Mars Rover Curiosity Finds Martian 'Flower' and Snake-Like Rock New photos of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover have sparked a buzz of discussion over an odd formation that some have dubbed a "flower" embedded in a Martian rock. The rover has also found a snake-like rock formation winding across the Red Planet's surface. The... Continue Reading →
Amateur astronomers find 15 new possible earth-like planets Volunteers from the Planet hunters.org website, part of the Oxford University-led Zooniverse project, have discovered 15 new plants – missed by professional astronomers – orbiting in the zones of other stars where it is considered life may be possible.Added to the 19 similar planets already discovered in so-called... Continue Reading →
Amateur astronomers find 15 new possible earth-like planets
A Solar-Powered Alternative To InsecticidesOrganic farmers have a wealth of alternatives to synthetic insecticides--biological pest control, row covers, and even natural insecticides. A company called AgriSolar has a different alternative: a solar-powered system that attracts, disorients, and ultimately kills insects.The system is incredibly effective, if AgriSolar is to be believed. The company claims that it can kill... Continue Reading →
A Solar-Powered Alternative To Insecticides
Temperature ‘Below’ Absolute Zero AchievedA temperature ‘below’ absolute zero has been achieved by physicists at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching.“On the absolute temperature scale, which is used by physicists and is also called the Kelvin scale, it is not possible to go below zero – at... Continue Reading →
Temperature ‘Below’ Absolute Zero Achieved
Mad Catz has announced the first accessories in its GameSmart line — a selection of Bluetooth products certified to work across a wide range of mobile devices as well as computers or consoles. The company's Rat M and Mous 9 gaming mice, Freq M headset, and Ctrl gamepad have all been adapted to work with... Continue Reading →
Mad Catz takes on mobile gaming with new Bluetooth 4.0 mice and gamepad
Food MythBusters -- Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world? Read more: http://thegic.org/video/food-mythbusters-do-we-really-need-industrial-agriculture-to-feed#ixzz2HDU5ED4I The biggest players in the food industry—from pesticide pushers to fertilizer makers to food processors and manufacturers—spend billions of dollars every year not selling food, but selling the idea that we need their products to feed the world. But,... Continue Reading →
Food MythBusters — Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?
Lexus Releases Sneak Preview of its New Driverless Vehicle Read more: Lexus Unveils Luxurious New Driverless Vehicle | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Google no longer has a monopoly on driverless vehicles. Lexus has unveiled a sneak preview of its luxury LS model equipped with proprietary Intelligent Transport Systems technology, including an on-board... Continue Reading →
Lexus Releases Sneak Preview of its New Driverless Vehicle
Toyota, Audi driverless demos will pull up to CES While the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starting January 8 will be full of mobile-computing gadgetry next week, autonomous driving demonstrations will also capture visitors' attention, and will raise awareness that autonomous driving technologies are to shape the future of road transport, sooner than later.... Continue Reading →
Toyota, Audi driverless demos will pull up to CES
NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon's orbit Who says NASA has lost interest in the moon? Along with rumours of ahovering lunar base, there are reports that the agency is considering a proposal to capture an asteroid and drag it into the moon's orbit.Researchers with the Keck Institute for Space Studies in California have confirmed... Continue Reading →
NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon’s orbit
Salmon is about to become much cheaperAquAdvantage® SalmonAquAdvantage® Salmon (AAS) include a gene from the Chinook salmon, which provides the fish with the potential to grow to market size in half the time of conventional salmon. In all other respects, AAS are identical to other Atlantic salmon.AAS is an environmentally sustainable alternative to current farmed... Continue Reading →