defense

SPACE.com -- Asteroid Probe Yields Insight For Planetary Defense

Looks like it won't be making the return trip for at least three years ....

New Scientist Breaking News - Strange new object found at edge of Solar System

New Scientist Breaking News - Strange new object found at edge of Solar System

Today nicknamed "Buffy" ... tomorrow named with an Inuit word ...
Something to do with the cold preferably ... ;-)

Government to create genetic map of cancer

Government to create genetic map of cancer - - MSNBC.com

Good first step ....

VOA News - Archaeologists in Guatemala Unearth Oldest Mayan Mural

VOA News - Archaeologists in Guatemala Unearth Oldest Mayan Mural

Amazing 2000 year old wall mural. The latest findings from San Bartolo will be in the Jan 2006 issue of National Geographic.

Another article HERE.

Americas Settled by Two Groups of Early Humans, Study Says

Americas Settled by Two Groups of Early Humans, Study Says

They bring out an interesting point in the article .... namely that the Mongoloid people that currently populate northeast Asia, were not the first inhabitants there .... paleoindian people reached China about 20,000 years ago ... and these are the same people that were in the Americas 11,000 years ago.

A Flexible, 9-Ft. Whale Tooth With Super-Sensing Power?

A Flexible, 9-Ft. Whale Tooth With Super-Sensing Power?

Back in the Middle Ages, Narwhal tusks were considered to be the horn of the mythical Unicorn ..... Who knew it was actually a sensor probe? .... :)

Laboratory mice with part-human brains are created by scientists

Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Laboratory mice with part-human brains are created by scientists

Yep ... this is bumping up against the "Yuck Factor" .....

This text will self-destruct in 40 seconds

This text will self-destruct in 40 seconds | CNET News.com

Can't see as how this would ever be a totally secure method of passing messages. It seems like hackers would figure out a way to capture any displayed plaintext, even if it were only visible for a short duration. I can understand how the technology would prevent the message from being stored on the recipient device.

More info HERE. Yet MORE Here.

Astronomers map dark matter in startling detail

Astronomers map dark matter in startling detail

Strange Stuff Indeed .....

Burn Baby Burn: HP LightScribe Lets You Burn and Label CDs and DVDs

DigitalJournal.com - Digital Culture For Creative Minds

Neat technology, LightScribe .. the special DVDs and CDs are kind of expensive at roughly a dollar or so a piece. I never would have imagined that it would take 27 minutes to burn a high resolution image per disk, or about 7 minutes to do one in draft mode.

The BenQ DW1625 Lightscribe burner gives you the technology at a better price point.

NEC has a competing technology called Labelflash. Read about it HERE.

Sunex & Varioptic Announce Liquid Autofocus Lens

Sunex & Varioptic Announce Liquid Autofocus Lens

Imagine! A liquid autofocus lens .... Oh yeah ... the Human Eye .. ;-)

The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Flashless Photography

The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Flashless Photography

Since roughly 10 megapixels is quite sufficient for the average Joe, this increase in light gathering capability, via "charge binning" in digital camera sensors seems one of the obvious ways to go.

Windows Live Local

Windows Live Local

Nice service ... will look better when they have a nationwide database. Yesterday, I was able to get the multiple angle bird's eye view working for Atlanta, GA from only North and South positions, but it is quite informative to see buildings and parks, and then see the hidden back side of the building in the second view.

Yahoo Updates Messenger's Phone Features

PCWorld.com - Yahoo Updates Messenger's Phone Features

One cent a minute to anywhere in the U.S. sounds pretty good. [Phone Out] It appears they are trying to give Skype and eBay a run for their money. You have to prepay in multiples of $10 OR $25, but the minutes last forever.

Their flipside service called "Phone In" costs $29.99 a year, but would be an awesome service, if you had say, a child in college hundreds of miles away, or a friend or business communications need, at a similar distance ... then you can subscribe to Yahoo "Phone In" and have a local phone number in that location. Then the people calling you from that location, can simply make a local call to reach you.

More info HERE.

Yahoo's direct-from-the-horse's-mouth page Here.
(Worked yesterday, but not working for me today ...)

NEC Develops New Ultra-Thin, Flexible Battery Boasting Super-Fast Charging Capability (Picture)

NEC Develops New Ultra-Thin, Flexible Battery Boasting Super-Fast Charging Capability (Picture)

About 1 / 85th of an inch thick .. if I did the math right ... And it recharges in 30 seconds ....

Another article about it HERE.

Intel: New Material to Help Chips Run Cooler, Use Less Energy

Intel: New Material to Help Chips Run Cooler, Use Less Energy

The company QinetiQ mentioned in the article, is a company that was spun off from the UK's Ministry of Defence. The name is a subtle reference to "Q" in the James Bond movies.

Dog Genome Mapped, Shows Similarities to Humans

Dog Genome Mapped, Shows Similarities to Humans

It now turns out, that humans and dogs share 5% of their genome sequence, and humans and mice share 5% of their genome sequence. The wonderful thing about this decoding of the dog genome, is that since dogs and humans have some of the same diseases, such as cancer, there is a possiblity of using the inception of these diseases in dogs as a model for similar diseases in humans.

Good Girl Tasha! .....

Distinct Brain Regions Specialized For Faces And Bodies

Distinct Brain Regions Specialized For Faces And Bodies

Interesting how, when they increased the resolution of the scans sufficiently, they could differentiate the closely adjoining brain regions that recognize faces and bodies, respectively.

Mystery mammal found in Borneo

Mystery mammal found in Borneo - World - theage.com.au

Seems amazing to be finding new, undiscovered mammals in this day and age ....

The Quantum Byte is Here! Where is my Quantum Computer?

I4U News - The Quantum Byte is Here! Where is my Quantum Computer?

Almost got the creation of the first Qubyte, confused with a similar 6-atom result mentioned HERE.

Wonder how they kept those six cats from fighting, anyway? ... ;-)
Guess they were half-dead [tired] to begin with .... :)

Viral cure could 'immunise' the internet

New Scientist Breaking News - Viral cure could 'immunise' the internet

Hope someone implements this, and it works......

Best View Yet of the Crab Nebula

Photo in the News: Best View Yet of the Crab Nebula

Some of the more detailed (higher resolution) versions of this photo are Outstanding! ...

5-Foot Giant Water Scorpion Once Roamed U.K. Shores

5-Foot Giant Water Scorpion Once Roamed U.K. Shores

A Scorpion as big as a human ... Talk about a Mondo Scorpion! ...

Second moon spotted circling cigar-shaped world

New Scientist Breaking News - Second moon spotted circling cigar-shaped world

That must be an Extremely Funky Place Indeed !! ..... :)

Birdlike animal had dinosaur feet

CNN.com - Birdlike animal had dinosaur feet - Dec 1, 2005

It looks like the first bird-like animals did not have their first toe reversed as is the case in modern birds. This would have made for a tougher time, in balancing on tree limbs for these pioneers.

Nanotech discovery could have radical implications

Nanotech discovery could have radical implications

Hope this can migrate from a computer simulation to the real nano-world ................

Scientists discover red dwarf exoplanet

United Press International - NewsTrack - Scientists discover red dwarf exoplanet

Don't tell Dave Lister ................ ;-)