Video: Russian Show How to Cap Runaway Wells With Controlled Nuclear Explosion

Fat chance of the Obama administration ever approving this technique, but it is an interesting video.

Scientists explore evolutionary changes to whales

Scientists explore evolutionary changes to whales.

How Whales Have Changed Over 35 Million Years

3,300-year-old tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital's mayor rediscovered

This tomb was first found in the 19th century and partially looted, but the location was lost and it was covered by sand. Now, Archaeologists have found the location again.

Ancient mayor's 'lost tomb'

Video: ‘Top Kill’ Fails

BP Explains Decision to Move on to ‘Next Option’

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BP Technical Presentation

Even if you are disappointed with BP's response to the gulf oil spill, you may find this technical explanation of what BP is currently doing to mitigate the spill fascinating. They are lots of illustrations and charts, along with a detailed explanation. It is very educational. Click on the image or here for video link.

Japan has big plans for moon base

The US Japan is planning a robotic moon base.

Japan plans to build robot moon base by 2020

Feel Good Video: Deaf Baby Hears for the First Time

Feel Good Video: Deaf Baby Hears for the First Time.

Early Human Habitat Was Savanna, Not Forest, Scientists Argue

'Ardi' comes out of the woods.

Out of the Woods for 'Ardi': Early Human Habitat Was Savanna, Not Forest, Scientists Argue

Plant Provides New Anti-Cancer Compound

Plant Provides New Anti-Cancer Compound

New Anti-Cancer Compound Derived from Ancient Plant

The Oil Leak is Plugged? #oilspill

Some media outlets are reporting the top kill has worked on the BP oil spill.

'Top kill' stops gulf oil leak for now, official says

Reporting from Houma, La. —

Engineers have at least temporarily stopped the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government's top oil-spill commander, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning.

Could Hurricanes Cause Offshore Oil Pipelines to Break?

That is a possibility. Hurricanes exert significant force on the sea floor to a depth of 90 meters.

Undersea Forces from Hurricanes May Threaten Gulf Pipelines

Let the oil spill top kill begin #oilspill

BP has started the attempted top kill of the leaking gulf oil well. Here is a video explaining what a "top kill" is.

Fake Twitter Account Makes Fun of BP Oil Spill Efforts

Just when you thought PR couldn't get any worse... There is now a fake Twitter account.

Fake BP Twitter Account Mocks Oil Spill PR Efforts

As if BP didn't have enough to worry about, a new Twitter account making fun of the company's oil spill public relations efforts has gained popularity online.

The mock BP Twitter account, @BPGlobalPR, launched last week...

Were Dinosaurs Warm Or Cold-Blooded?

(Credit: Caltech/Robert Eagle)

Scientists have developed a method to determined if extinct vertebrates were warm or cold blooded.

Were Dinosaurs Warm Or Cold-Blooded? First Method for Directly Measuring Body Temperatures of Extinct Vertebrates

Jupiter is Missing a Stripe

Where did Jupiter's stripe go?



From ABC News:

One of Jupiter's two main cloud belts has completely disappeared, to the surprise of scientists who study the solar system's largest planet. "This is a big event," says planetary scientist Glenn Orton of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. "We're monitoring the situation closely and do not yet fully understand what's going on." The brown ring of clouds, known as the South Equatorial Belt (SEB), is twice as wide as Earth and more than twenty times as long. Orton thinks the belt may not have disappeared, but could instead be hidden behind other clouds. Scientists say the belt has faded out before. (NASA)

Is the Iceland Volcanic Eruption Over?

One expert says it is.

No activity at Iceland volcano, eruption could be over: expert

Ancient Artifacts Revealed By Meltig Ice

New ancient artifacts have been revealed in the Canadian Arctic by melting ice.

Melting Ice Patches Reveal Ancient Artifacts

FLIP,:The Wolds Strangest Ocean Vessel (video)

Tonnage: 700 GRT
Length: 355 ft (108.2 m)
Beam: 26 ft (7.93 m)
Draft: 12.57 ft (3.83 m)
Propulsion: None, towed
Speed: 7-10 knotts (towed)

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego - FLIP

Probing the Dark Side of the Universe

The hunt for primordial gravitational waves.

Probing the Dark Side of the Universe: In Search of Primordial Gravitational Waves

A Bull Takes Revenge: Gores Matador Through Chin (video)

Warning: This is graphic raw footage.

Pac-Man is back and it is free!

You can play Pac-Man free from Google's home page for the next two days.

A Planet Eating Star Found

Artist's concept of the exoplanet WASP-12b. (Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon)

A planet eating star has been found by Hubble.

Hubble Finds a Star Eating a Planet

Video: Young Drivers Terrorize Roads in Dubai With Radical Stunts

Sheikh Zayed Road Madness!

Long range quantum teleportation

Do not plan on getting 'beamed up" anytime soon. This time it was information that was teleported 16 km.

Quantum teleportation achieved over 16 km

Airplanes That Would Use 70 Percent Less Fuel Than Current Models

New airplanes may get much improved mileage.

Fly the Eco-Friendly Skies: Airplanes That Would

Video: Can a Video Game Cure Alcoholism?

Can a Video Game Cure Alcoholism? Researchers say the game is not a substitute for therapy but an additional tool.

Discovery Could lead To new Arthritis Therapies

There is a natural molecule in the body counters the progression of osteoarthritis.

Scientists discovers body's own molecular protection against arthritis

Introducing The "Pinocchio" Frog

In honor of the International Day of Biodiversity this week, Conservation International and the National Geographic Society announced several new species, discovered in Indonesian New Guinea, once called "the lost world." The new frog species, shown here, is said to be the "Pinocchio" of frogs because of its long nose that points upward when the male is calling but deflates and points downward when it's less active. (Courtesy Tim Laman/National Geographic)


Via ABC News.

Is there a science to "streak shooting?"

Is there a science to "streak shooting?"

The Science Of Streaky Shooting

Spitting Cobras Able To Predict Victims Track

Spitting Cobras track their victims paths.

Spitting Cobras Track First, Predict Later

Obama Administration Hearlded Operator of Leaking Gulf Oil Rig as "Industry Model for Safety"

Federal inspectors loved exploded gulf oil rig operator Deepwater Horizon.

In fact, the agency's inspection frequency on the Deepwater Horizon fell dramatically over the past five years, according to federal Minerals Management Service records. The rig blew up April 20, killing 11 people before sinking and triggering a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Since January 2005, inspectors issued just one minor infraction for the rig. That strong track record led the agency last year to herald the Deepwater Horizon as an industry model for safety.

The inspection gaps...

The XM25 smart weapon

What ever combat infantryman needs: A smart grenade launcher.

Techies Quit Facebook Over Privacy Flap

Hmm... If the tech biggies don't think Facebook has proper privacy protections, what should others do?

Tech Biggies Quit Facebook Over Privacy Flap: Will Others Follow?

Are you thinking about quitting Facebook? If you are, you'll likely be in good company.

As concerns over Facebook's latest privacy changes grow among users, privacy advocates and federal lawmakers, some of the technology world's highest-profile figures have chosen to publicly announce their break-ups with Facebook.

On his Twitter account today, Cory Doctorow, an author and co-editor of the popular blog BoingBoing, tweeted that he had signed off from Facebook for good.

"Never made use of #Facebook, but #privacy awfulness from#Zuckerberg has prompted me to delete acct," he wrote.

Sudden Insight Has a Scientific Basis

Sudden insight has a scientific basis.

Eureka! Neural Evidence for Sudden Insight

Gulf Oil Spill Bigger Than Thought

Bad News. More oil than thought may be spilling into the Gulf from the exploded oil rig.

BP oil leak 'much bigger than official estimates'

Video: Atlantis takes its final journey

This is sad. We have no firm plan for a replacement vehicle for the retiring shuttles. Soon, we will have to catch a ride with the Russians if we want to go to space.

The Gas Blowers of the Universe

(Credit: S. Giodini/A. Finoguenov/MPE)

Super massive black hole are monster lurking at the center of many galaxies.

Black Holes: Gas Blowers of the Universe

Hubble telescope captures runaway star traveling more than 248,000 mph

This runaway star is shown rushing away from a stellar nursery, traveling more than 248,000 mph. At that speed, you could get to the moon and back in two hours. (spacetelescope.org)

The Mayans were environmentalists

(Credit: Caracol Archaeological Project)

The Mayans were environmentalists.

Laser Beams Penetrating Thick Canopy Detect Thousands of New Structures, Show Maya Adept at 'Building Green'

Video: BP Releases Raw Video of Gulf Oil Leak 5,000 Ft. Down

Here is raw video 5,000 feet down at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico showing the source of the Oil Leak that has gone on now for weeks. BP just released video of the leak today, May 12, 2010.

Wi-Fi key-cracking kits sold in China mean free Internet

Kits that crack WEP and guess WPA keys are popular despite hacking laws.

Your Cable TV is in Danger

How would American's survive without cable TV?

Drifting Satellite Threatens US Cable Programming

Communications company Intelsat said it lost control of the Galaxy 15 satellite on April 5, possibly because the satellite's systems were knocked out by a solar storm. Intelsat cannot remotely steer the satellite to remain in its orbit, so Galaxy 15 is creeping toward the adjacent path of another TV communications satellite that serves U.S. cable companies.

Galaxy 15 continues to receive...

Boeing Unveils New Unmanned Military Aircraft and It Looks Awesome (pics)

Boeing has unveiled it's prototype unmanned aircraft, the Phantom Ray. It has a very modernistic look.

Boeing Unveils Unmanned Phantom Ray Demonstrator

Jurassic Fast Food

Dinosaurs gulped their food.

Jurassic Fast Food Was a Key to Giant Dinosaurs

President "Crackberry" Thinks iPods and iPads are a distraction.

President Obama is billed as the fist technologically friendly President, but he thinks iPods and iPads are a distraction. Didn't Obama give Queen Elizabeth II an iPod containing his greatest speeches?

Pro-BlackBerry Obama: iPads, iPods Are 'Distraction'

When the BlackBerry-toting President Obama took office last year, technophiles around the country hailed him as the first "geek-in-chief."

But this morning the president awoke to the harsh reality...

First Self-sustaining Fusion Reactor Planned

Exterior view of the Ignitor fusion reactor, whose core will be built in Italy and external housing built outside Moscow, where it will be installed. Image courtesy of Bruno Coppi

Russia and Italy plan to build the first self-sustaining fusion reactor.

New project aims for fusion ignition

African-Americans love micro-blogging

African-Americans now comprise 24% of Twitter users.

Is Twitter Disproportionately Popular Among Black Users?

When Vanity Fair published a story earlier this year on a group of all-American, all-white "tweethearts," the real Twitterati took the magazine to task for ignoring a growing force on Twitter: African-Americans.
Flights across Europe are taking off again, some with help from Twitter.

They may not make up the majority of people on the popular micro-blogging site, but....

Level of PTEN Protein May be Tied to Longevity

C. elegans. (Credit: Bob Goldstein, UNC Chapel Hill / via Wikimedia Commons)

Level of protein arrestin determines how long the tiny roundworm C. elegans lives. Human version is PTEN.

New Protein Involved in Longevity Identified

Gadgets for mom

It's not to late to tech-up mom.

High-Tech Gadgets Even a Low-Tech Mom Could Love (video)

FCC Allows Hollywood To Mess With Your Boxes Outputs

This is very troubling.

FCC allows blocking of set-top box outputs (Update)
May 8, 2010

Researchers make progress on quantum computing

An artist's interpretation of Rydberg atom trapping in an optical lattice. (Credit: Kelly Younge)

Researchers make progress on quantum computing.

Trapping Giant Rydberg Atoms for Faster Quantum Computers

Environmental Group Prepares to Rescue Oil Covered Turtles

An environmental group in Florida has prepared a 'turtle hospital' to rescue oil covered turtles. So far, they haven't been needed.

Had a stroke? Have some Dark Chocolate.

Here is another reason to indulge your chocolate addiction.

How Dark Chocolate May Guard Against Brain Injury from Stroke

New Gunsight to Improve Shooting Accuracy

The MicroSight's wafer-thin optical element is only about a quarter-inch in diameter.

A new gunsight will improve shooting accuracy.

New INL gunsight technology should improve accuracy for target shooters, hunters, soldiers

Cinco de Mayo History

Mexican cadets in Puebla reenact the 1862 battle of Puebla in this May 1998 file photo. (Reuters)

Cinco de Mayo History: An American Celebration of the Battle of Puebla


Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of the 1862 Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla. For most Americans, it is an excuse to drink Margaritas.

What is Cinco de Mayo anyway? Contrary to popular belief, it's not Mexican Independence Day, which is commemorated Sept. 16.

It actually celebrates the 1862 Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla...

For the average Mexican, today is just another Wednesday, wrote Oscar Casares, a professor at the University of Texas-Austin.

"The holiday, which has never really been much of one in Mexico....

Atoms Seen for First Time

Researchers were able to image the structure at 3.3 angstroms.

New Microscope Able to 'See' Atoms for First Time: Atomic Structure of Tiny Virus Imaged

Near Misses Provoke Problem Gamblers

BTW. Those 'near misses' on slot machines aren't random. They are planned.

Problem gamblers provoked by 'near misses' to gamble more